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British Periodical Literature.
REPUBLICATION OF THE
LONDON QUARTERLY, THE NORTH BRITISH. AND
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEWS, AND
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH
MAGAZINE.

MAGAZINE.
Leonard Scott & Co., Publishers,
70 FULTON AND 81 GOLD STEETS,
New York.
THESE Periodical are the critical censors Of the
British scholastic and literary world. By their
criticisms, they aid readers in the selection OF stand
ard valuable books; and by the epitomes which they
present, often obviate the necessity of consulting works
too yoluminous for general examination. They fill 3
place which American magazines cannot supply; for
they discuss topics relating more strictly othe affairs.
political, religious, scientific. and literary, OF the con
tinent of Europe. Tho are conducted by the be>!
talent Of uaat Britain; and are engaged with the mos!
important questions which interest or agitate the civ
:lized world. Whoever subscrbes to them all, may
read the ablest representatives of the principal parties
into which the people of Great Britain are divided.
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW
$ the exponent of the Wing party in Great Britain.
having from its commencement advocated Freedom
and the rights of the people. When the war, appa
rently of determination. was wascd against France b.
British Tory rulers, and during which occurred tE'
,econd great struggle Of England with our own coun
Try. this Review first unfurled the flag of resistance
md made. by its unanswerable and clog uent appeal
IA behalf of inalienAtle rights, the halls of Britisl
legislation and even the throne itself to tremble. The
graphic and stirring delineations of those events, pre-
,euted in the pages of that distinguished journal. eN
4lbit the truest portra,ture Of those perilous days |,
70 fonnd. perhaps, in the Language. Its influence WA
becoming so apparent, that at length the leaders Of tn
tory party. at whom the thunders of its eloquenc,
sere especially directed. found it too powerful an in
,t-ument to be resisted by ordinary means, and henc
hey established the ''Quarterly,' - or as it is distin
;uished among the American Reprints,
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW,
Whereby to counterfeit that influence which its power
al rival eSprttl AGAINST their measures. The tWr
,reat political parties thus made strenuous effort
Trough their respectives orgaIs, for the promulgatio'
# their antagonistical principals; and during a lon
cries of years. these two leading Periodicals have con
.entratcd the labors, the talent, and the influence g
he aIhcrents of the Wing and Tory parties of Grea
Britain.
Men Of the highest literary rank. az well as dign;
aries. civil and "ccle,iastic, have contributed TO 1I'
ages of these works: among them might be mentione
,;ne of the most respondent names on the scroll 4
anne. Among the regular contributors TO the Inuao
Quarterly Review were ScCTIIEy- ScJTr, L0CKHAKT, 1T
resent editor, ArPsR.Ev. FERGusoN. WoRDswSRr
ctp NAHoN. DR.. MItMAN Whose article on Orient.
literature have been $" i'ghy esteemed and tina
fUndeTtul woman OF science. Mrs. SnMERNILIE. wit
,nany others scarcely less celebrated. Then again l.
ne Eiiabuah Reriean. it is enough to mention IL,
blowing names, any one of which would of itself in
.u-e a high degree OF renown 70 any work with whic.
I might be aSSocia ted:-we refer to JEFFREY. NAPEP
3kpvtfiAM, MACINTOSH. and MACAVLAY: the first of whol,
llring his long conncSion wSta the Review actual
,srote, on the average, one third of the articles tina
raced its brilliant pages. while the universally az
,aired : vs. of the last, republishei so cxteu>iyel
Il our own and the parent country, leave Us in II,
manner of doubt as to their great intrinsic merit.
TIE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
This able Journal was established under the patron
age and support Of the ultra liberals, so styled in III
British House of Commons. among whom RoEBCCS
Hills, DowRISG, Professor LONG of the London Uni
versitv. Miss MARrINEAU, and others whose names n<S
not be quoted, conspicuously figured. It was for som
Years under the editorial supervision of Jeremy Beth
m, from which fact it obtained the S0JriJtet of tn,
mouth piece of Benthami>m. This work has eve
trAen especially devoted to tie great topics which inter
est the mass of people: its pages have been rife, it vii
be remembered, with "A series al powerful articles, ten
ling 70 the reduction of Tory and exclusive privileges
hereditary rights. kirgly percgatives, &c. The As
founding developments made a few years since, re
S~yectins the wrrtched and, till then. unleasl Of Eor-
rors OF some branches of the mining population O
England. first appeared in its pages. Not only have
It's articles ever been directed against the afore men
toned abuses: the work has also maintained an unre-
lentiny crusade against the alliance Of Church am.
state, thus virtually seeking to abolish the q parlia
ncntAry Religion of England. and eventually to re
move the still existing remnants of teEialism. which
continue TO afaict the British nation. Il is has recently
become the medium through which Cobten pronui
yates his Free-trale doctrines, which viii give it in
creased interest to the numerous admirers, here and
elsewhere. of that great iteforuler. In many ~yarticu-
lars, the Westminster Review espousss a political
faith closely allied to that of our own country; and
therefore We Inlay WITHOUT any extraordinary eibrt OF
charity. be induced to cherish it as an exotic worth,
of being e~ngratted into our more genial soil. 1t has
recently been united with the Foreign Quarterly Re
view. the more attractive features of the two Review
being now combined in the Westminster. and thus
adding greatly TO its value as a literary periodical.
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW
is a work Of more recent origin than those already
describei-but is. nevertheless, destined to occupy a
place in the Republic of Letters.
The great ecclesiastical mnyen,ppt in Scotland Id ~
its establishment. There was no Journal in the UNI
TED KINGDOM, which appeared to meet the necessities
of this Anti National-Church agitation. Indeed. the
revolution caused by the disruption induced a new
state of things, placing the actors in a new position %,
observation: nor could they give utterance to their
new perez ptionS of State and Church Polity-their new
- mrathie~-their new emotions, without some or
othe" organ of thought than any eXtant. Hence the
spontaneous agreement of the great master of minds
among them. in the necessity Of a new outlet of opin-
ion. and the ~immeeiste creation of the NoRrH BRITISH
REVIEW. The basis u this Journal is the Evangelism
of the Nineteenth Century: nor is it to be overlooked
as one of the striking characteristics of the times.
that the grand principle which Robertson, Smith. and
many Of the eminent men of Scotland took the field a
century ago to ,crHe dozen, is now advocated and rindi-
Gated in this able work, and in the same literary me-
tropolis.
This Periodical is not ultra in lis views on any one
Of the grand departments Of human knowledge: at the
same time it never drifts from its moor,ngs on the
shores OF pure Evangelical religion of the Bible. Nor
will it fail to compare most ~favorably with every other
contemporary in the amount of talent, energy and
spirit, enlisted on its side. The names of Sir David
Brewster, Drs. Hanna, Cunningham, Lorrimer. Can
dish, Gordon, Buchanan, smith, &c. are a host with
in themselves: Much foreign talent is also pledged to
adorn and enrich its pages.
us not to be considered strictly a Theological Rs,ie,y.
for topics of every kind calculated to occupy and inter,
est the well cultivated mind are introduced. Politica,
questions, not so much in their party aspects as their
general character, are considered. Literature and the
literary merits OF works are discussed, an1 discoveries
in mental pnd physical science unfolded; the discuss
ion Of religious subjects, however. in a dispassionate
and Christian split, form alistinct feature of the
work, and will continue to occupy a prominent place
in its pages.
The lanented DR.. CHALMERS was the founder and
principal E titor of this Review, and since his dea. III
has been ably conducted by his son-in-law, Dr.. Hanna.