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;nJuroh Magazine. Leonard Scott d Co.,
Publishers, 10 Fulton and 81 Gold streets,
Nsso York.-These periodicals are the crit
ieal censors Of the British scholastic and
literary world. By their criticisms, they
aid readers in the selection Of standard val
liable books; and by the epitomes which
they present, often obviate the necessity Of
consulting works too voluminous for gem
eral examination. They fill a place which
American magazines cannot supply; for
they discuss topics relatingmore strictly to
the affairs, political, religious, scientific and
literary, ofthe continent of Europe. They
are conducted by the best talent of Great
Britain; and are engaged with the most
important questions which interest or agi-
tate the civilized world. Whoever sub
seribes to them all, may read the ablcst
representatives Of the principal parties into
which the people of Great Britain are di-
yided.
Tile Edinburgh Review is the exponent
of the Wing party in Great Britain, having
from its commencement advocated Free
dom and the rights of the people. When
the war, apparently Of determination, was
waged against France by British Tory rul-
ers, and during which occurred the second
great struggle of England with our own
country, this Review first unfurled the flag
of resistance, and made, by its unanswer-
able and eloquent appeals in behalf of inal-
ienable rights, the halls of British legisla-
ton and aver the throne itself to tremble.
The graphic and string delineations o fthose
events, presented in the pages of that dis
tinguished Journal, exhibits the truest por-
~traiture of those p%erilous days to be found,
perhaps, in the language. Its influence
was becoming so apparent, that at length
the leaders of the Tory party, at whom
the thunders of its eloquence were espe-
cially directed, found it too powerful an in
strument to be resisted by ordinary means
and hence they established the Quarter
ly," or as it is distinguished among the
American Reprints,
The London Quarterly RevieV, whereby
to counterfeit that influence which its pow
erful rival exerted against their measures.
The two great political parties thus made
strenuous efforts through their respective
organs, for the PRONUNCIATION of their antag-
onist principles; and during a long series
Of years, these two leading Periodicals have
concentrated the labors, the talent, and the
influence of the adherents of the Wing and
Tory parties of Great Britain.
Tile Westminster ReVIew. This able
Journal was established under the patron
ege and support of the ultra-liberals, SO
styled, ofthe British House of Commons;
among whom Roe69ck, Mn, Bowring.
Professor Long of the London University,
Mss Mdrtineau, and others whose names
need not be quoted, conspicuously figured.
1t was for some years under the editorial
supervision of Jeremy Bentham, from which
fact it obtained the S~obriquet of the mouth
piece of Benthamism. This work has ever
been especially devoted to the great topics
which interest the mass of the people: its
pages have been rife, il will be remembered,
with a series of powerful articles, tending
to the reduction ofTory and exclusive priv
ilegos, hereditary rights, kingly preroga-
tivcs, &c.
1t has recently been united with the For
eign Quarterly Review, the more attractive
features of The two Reviews being now
combined in the Westminster, and thus
adding greatly to its value as a literary peri
odical.
The North British Reui:w is a work of
more recent origin than those already de-
scribed-but is, nevertheless, destined to
occupy as prominent a place in the Re-
public of Letters.
The great ecclesiastical movement in
Scotland led to its establishment.
10 is not to be considered strictly a THeo-
logical Reuiew, for topics ofevery kind cal
culated to occupy and interest the well cul-
tiyated mind are introduced. Political
questions, not SO much in their party as
poets as in their general character, are con
sidered. Literature and the literary mer-
{ its of works are discussed, and discoveries
!, in mental and physical science unfolded;
the discussion Of religious subjects, how
ever, in a dispassionate and Christian spir-
it, forms a distinct feature of the work, and
will continue to occupya prominent place
in its pages.
Blackwood'S EdinJurgA Magazine is
less exclusive in its character than the
works already noticed; its contents may be
considered under the general heads ofclas-
steal literature, biography, narratives his
q torical and fictitious, poetry, critical analy-
{ ses ofnew works, &c, &c. The high or
= der of its disquisitions has long rendered il
e proudly distinguished in the department Of
S Greek and Roman archaeology; while its