chapter is devoted to the Barbarians, another to the AngloSaxons, a third to Mahometanism, a fourth to the Crusades; and so on. Thus, while the reader's attention is never diverted from those great movements which form the dividing lines of the whole epoch, the separate treatment of each subject in the period gains for it that unity and consecutiveness, and that independent character, so essential to create interest and produce clear and lasting impressions. With the accounts of political and religious movements are combined those general views of literature and manners which are needful to exhibit the condition of society, and to illustrate the passage from ancient to modern history. Chapter sixth presents a rapid sketch of Letters and Art from the invasion to the time of Charlemagne; and the twentieth, the last in the book, completes the view, from Charlemagne's time down to the taking of Constantinople.

The minor arrangements are admirably suited to the uses of the class-room. A clear, analytical summary is given at the head of each chapter, and its divisions and subdivisions form the headings of the sections and the paragraphs. This method facilitates the assignment of lessons, and is of great service both in preparation and review; on all accounts, it is preferable to the method of printed Questions and Answers.

The last fifty pages of the book are occupied by Historical Tables, most elaborately prepared, and conveniently arranged. The first is a Synchronitic (Synchronical, or Synchronous ?) Table of the Middle Ages, containing the principal events, with their dates, pertaining to the History of Religion, to France and England, and to Europe, Asia, and Africa. There are full genealogical Tables of the ruling races and royal families, as for instance, the Merovingian Race, the Capetian Dynasty, the kings of England, and others. There are, besides, tabular views of certain historical subjects, of which it is very difficult to present or to get a clear conception in any other manner. For instance, the subject of the Three Caliphates, which every student of history finds involved in confusion and difficulty, is here given in a tabular view, which puts before you, in a form simple and definite, and easy of survey, all the essential facts. So too, the study of the Crusades is greatly facilitated by another tabular view, which compasses the whole ground, and mentions the leading persons and events.

We understand that the present volume is soon to be followed by a smaller one, containing Part Second, on the Geography of the Middle Ages; and that with this will be published a series of maps, prepared for the work on the basis of the admirable Atlas of Spruner.

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NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

No. CLIII.

OCTOBER, 1851.

ART. I. 1. Constitucion de la Republica de Chile. Santiago. 1845.

2. Instruccion para los Subdelegados e Inspectores. Santiago. 1845.

3. Guia Jeneral de la Republica de Chile. Valparaiso. 1847.

CHILE is in many respects the most interesting country in South America. It differs from all its sister republics in numerous and important particulars. The details of its polity, the character of its people, its natural productions, the physical as well as political geography of the country, and its social system, all present decided points of dissimilarity with those of the other Spanish American States. In the majority of instances, these distinctions are in favor of Chile. The government has proved itself the most stable and efficient of all; the people display a degree of enterprise unusual in South America; the country is devoid of venomous reptiles or poisonous insects; while in its social aspect, in the sedate and earnest character of the nation, there is more to remind one of the United States than is found elsewhere on the Southern continent. Comparatively little attention has been paid to the history or geography of this portion of the world, and perhaps even less is known of the details of its social and political system. In this article it will be our object to communicate briefly some information upon these particulars. The author24

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