The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-06-28
p r. o 8 p f G II u s.
BRITISH PERIODICAL LITERATURE

munster heVteiCS, and Bf1chto0OaS
Edinburgh Magazine.
Leonard Scott g. Co., Publishers,
70 Futon and "a Gold sts, NeD York
THESE Periodicals are the critical censors of
e h BRUSH a scholastic and literary world By their cr,
and eptomes which they present often obvate
ne necessity Of consulting works too vouminous for general
cannot or they discuss topics relating more strictly
x s the affairs political religious scientific and literary Of
talent Of Great Britain and engaged with the most i'm
Whoever snbscrbes to them ali may read the abe
sve OF he principal parties into which the people Of Great
The Edinburgh Review
y the exponent of the whg party in Great Britain having
from Its eommsneemept advocated freedom and the rights Of
tne people When the war, apparently of determination,
was waged against France by BRUSH toy rulers, during
our county this Review rst uni1red The flag OF resist
snee and made by its and eloquent appeals
fPe e@ s s' The y sps snd
on nos s IN n
h9se pereus days TO be found perhaps in the Its
of the tory parry at whom The hunders eloquence
were especsy directed found too powerful
me ouartery, Or as it is distinguished among the Amer
The London Quarterly Review,
whereby to counteract that influence which powerful rival
exeited against their measures The two great political par
ing long Of years. these leading Feiodcais have
"s e. Ban the
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works; among them might be mentioned some Of the
pohs '1S
Owoh LORD MSen Dr. na %s
Oriental Literature have been highly eseemed and that
less sesSf%si Tien %san he Gas
bursh Review, i is enough to mention the following
refer to Jereys Napier, Bronsham Mackiatos and Mae
the Review. actually wrote the average 0nerd of the
admired Of the sst epube so a o
own and the parent country leave us in no manner oil doubt
as TO their great intrinsic merit.
The Westminster Review.
This able Journal established under the patronage and
Of % : hs Bown h9Gse
iessor Long, OF the London University Miss Marneau, and
nred for under the editorial SUPERVISION OF
Jeremy Bentbam, from which fact obtained the sobrque
especially devoted to great topics interest The
OF e its have sen s VIII u Be be-
tory and EXCLUSIVE privileges hereditary rights, k9gy pre-
SINCE respecting the wreehed and till then, unheard
Of horrors OF some branches of the mining population OF Eng
been directed against the aore abuses the
work has also maintained an uneenng crusade against the
alliance OF Church and State thus virtually seeking abo
ish the " Parliamentary Religion of England and evenlu
continue aet The British nation, 1t has recently become
the medium through which Golden promugates his free
admirers and esew here, Of that reome
many particulars the Westminster Review
lltca faith closely allied that of country and
therefore hou extraordinary effort of charity
@ sa o w @ sesny e eg nsaea
the Foreign Quarterly Review, the attractive features
and thus adding greatly to its value literary periodical
The North British Review
work of more recent origin than those already described
but nevertheless destined to occupy prominent
| place the Republic of Letters.
abishment. There was JOURNAL in UNITED KING.
DOM WHICH appeared to meet he necessities OF THIS Anti
The dsrupton induced state OF things placing the
new positions of observauon could they give
utteance to their perceptions of State and Church Pol
ty-iheir sympahies-lhe emotions. without
spontansous agreement o. the great minds
them, in the necessity oil outlet OF opinion and the
basis OF this Journal is the Evangelism OF the Nineteenth
Century is it to be overlooked OF the striking
characteristics al the times, that the grand principle winch
Ro3eson smith and many OF the eminent i men OF se a
g0cded and rindcated In this able work, and In the same
This Periodical is not ultra in its views any OF the
grand departments OF human knowledge: at the time
d from % m & n So The i1rs % ss pSTe
most avoraby with other contemporary in The amount
Of SIR DAVID Bswsier Drs Hanna Cunning ham, Lorrmer
Gandilsh Gordon, Buchanan, smith, etc are host n
It's not 10 be considered strictly Theological Rerseu
for topics every calculated occupy and interest
wecutivated mind introduced. Polucai questions not
considered. Literature and the literary merits Of works
are discussed and discoveries n mental End ly
-. NJ slIt, forms distinct feature Of
eSofK. and will continue to prominent place In
The amented DR. Chalmers was the founder and principal
editor this Review and his DEATH has been ably
Quoted by his on.n-law, DR.. Hanna.
BlackwOod's Edinburgh Magazine
tced its conen may be considered under the heads
OF CLASSICAL literature biography narratives historical and
The high OF its dauons has long rendered proudly
in the department of Greek and Roman archie
0Ogy while its of elegant fiction be SAID to dis
cover mastery power and skill unsurpassed by any OF It's
its subjects purely scientific. this admirable PeTod-
any similar work IN The world. As 10 its political opinions.
although deeply infused with torysm 70 az extent the most
Jealous partisan could desire YET whitening Us rhetoric,
and silently uniform - II in its anti republican obi
quy that however obnoxious its enens IT is impossible for
me reader 10 n o. beng charmed by the peusa OF It's brit
liant pages The fact OF this dstng ushed Magazine having
Of about forty thousand cOpca prOdlgou and unequaed
circulation Tor that country, where the price is 81 50
will alone settle the question of its mnent merits The
same remark Is equally applicable to This Goqnry; it well
known that crculaon in the nei states. already
far that of any other work OF class notghstand.
ing the 1npaatabe character OF its politics; fact which
only be accounted or by the ranscendent ability which cha
When call TO mind the Of the contributors this
sterling work. not surprising that such high need OF
praise shoud be awarded the Repnbs Letters OF
me- f % Prosq1
Chophe5 North its renowned edi9; Dr. Wamep The
can and of Ten Thousand Year, which have
SsfG SO ssspsy pspIss h Ss r.
Dr. % bs nna The author S h r Gn
been the delight Of thousand. Of renders
L is at this TING unusually attractive from the serial works
zine, both the British and American editions. BY
rangement with the British publishers, early sheets OF the
Magazine regularly forwarded this country. to
enable the American publishers TO issue their reprint before
the original edition arrives: Notwithstanding they thus
sure be in the market before Of its be pub
hed in other forms still the popularity Of thee serial works
great that several OF the leading publishers IN this
ny conten, to other reprints of them copied from
the reprint Of Backwood after has already been placed in
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Medal Is The Green Hand and other serials of similar
stamp among the works alluded Their great popu
arity in this country will show this feature aone the
,raons Of Blackwoods Magazine, and it IS well to emen
ber in This connection, that twenty-five cents will purchase
| monthly number.
have been by the highest order OF scholastic ability and
political need bs surprised find them
ducons of world the neglect their high claim
upon the consideration of all classes Of the intelligent
TO the great interests Of the common veal But spirit OF
philosophical inquiry Is abroad among the peoples and TO
longer deemed misfortune, but fault and assuedy
fault Is not eened when find such advantages thus
remark, the less tue that if the cultivation OF tera.
ture brings reward, the neglect of brings its punish
respectfully beg the epecii attention their fellow.
citizens the reprints Of the Periodicals here referred
serve the best interests of popular intelligence but will the
same time add 10 the general happiness Of the nation by i'm
order OF Intellectual pleasure.
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