THE

WESTMINSTER

REVIEW.

JULY AND OCTOBER.

1877.

"Truth can never be confirm'd enough,
Though doubts did ever sleep."

SHAKESPEARE.

Wahrheitsliebe zeigt sich darin, daß man überall das Gute zu finden und zu schäßen weiß.

Ballantyne Press

BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

CONTENTS.

ART.

I. The Chartered Guilds of London.

1. The City: An Inquiry into the Corporation of London, its

Livery Companies, and the Administration of their Chari-

ties and Endowments. By WILLIAM GILBERT. 1877.

2. The City Companies: Speech of Mr. W. H. JAMES, M.P.,

in the House of Commons, April 10, 1877.

3. Report on Educational Endowments, presented to the School

Board for London, November 8, 1876.

4. Fly-Sheets of the City Guilds' Reform Association. 1876.

5. Historical Reminiscences of the City of London and its

Livery Companies. By THOMAS ARUNDELL, B.D., F. G.S.

1869.

6. Addresses, Remonstrances, and Petitions of the Corporation

of London from 1760. 1865.

7. The Corporation of London, as it is and as it should be. By

WILLIAM CARPENTER. 1847.

8. The Method of Elections within the City of London. By

Sir WILLIAM MILDMAY, Bart. With an Historical Review

of the Incorporated Mysteries. By HENRY KENT S.

CAUSTON, Citizen and Skinner. 1841.

9. History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of London.

By WILLIAM HERBERT. 1837.

10. The Three Contested Elections for Lord Mayor.

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CHARLES WALLIS. 1831.

11. The Endowed Charities of the City of London. 1829

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II. Illicit Commissions.

Published Correspondence on Commissions, Mercantile and Pro-

fessional, reprinted chiefly from the Times Newspapers of

December 1876 to 13th January 1877, with other contri-

butions.

By JOHN S. STORR.

Bickers & Son

III. Harriet Martineau.

Harriet Martineau's Autobiography.

With Memorials.

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By

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MARIA WESTON CHAPMAN. Smith, Elder, & Co. 1877.