4 APRIL 1835, Page 20

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

A Translation of the Count F. V. Bannacovi's Compendium of the Literary History tf Italy until the Formation of the Modern Italian Language.

The Twelfth Volume of Scott's Prose Works contains the fifth of the Life of Napoleon. It brings down the facts of the life to the battle of Friedland ; but the volume closes with the chapter on the Conscription, and the nature and character of BosraranrE's military system, together with its effects upon the army.

The First Volume of Mr. VALPY'S new edition of the Life and Works of Pope has arrived ; but all that we can at present say of it is, that the type is very excellent, and the illustrations not so.