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language. It's influence was becomingso apparent,
that at length the leaders Of the Tory party, ell
whom the thunders Of its elOquenee were especial
y directed, found II too powerful an instrument 70
Be resisted by ordinary means, and hence they e.
thblished the Quarterly" as il s distinguished
among the American Reprints, ''
THE LONDON QTARTELY REVIEW,
whereby to counlsract that influence which its pow
erfal rival eKsried against their measures. The
two great political parties thus made strenuous ef-
forts through their respective organs, for the pro-
mitigation Of their antagonist principles and dur
ing long series Of years, those two leading Peri
odcals have concentrated the labors, the talent,
and tho Influence Of the adherenls Oflhe Wing and
Tory parties Of Great Britain.
Men Of the highest literary rank, a. .disnitsiies
civil and eeclesiustc, have contributed 70 the page
Of these works; among them might be maniioned
some Of the most resplendent names on aha scroll
Of fame. Among the regular contributors TO the
London Quarterly Review were Southey, Scott
Lockhah (its present editor), APPearSon, Fergu-
son, Wordsworth, Lord Mahan, DR.. Milfnhn (whose
articles on Oriental literature have been highly
esteemed, } md that wonderful women Of science
Mrs. Somerville, with many others scarcely less
eelebrsied. Then again In the Edinburgh Review,
Il il enough to mention the following names, any
one which il might BE- associated 1--WE refer TO
Jefreys, Napier, BroughAn, MAckiptOsh, and
McCaulay the first Of whom during bis long con
ne1ion with The Review actually wrote, on The av-
erags, one third Of The articles that sracsd its bril-
liant pages; while the universally admired essays
e the lsst, uepubllnhnA eztnnilscly in Our own
and the parent county. lsaVe ~ ih no manner Of
doubt aS TO their great intrsic merit. ,nsli. iom
! a.4sI'l afrf ~ 7FfT --- Hlfq ti.a aru
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
This abs Journal wus established under the pa-
tronage and support Of The ullraibsrals, 20 styled
ofths British House of Commons; 6mong whom
RoWbuek. Mill, Bowring Professor Long Oflhe
London University, AIias Msrtinsau, and olhsn
names need not be quoted, eonspienOusly figured
u ives for some years uncer he editorial superb
SION Of Jeremy Bentham, for which factit obtained
thssobhquet Of the mouth-piece Of Bsnthanism.-
This work has ever been especially devoted TO the
great topics which Interest the mass Of the people !;
It's pages has been rife, |, will be remembered, with
series Of powerful articles, tending TO the redue-
ton Of Tory and exclusive privileges, hereditary
rights, kingly prerogatiyes, &c. The astounding
developments made few years since, respecting
the wretehed and, then, unheard ofhorrors Of some
branches Of the mining population Of England,
first appeared In is psses'' Not only have its a.,
cles been directed against the afore-meDlisn-
ed abuses the work has piso maintained an upre-
lenting crusade against the alliance Of church and
State, thus virtually seeking TO abolish the Par
llamentary Religion " Of England, and EVENTUALLY
10 remove the still exsitng marks Of feudalism,
which continue to sfiict the British patton. ftl
has recently become tho medium through which
Golden pFomugptes his Free-tiade doctFines,
which viii give Il increased interes. 10 he numer-
Gus udmifers here and elsewhere, oflhai great Re
former. fn many partieulars the Westminster Re
view sspouses political faith closely sllie1 70 that
Of our own country and therefore we may, with.
out any extraordinary effort ofchaTity, be induced
10 cherish Il o. an exouc worthy Of being ongraft-
Cd into or more geulal soil. 1thaa recently been
united with tho Foreign Quarterly Review, The
more attractive features Of yhe two Refioas being
now combined in the Westminster, and thus ad
ding greatly TO lis value as literary periodical.
FlJI Et 4 - r.. 1871 tlF = |
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, ,a
3 work Of moW1ecsnt origin lhan those already
described-but is, Nevertheless, destined to occupy
- Promiuent place In tho Republic Of Betiers. |
The great ecclesiastical movement In Scotland
led to It's establishment, Thers was no Journal in
the United Kingdom, which appeared to meet the
necessities Of the Anti Natonal-church! agitation.
Indeed, the revolution caused BY the disruption
induced new state Of things, placing the actoFs
in new positions Of observations nor could they
give utleunce 10 their new perceptions ofStaie and
Church Policy-their new sYmathies-their new
emotions, without some organ Of Thought than any
hen extant Hence the spontaneous agreement Of
the great master minds among them, IA the neees-
sity Of new outlet Of opinion, and the immediate
creation Of the North British Review. The basis
Of this Journal IL the Evangelism ofthe Ninetsentb
century nor III to be overlooked as one Of the
striking characteristics Of the times and the grand
principle which Robertson, Smith. and many Of
the'sminenI men ofScoiland took the 6old centu-
ry ago to write down, is now advocated and vim
dicated iD this able woTk, and in the same literary
metropolis.
Sustained, then as these distinguished works are
and ever have been, BY the highest order Of seho-
lastc ability and political sagsciy. we need not be
surprisedto find them occupying such q proud
Pre-eminee among the literary production Of the
world; snd the neglect of their high claims upon