28 SEPTEMBER 1839, page 20

Essays Critical And Miscellaneous.'

Tuns volume has '.t threefold division. It contains a defence of modern French literature against the Quarterly Review, with no- tices of a few French authors ; soino short......

Note On 3ir. Mayo, And The Controversy On Discoveries In

THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. WE have received the following letter from Mr. MAYO, in reference to our last week's review of Mr. SHAW'S Narrative and of Dates and Documents. TO THE EDITOR......