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NPoA ouI HFsC page Will be found the
advertisement of Leonard Scott & Co..
the enterprising publishers of the reprint
of Blackwood, Edinburgh, North British.
Quarterly, and Westminster Reviews
Each of these magazines are conducted
with force and ability. The London
Quarterly is under the oditorship of an
American gentleman, Rev. w. Ewin, of
Boston The others are conducted by
men remarkable even in an age of bril-
liant writer's, from the power and brilliancy
OF their writings. Principal among these
magazines is the Edinburgh Review. 1t
was originally started by Sydney Smith,
jeffrey and Brongham, and produced i'm
mense excitement in the literary and po-
litical world. 1t was Wing in its politics
and attached itself to the Lord Holland.
Grey party, and to its great influence
and popularity may be traced the success
of many measure in parliament, and the
result of many parliamentary election.
But in the literary world it was equally
powerful Its fat, delivered with the air
Of an oracle, was looked to with trcm-
bling by many fine genius, just cmcrg-
ing to the light of popular notice, while
aspiring mediocrity was damned in its in
clpient pretensions. But the decisions of
this awful tribunal were not always cor
rect, though always ingenious, as has been
declared even by cotemporary fame, and
by the judgement Of posterity. Who
does not remember the crushing critique
of jeffrey upon Hours of Ideness; a
series of poems, by George Gordcn, Lord
Byron, miner" "The poesy of this
young lord belongs to the class which
neither gods nor men are said to permit.
Indeed, we do not recollect to have seen
a quantity of verse, with so few variations
in either direction from that exact stand
ard. His effusions are spread over dead
fiat, and can no more get above or below
the level, than if they were so much
stagnant water" &c. Byron's scathing
reply in his poem on &C English Bards and
Scotch Reviewers" may leave doubt
whether the English bard on the Scotch
reviewer displayed the highest degree of
sarcasm. To meet and neutralize the in
fuence of the Edinburgh, the Quarterly
was originated in London, and it forth
with appeared in all the might which the
Tory party could infusc into its pages
Under the lead of such men as Southcy,
Woodworth, and the Lake School," the
Quarterly opposed parliamentary reform,
Catholic emancipation, and defended the
church establishment. 1t was conducted
with great vigor, and was no mean rival
OF its great cotemporary; as high as an
hundred pounds ($5Oo) was often paid
for an article for these magazines. The
Westminster Review is the organ of the
Ultra Liberal party of Britain, sceptical
in the German signifcation of the term,
but conducted with great talent, and
chiefly valuable for the scientific a arti-
cles it contains. The North British is the
exact opposite of the Westminster in its
religious tone, in that its influence is al
ways on the side of revealed truth. 1t is
not theological journal, but while it
aims to as high literary eminence as the
Edinburgh or the Quarterly, and sweeps
over the whole circle of scientific truth, it
opposes that negative or hostile spirit to
religion, of what is called the philosophi-
cal party.
Blackwood's Magazine is known and
read all the world over. In classic litera-
ture, history, travels, iniquities, biogra-
ply, poetry, criticism, fiction, philosophy,
reviews, it stands, and ever has stood,
without parallel.
AS this is the commencement of the
year, this is the best time to order these
reviews. They are invaluable to any
man who desires to keep pace with the
ideas of the age. The terms at which
they are furnished bring them within the
reach of all, while the postage is nominal.
We refer our readers to the first page