The North American Review Volume 45 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: ...intelligence of the death of Mr. Davidson, on his way to Tombuctoo, was confirmed by letters of the 15th of February, received at the Foreign Office, from the British Vice-Consul at Mogadore, Mr. Willshire. He is said to have been robbed thirty-two or thirty-three days after having started from Wad Noon, and eight or ten days afterward (supposed to be on the 12th or 13th of December) to have been shot at Sheh Keya, twenty days' journey from Wad Noon, and twenty-seven from Tombuctoo. The lamented death of this celebrated traveller, long known to the public by the account of his travels in Egypt and the Holy Land, was very feelingly alluded to, at the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, by the chairman, J. R. Murchison, Esq. The informant could give no certain account of the fate of Abu Bekr, the companion of Mr. Davidson, but understood him to have gone on with the caravan. QUARTERLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS. Memoir of the Life and Character of Eleazer Porter, D. D., Late President of the Theological Seminary, Andover. By Lyman Matthews, Pastor of the South Church, Braintree, Mass. Boston. Perkins & Marvin. 12mo. pp. 396. Lives of Sir William Phips, Israel Putnam, Lucretia Maria Davidson, and David Rittenhouse. Being vol. VII. of Sparks's American Biography. Boston. Milliard, Gray, & Co. 12mo. pp. 399. Memoir of Rev. Bela Jacohs, A. M. Compiled chiefly from his Letters and Journals. By his Daughter. With a Sketch of his Character, by Barnas Sears, Professor in the Newton Theological Institution. Boston. Gould, Kendall, & Lincoln. 18mo. pp. 205. Memoir of Rev. Gustavus P. Davis, D. D., Late Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Hartford, Conn. With Six Sermons on the Peculiar Sentiments of the Baptist Denomination; Pr...