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These periodicals are the critical censors
Of the British scholastic and literary world.
BY their criticisms, they aid readers in the
selection Of standard valuable books; and by
the epitomes which they present, often OBJ
yiate the necessity Of consulting works too
voluminous for general examination. They
fill place which American maeazens cannot
supply; for they discuss topics relating more
str city TO the affairs, political, religious scien-
tfc. and literary Of the Continent of Europe.
They are conducted by the best talent of
Great Britain; and are engaged with the
most important questions which interest or
agitate the civilized world. Whoever sub
scribes to them all, may read the ablest rep
rescniatives of the principal parties into
which the people Of Great Britain are deyi-
ded
The EGinbwg Rerie,c.
The exponent of the Wing praty in Great
| Britain, having from its commencement ad-
vocated freedom and the rights of the people
! When the war, apparently Of determination,
was waged against France by British Tory
rulers and during which occurred the Sc
cond great struggle Of England with our own
country, this Review first unfurled the flag
of resistance made, by its unansworabe and
eloquent appeals in behalrof inalicnable rights
the halls Of British legislation and even the
throne Itself to trimble. The graphic and
stirring delineations of those events, presen-
ted in the pages Of that distinguished journal,
exhibit the truest portra,ure OF those perous
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 thundes Of its eloquence was espe>
cially directed, found it too powerful an in
strument to be resisted by ordinary means.
and hence they established the "Quartcrly."
or as it is distinguished among American re-
prints.
Tile LoR&oa Q2ar'e5A Esri az.
Whereby to countcract that influence
which its powerful rival cxerted aeaint their
measures. The two great political parties
thus made strenuous efforts through their re-
spcctiye organs, for the PRONUNCIATION of their
antagonist principles; and during a long Sc
ries Of years, these two leading periodicals
have concentrated the hbors, the talent, and
the influence of the adhcrents of the Wing
and Tory parties Of Great Britain.
Men Of the highest literary ralk, as well as
dignitaries civil and eccles.astc, have con
trbuted to the pages Of these worLs: among
them might be mentioned some Of the most
rcsplendent names on tie scroll Of fame
Among the regular contributors to the Lon
don Quarterly Review, were Southcy Scott,
LockhaIt, tits present editor. - Appcrlry,
Ferguson, Wordsworth, Lord Mdhon. DIR.
Mllmaa, (whose articles on Oriental Ljtcra-
ture have been so highly esteemed } and that
wonderful woman Of Science, Mrs. Somcr-
vile, with many other scarcely less celcbraN
ted. Then again in the Edinburg Revciw
it is enough to mention the following names
any one of which woald Of itself insure
high degree ofrenown to any work " ith which
it might be assocaed--we refer 10 Jeffrey,
Napier, i}rouaam, Mactnto3h and Macaul-
ey; The first of whom during his long conncc-
: ton with the Review, actually wrote, on the
average, one mira Of the articles that graccd
its brilliant pages; while the universally ad-
D mired essays of the last leave US in no man
ncr Of doubt as to their great intrinsic merit.
The Westminster Rerier.
; This able journal was etablishcd under
the patronage and support Of the ultra-lbe-
2 rails, 50 styled, Of the British House Of Com
5 mons; among whom RocLuck, Mill, Bowrnc.
+ Professor Long, Of the University. Miss
2 Martineau, and others whose names need
not be quoted, conspicuousy figured. 1t was
for years under the editorial supervision ol
Jeremy Bcntham. from which fsct 1t obtain
ed the sobrlquet Of the mouth piece Of Ben
: thanism This work has ever been espeei-
: ally devoted to the great topics which inter
/ ested the mass of the pcople--its pages have
( been rle--it will be remembered with n Sc
rIes ol powerful articles, tending 10 the re-
duction OF Tory and exclusive privileges. he
2 redliary rights, kjugly prerogativrs, ETC.
The astounding developments made a few
7 years since, respecting the wretched. and
Til then, unheard of horrors Of some branch
Is OF the mining population of England first
appeared in It's pages. Not only have its ar
tlcles ever been directed against the afore-
= mentioned abuses. but the work has also
maintained an unrclcuting crusade against
the alliance Of church aud STATE, and thus
: virtually seeking to abolish the Parliamenta-
4 ~ Religion of England, and eventually 10 re.
move the still existing remnants of feudalis,n
which continue to atliet the British nation -
I II has recently become the medium tlronqb
, which Golden promulga,es his Free Trade
! doctrines, which will give it increased inter-
, est to the numerous admirers. here and else
: where. Of that great Reiormer I'm many
particulars the Westminster Review cspouS.
es political Iath closely allied to that of our
, own couatry--and therefore we may. without
any extraordinary effort Of charity, be indue-
ed to cherish it as an exotic worthy Of being
eneralled into our more genial soil. II has
recently beer united with the Foreign Quar-
tcrly Review, the more attractive failures Of
the two Reviews being now combined in ,ho
W stministcr and thus adding greatly 10
Its value as a literary periodical.
The North Giy;sd R,rier.
is a work Of more recent origin than those
already described-but is. nevertheless. dcs-
tined to occupy as prominent place in the
, Republic Of Letters
q The great ecclesiastical movement in Scot
land lod to its establishments There was no
journal in the United Kingdom which ap
3 peared to meet the necessities Of this anti.
- church agitation Indeed. the revolution
caused By the disruption induced new suite
otthngs, placing the actors nuew positions
. of ObSeryatioD-uop could th.,. o.i,',. ,,., .