HARVARD COLLEGAL LIBRARY A P 392,15 TERMS-In Advance, $3 per Annum; Four Copies, $10. THE UNION QUARTERLY, DEVOTED TO Science, Statesmanship, and Art, THE THE INTERESTS OF HUMANITY, AND OUR UNITED COUNTRY. VOL. I. NO. I. APRIL, 1856. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETOR, BY MESSRS. LIVERMORE & RUDD, 310 BROADWAY. John A. Gray's Salamander Printing Office, 16 & 18 Jacob St. CONTENTS. 1. Chivalry Considered in its Relations to Provençal Poetry, 2. The Providence Meeting of the American Scientific Association, 1. The Chemistry of Common Life. By James F. Johnson, F. R. S. 2 Vols., 12mo. New-York: D. Appleton & Co. 1855, 2. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. 4. The Public Life of Montaigne. By Alphonse Grün. Paris. 1855, 141 5. The History of France during the Sixteenth Century: the Renais- |