The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-01-05
BRITISH PERI0DICAL LITERATURE.

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BRITISH PERIODICAL LITERATURE.
Republication Of the Loadon Quarterly, the Edinburgh
the North British. and the Westminster Reviews and
BsekwOOds Edinburgh Magazine. LEoEARD Scor1
& Co., PUsLrsHxRs, 70 FulroN STREET, N. Y.
We regard these periodicals as standing at the
very head of British Literature, embracing, as they
do, among their contributors the most distinguish
ed writers sof the day The Edinburgh Revie,0,
the great pioneer of the family of Quasterles still
maintains its ascendency as the leading Review of
the world. It's yigor and originality, its profound
learning and critical acumen, are still predominant
as in its palmest DAYS In its politics it maintains
ahappy medium between the rank toryism of the
High Church party and the radical doctrines of
the Chartists and Repealers The London Quar-
terLy edited by that distinguished scholar and ell
egant writer, Lockhart the son,in-law of Sir WAL
ter Scott though strongly tinged with the ultra
conservative doctrines of the tories, ranks only
cond to the Edinburgh, and the two are regarded
as the parents ofthe numerous progeny of Reviews
now so oplentiful in both hemispheres. The North
British ReuieaO is comparatively a new publication,
being only in the sixth year of its existence had
its origin in the great ecclesiastical movement in
Scotland which required an organ to represent the
Free Church party. The basis of this journal is
the Evangelism of the 9th century, and it is one
of the striking characteristics of the times that the
great principle which Robertson, Smith, and many
other eminent men of Scotland, took the field a
century ago to srrite doWn, is now adeocated and
pindicated in this able work. and in the same liter
airy metropolis (Edinburgh.) This review is by no
means strictly theological work. is it ultra in
its views on any of the grand departments of hu-
man knowledge It is edited by DR.. Hanna, the
son-in-aw of the lamented DIR. Chalmers tits prin-
cpal founder) associated with Sir David Brewster,
whose brilliant articles on the subject of Astrono
my and kindred sabjects have graccd the pages of
the Review and delighted its numerous readers.
The Westminster Reuies1 now also includes the
Foreign Quarterly. the two being united and
published in London under the title of the IVest-
minister aud Foreign Quarterly RsrieaU. 1t con-
Iains all the peculiar, features of the tws Reviews,
and is, consequently of much greater value than
either was when published separately In its pol
itics It IS decidedly liberal, being an enemy to all
tory privileges, hereditary rights kingly preroga-
tives, &C. and it maintains an unrelenting crusade
against the alliance of Church and State. More
recently il has become the medium through which
Golden promulgates his Free Trade doetripes, Sc
versl articles having lately been published from the
great streformer" It's literary character is of al
high order, and its information in regard to For
egn Continental Literature is very valuable, con-
tanning much that canaot be found in any other
publication,
Biackwood, the King of Magazines, and the oil
dest in existence, is acknowledged throughout the
world as the best Itscontents may be considered
r.
ography, narratives Historical and fetieious poe-
try. critical analyses of new works, &c., while its
politics is ike that of the London Quarterly, un
1nitigated conservatism We can, however, for
give its unpalatable degmas and its occasional un-
gracions fiRqs at this coeatrv, and admire none
the less the witching rhetoric which charms US in
in the perusal ofits brilliant pages. s-.t.
These Invaluable publications number among
their contributors, past and present such eminant
names as Southey, Scott. Loekhart, Wordsworth,
Mrs SomelviHe, Jeffreys, Napier, Mcintosh, Broug-
ham, Maeaulay, Benthan, Cobden, Professor Viii
soc, De Quincy, DIR. Warren, James, Bulwer Sid
ncy Smith, Sir David Brewster, Drs Chalmers and
Hanna, and a host of others scarcely less distin-
guishcd as scholars or divines. asaa s
s The republication Of these works in this country
is an enterprise eminently deserving the encour-
agement of the American people They will have
a pow erfui tendency to correct the corrupt taste
which unfortunately exists among too large por-
ton of our reading community, who look for their
intellectual aliment almost entirely to the sickly
sentimental novel, or the ephemeral and sometimes
demoralizing columns of the cheap magazines and
eastern newspapers of the day We therefore cor
daily recommend them to universal patronage,
and trust many of them may find their way to this
part of Ohio. 80 -. 5.5as
For farther information and the terms of these |
works. we refer our readers TO the prospectus in
another column of our paper of to-day.
EF The following is the letter we alluded to
last week, in relation to the appointment of Post
Muster at GreenCre An article in the Freeman a