THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOL. LXXXVII.

PUBLISHED IN

JUNE & SEPTEMBER, 1850.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1850.

CONTENTS

OF

No. CLXXIII.

ART.

I.-Euvres de Condorcet complétées sur les MSS. originaux :

enrichies d'un grand nombre de Lettres inédites de

Voltaire, de Turgot, &c.: précédées de l'Eloge de

Condorcet, par M. F. Arago

II. 1. Le Conservateur de la Vue.

2. The Economy of the Eyes.

M.D.

Par J. G. A. Chevallier.

By William Kitchiner,

3. Hints to Students on the Use of the Eyes. By Ed-

ward Reynolds, M.D.

4. Vision in Health and Disease, the Value of Glasses

for its Restoration, and the Mischief caused by their

Abuse. By Alfred Smee, F.R.S.

5. Practical Remarks on Near Sight, Aged Sight, and

Impaired Vision. By William White Cooper

III.-Dr. Johnson; his Religious Life and his Death. By the

author of Doctor Hookwell,' &c.

IV.—1. Valentine's Day at the Post Office.-Household

Words, a Weekly Journal, conducted by Charles

Dickens. No. I.

2. Return of the Number of Letters passed through the

London General and London District Post Office

since the Reduction of Postage on 5th December,

1839; the Gross and Net Revenue arising from the

Post Office Department; and of Money Orders issued

and paid.

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3. Copies of Reports or Minutes addressed to the Post-

master-General, showing, as regards England and

Wales, -1st. The Results of the Measures recently

adopted for the Reduction of Sunday Labour in the

Post Office; 2nd. The anticipated Effects of the Total

Abolition of such Labour.

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4. Two Letters on the late Post Office Agitation. By

Charles John Vaughan, D.D.

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