The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-07-11
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BRITISH PERIODICAL LITERATURE.
Republication oftlse London Quarterly, tie Edin-
6uygh, the North British, and tie West
nsissfer RevietUs, and Btaekooods
Edinburgh Magazine.
Leonard Scott e. Co., Publishers,
Is Fulton d Gold SIS, NeD York.
THESE Periodicals are the critical censors Of
the British scholastic and literary world ~ then crit
csms, they aid readers in the selection Of STANDARD valuable
examination. They iii place which American masazinss
supply; for they discuss topics reaung more sct
10 affairs. political. religious. scientific and literary, OF
The They are With S ny most Ss m
partant questions which interest or agtale me World
taSss Of the Principal paIes MO Which the people oi Great
Britain are divided.
The Edinburgh Review
from lis COMMENCEMENT advocated freedom and the gh OF
the people When the WAL apparently OF exeimnaon
which occurred the second struggle Of Esshnd with
our own country this ksvisw @ anued The Nag OF .s
behalf Of naenabe rights. the halls q BRUSH eslsa
ring densaons Of those evens, presented pages Of
that distinguished Journal exhibit the uuest portraufe OF
Influence was becoming 80 appaient that at length
Of the tory parry. al whom the handels 81 It's eloauenSe
to be resisted by ordinary MEANS and hence they established
the Quanery as 1t dsng uished among the Amer
lean TepIins,
The London Quarterly Review,
whereby that influence which its powerful rival
lies thus made efforts
for the promugat0n vi he antagonist pr ncipes ana dur
abors talent aud the influence OF the
adherens Of the wing and tory parties OF Great britain
civil and ecceasiic. have to the OF these
works among them might be menuoned some q me most
contributors the London Quarterly Review were Souhey
Lo IN Ma%en %
Oriental Literature have been SO highly esleemed and that
others saacey less ceieDrae Then. again in The Eda
bursh Reviews enough to mention the following names,
to any work with wh might be associated we
refer to JeilIsys, Napier Maekntos and Mae.
the Review actually wrote the average onethrd OF the
admired essays Of the last repubsne SO in our
and hs country leave us in no manner OF doubt
US 10 their great intrinsic merit.
The Westminster Review.
This able Journal established under the patronage and
support Of the rabes, Of the Bstish House
lessor Long Of The London Unversy Miss Marineau,
Others. whose names need not be quoed conspcuousy G
ured. for under the editorial supervision Of
Jeremy Bentham, from which tact obtained The sobnaus
especially Devoted 10 The great topics which interest the
Of The peoples Its pages have been rie VIII De reemueeu
with OF powerful articles. tending TO the reduction Of
tory and privileges Hereditary rights kngy PIE
negatives, The astounding developments nude lev
u Of branches OF the popuauon OF Eng
land st Appeared IN Us psgss Not only nave lis aises
work has also maintained an unieenng crusade against the
ish The Parliamenary Religion" OF Eng and and eventu-
ally to remove the st existing remnants OF eadasm which
continue 10 uict the bns na!lon IL has recently become
the medium through which Golden promugaes his Tree
tIude doctrines, which Will give Increased Interest 10 The
In many particulars. the Westminster Review
iicai faith closely allied TO that Of country and
therefore may 0ut extraordinary effort 0l chanty,
be induced cherish worthy Of sng Migrated
genial soil. 1t HIS recently been united
Of the two Reviews being now combined IN the esmlnser
and thus adding greatly 10 Its literary periodical
II Els.st ssI.
il work OF origin than already described
but s nevertheless destined to occupy as promnent
pace il, the Rel ubc OF Letters
The great eccesstca movement in Scotland led to It's es-
tablshment. There was no JOURNAL IN the UkrED KING
DOM, which appeared 10 meet The necessities Of This Anu
Nationals hareh agalio lndeed the revolution caused by
The d, rupuon induced new stale OF things, placing the
actors POSITIONS oil observation: could they give
uterance ~ their new perceptions OF State and ChusC FOL
i-theif new sympahies-ter new emotions, without some
othef organ OF thought than any then exlat hence TIE
spontaneous agreement OF The great master minds among
heln In The Necessity OF new Quiet OF opnion, and the
OF this journal the Evangelism oil sneteeni
century nor Is II TO be Overlooked us one vi The sAlng
characteristics Of the times, that the grand principle which
Robertson. smith, and many Of the eminent men OF scot
land took the held century to nrtte doom, Is dd
cocated and ctnacdttd IN hs able work. anu LII the same
literary metropolis.
TINS Periodical ultra in views on any Of the
grand departments OF human knowledge: al the same time
drifts from its mOorings The shores pure
Evangelical religion Of The Bible. Nor will tail compare
OF TALENT energy, spirit, enlisted side. Tine
Of Sir David brewster Drs iianna, Cunningham Lonmer.
CandlIsh, Gordon, buchanan, smith, eIo are host IN
themselves Much foreign aient also pledged To adorn and
his not 10 be considered strictly Theological Reoae,o
Ion topics OF every KIND calculated interest the
weicusaied nnnd nrudaeei. Political questions. not
much IN their party their general
are condee Literature and the literary merits vi works
are discussed and discoveries Ia mental anu y sca scen-e
unOlued The discussion 0t religious SUBJECTS however,
dispassiOnae and christian spn forms dlsnct
the WORK, and Will continue 10 occupy prominent place In
It's pages.
editor OF ths Review and, since Ills DEATH has been ably
Ia ti-iu w.. Df.