Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-12-23

|D( the literature Of Europe. They aid The
reader in his literary researches, and often
obyiale HE necessity Of consulting works TOO
goluminous and costly for The mass Of read
ers They are conducted BY .hebes. Ialen.
OF Groa, Britain, and are engaged with The
mos, inpormnl questions which inseres. Or
agia.e lhe civilized world.
The EDINBURGH REVIEW
is The exponento o The Wing, or liberal party,
ofGrea, Britain, having from lis commence.
men. advocated freedom and the rights Of
The people. Ii is distinguished ior It's oppo-
silion-lo The ministry daring the French and
lasl American wars. Fke graphic delinea.
lions Of those events, presented in its pages
exhibi. tho truesi porlrai. Of those perilous
lines 10 be found, perhaps. in The language.
Among It's writer's we may mention Je6reys,
Napier, Brougham, Mackintosh, and Macau.
lay. The leaders Of the Tory parry finding
!, 100 powerful TO be resisted by ordinary
means, established
The LONDON QUARTERLY RRvIEw,
whereby 10 counlcractiha, influence which
its powerful rival exer.ed ogains. their mea.
surss. The two great parties thus made
strenuous efforts through their respective
orgOns. for the PRONUNCIATION of,heir an,ogo-
mist principles; and during long series ol
years, these two leading Periodicals have
concentrated the labors, the talent, and the
influence Of the Wing and Tory parties oil
Grea, Britain.
Among the regular contributors 10 the
London Quarterly Review were Souihey
ScoH. Lockhart, (i,s present edi,or,) Apper
| ly, Ferguson, Wordsworth, Lord Mahon
DR.. Millman, and that wonderful woman o.
science, Mrs. Somerpillc. with many other,
scarcely less celebrated.
The WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
This able Journal was established unde
The patronage of the ulna.liberals oil The Bri
fish Bouse Of Commons; among its writer
figure Roebuck, Mil, BoDring, Professor
Long, Of The London University, Miss Mar
tineau, il was (er some years under ih
redilorial supervision Of Jeremy Benham
|. is now the medium through which Cobdel
promulgaies his free trade theories. Ii ha
recently been united with The Foreign Quar-
terly Review, the more attractive features o
the two being now combined in the Wesl
minister, thus adding greatly 10 its value as
literary periodical.
TIE NORTH BRITlsH REVIEW
is work Of more recent origin than lhos
already descrbed-bu. is nevertheless, des
tined TO occupy as prominent place IN III
Republic of Letters.
The basis of this Journal is the Evange
ism Of the Nineteenth Century, but il is nc
5 TO be considered strictly Theological Re
f view, for topics Of every kind calculated /
! occupy and in,eres. The welrcul,ivated min
are introduced. The lamented DR.. CHAI
\ MERs was the founder and principal Edi.c
of this Review. and since his death has bee
r ably conducted by his son.in.law DR.. Ham,
BLAcKwooDs' EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
is less exclusive in lis character than III
works already noticed; its con,enls may !
: considered under the general heads Of ella.
sical literature, biographies, narratives histt
: rical and fictitious, poetry, critical analys,
Of new works, &C., &c. The high order
: It's disquisilions in The department of Gree
and Roman archaeology; while its range {
elegant fiction may be said 10 discover ma
terly power and skill, unsurpassed by an
: of its numerous contemporaries. Again,
: its biographical department, and narrative
y Of voyages aud travels, no less than in i
: papers on subjects purely scientific, this at
: mirablo Periodical has ever displayed r,
l. sources unquestionably superior 10 any sin
liar work in the world. Although deepI
Tory in politics, ye, so wilching is its rhct'
ric, and SO consiSlly uniform is il in lis AM
" republican obliquty, that, however obnoxiol
y its lenels, il is impossible for the reader
" fail ofbeing charmed by perusaI Of It's bri
y lian, pages. The fact of this disIinguisht
Magazine having Tor series Of year
" maintained circulation in Great Britain
about 10000 copics-a rrodigious and un
qualled circulation for that country, whe
the price is $3.50 year, will alone sell
the question Of its pre.eminenl merits.
= il is aI this time unusually y attractive fro
= the serial works Of Buwer and Of other di
lnguished writer's which grace its pages.
:. Sustained, then, as these distinguish
N works are and ever have been, by The big
a. est scholastic ability and political ssgacit
!, we need not be surprised 10 find them occ
n pylng such proud preeminence among q
. literary productions Of the world: and {.
70 neglect Of their high claims upon the con
-, deration Of all classes of the intelligent col
muntv, would necessarily arpue n CORE