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ed. Then again in the Edinburgh Review, il
Is enough to mention the following names an
ne OF which would Of itself insure a high de
} dree OF renoEn 10 any work with Wicb il nigh
De associated, we refer 70 Jafrey, Napier
brougham, Macintosh and Maeulay; the 6rs
81 whom during bis long eonnezlon with lh,
REVIEW actually wrote, on the average on,
third Of the articles that graeed il brilliant pa
ges, while the universally admired essays o
H of the last, republishsd 80 extensively in our
own and the parent country leave us in nc
j manner Of doubt as 70 their great intrinsic
\ merit.
TUE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
I This able Journal was established under Ii.
patronage and support Of the ulira-liber4ls, ST
styled OF the British House of Commons; a.
mOng whom Roebuck. Mil, BoEing. Professor
Long Of the London University, Miss Marin.
can and others whose names need not be quo.
, ted consPicuously figured. 1t was for some
We ,rs under the editorial supervision Of Jeremy
Ben!ham from which fact il obtained the sObri-
quet OF tho mouth , iece OF Benthamism This
wo-k has ever been especially devoted 10 the
great topics which interest The mass Of the peo-
pie, It's pages have been rife, it will be remem-
be red with a series of powerful articles tend
ing to the production Of Tory anG exclusive priv
eleges hereditory rights, kinglv prerogatises,
DC. The astounding deselopemonts made a
few years since respecting the Wretched, and,
till then, unheard Of horrors Of some branches
of the naming population Of England FIRST ap-
peared in its pages. Not only have its articles
ever been directed against tbs aIore mentioned
abuses; the work has also maintained an unre-
lenGing crusade against the alliance of Church
and State thus virtually seSsing to abolish the
Parliamentary Religion" ot England and e.
veutually to remove The still existing n rcnnants
ofteudullsm which continue to afflict lhe British
nation. II has rece',y became the medium
through which Co5.en promugates his Free
trade doctrines which will give it increased in
terest to the numerous admirers, here and else
where of that great Reiormer. In many par
ticulers the Westminster Review espouses pc
ctical faith closely allied to that Of our own
country and therefore We may, without any
extraordinary effort of charity, be induced to
cherish it as an exotic worthy OF being engraf-
ed into our more genial SOIL Ithas recently
been united with the Foreign QaaIterly Re-
view the more attractive features OF the two
Reviews being now combined in the Wes1min
ster and thus adding greatly to its "alue as a
literary periodical.
THE NORTH B ITISH REVIEW.
4 work ofmore recent origin than those al
| lea dy described-bul is nevertheless destined
70 occupy as prominent place in the ReHsb
!. lie of Letters.
The great ecclesiastical movement in Scot
land led Is its establishment. There was n
Journal in the United Kingdom which appear
ed to meet the necessities oil this Anti a!ion
al Church agitation. Indeed the revolution
caused bv the disruption induced new stat
b OF things placing the actors in new positions
e observation; nor could they give utterance t
E their new perceptions OF State and Church Pol
IS iiy-lheir new sympathes-theIr new emotion
without some other organ Of thought than an,
n. then extent. Hence the spontaneous agreed
ment of the great master minds among them
in the necessity of no outlet of opinion, an
=. he immediate creation of The North British
u Review, The bosis Of this Journal is the
y Evangelism OF the Nineteenth Century nor is
~ to be overlooked as one Of the striking charac
y teristics of the times, that the grand principl
which Robertson, Smith and many OF the emf
VI y nent men OF Scotland took the field centurr
Il ago to write down is now advocated and vim
4 dicated in this able work and in the same liter
. ary metropolis.
t. This Periodical is not ultra in its views o.
re any way of the grand departments of huma
rs knowledge: at the same time it tne.cr drift
: from its moorings on the shores Of the pure E
lie vangelical religion ofthe Bible. Nor will
IS fail TO compare most iavor.bly with every 9th
i, er contemporary in the anoutS of talent, en-
ergy, and spirit, enlisted on its side. 1h
names of Sir David Brewster. Drs, Hanna
Cunningham, Lorrimer, CandishML Gordon
a, Buchanan. Smith, &c, are hostin them
!. selves. Much foreign talent is also pledged t
: adorn and enrich its pages.
rs Its not to be considered strictly Theol
$, ical Review, for topics of every kind calcHla
1t ted TO occupy and interest the well cultivate,
:, mind are introduced. Political questions, no
'e so muchn their party aspects as in their gen
u eral character. are considered. Literature ant
the literary merits Of works are discussed, en-
ell discoveries in mental and physical science un
4 folded; the discussion of religious subjects
81 however, in a dispassionate and Christian spir
St it, forms distinct feature of the work. an,
d will continue to occupy Appointment Plase il
IS its pages.
The lamented DR. CRALNEns was the fon
\ Ter and principal Editor of his Review, an
: since his death has been ably conducted b
4 his soa.in-law, Dr.. Hanna.