THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW Volume 61 (July 1845 - October 1845)

540p. Ex-library; REBOUND. A hardcover book that has been rebound in tan buckram. Light smudges on the boards. A couple of library stamps inside; all pages tanned and mild foxing to first few pages. LACKS the title page for the volume. Scuff on front contents page. Otherwise a clean, tight book in good reading condition. Volume 61 of THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, the first literary magazine in the United States. This volume contains the issues for July through October 1845. Features include a review of "Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838-1842" by Charles Wilkes, a review of "Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries visited by His Majesty's Ship Beagle, under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., from 1832 to 1836" by Charles Darwin, a review of "Horace Walpole's Letters and Memoirs," and a review of "A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive; being a connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation" by John Stuart Mill.…