From: The Dial, Vol. I, No. III (Jan. 1841)
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Published: Weeks Jordan and Company 1841 Boston
Knight’s Miscellanies. London: C. Knight and Co. 1840.
This is a series of curious works, of which are published,
I. Davis’s Chinese; or General Description of China and its inhabitants; in which is given an account of the English intercourse from earliest times to the present, a geographical description of China, a summary of its history; the principle and actual administration of its government; its legislation; institutions, manners, and customs. This work is also illustrated with sixty illustrations, which materially help the descriptions.
II. The English Causes Celebres. The actual trials of Count Konigsmark in 1682; the Turners, 1664; Robert Hawkins, 1669; the great Huntingdonshire case of Day vs. Day, 1797; Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, 1678; the Perrys, 1661; Arthur Norkott, 1628; Philip Handsfred, 1688; all for capital crimes. These trials not only present a rich fund for the knowledge of human nature, but are admirable illustrations of the manners and customs of the times.
III. The Pasto Letters. These are private letters from various persons of consequence, on all familiar subjects, during the reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV, and Richard III. A very curious book.
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