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o 81 PERIODICALS.
British Periodical Literature
REPUBLICATION OF THE
LONDON QUARTERLY, TIE NORTH BRITISH, AND
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEWS, n
BIACKWOoDrS EDINBURGH
MAGAZINE.
Leonard Scott & Co., Publishers,
70 FULTON AND 81 GOLD SIEElS,
Now York

New York
HyHESE 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 yoluninous for general examination. Ihey MI Il
place which American magazines cannot supply Tor
they discuss topics relating more strictly tothe affairs,
political, religious, scientific, and literary OF the con
tinent 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 civ
ilizsd world, Whoever sutscrihes to them all, may
read the ablest Representatives OF the principal parties
into which the people Of Great Britain are divided.
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW
s the exponent of the Wing party in Great Britain,
having from tia commencement advocated Freedom
and the rights Of the people. When the war, appa-
rently OF determination, was waged against France by
British Tory rulers, and during which occurred the
second great struggle af England with our own couu-
try. this Review first unfurlea the flag of resistance,
and made, by its unanswerahle and eloquent appeals
in behalf OF inaiienable rights, the halls OF British
legislation and even the throne itself 20 tremble. The
graphic and stirring deineations Of those events. pre-
scented in the pages of that distinguished journal, ex.
hibit the truest portraiture of those perilous days to
be fonnd, 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 eioquence
were especially directed. found 1t too powerful an in
strumsut to be resisted by ordinary means, and hence
they established the 'Quarterly,' - or as it is distin-
guishea among the American Reprints,
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW,
whereby TO eounteract that influence which its power
full rival excFted against their measures, The tw"
great political parties thus made strenuous Efforts
through their respectives organs, for the PRONUNCIATION
of their antagonistieal principles; and during a long
series Of wears. these two leading Periodicals have con
centrsted the iabors, the talent, and the influence of
the adherents Of the Wing and Tory parties Of Great
Britain. j
VI r A. - i.+....,- x,,t ne ,.II "a Ij,p,.
taries, civil and ecclesiastic, have contributed to the
pages Of these works: among them might be mentioned
some of the most respondent names on the scroll OF
fame. Among the regular contributors to the London
Quarterly Review we're SocraEf. ScoTT, LoCKHARr, its
present editur,1 APPERLKT, FERGUSON. WoREsw NTH,
LoRD MAHoS. DIR. MILMAN, {whose article ON Oriental
literature have been so highly esteened,) and that
wonderful woman OF science, Mrs, SOssRv1LLE, with
many others scarcely less celebrated. Then again in
the Edinburgh Rerislc, it is enough to mention the
following names, any one Of which would of itself in
sure q high degree of renown to any work with which
it might be associated:-we refer to JEFFREY, NAPIER,
BRtuGHAM, MACINTOSH, and hACAUIAT; the tirstnf whom
during his long connexion wsth the Review acctuallY
wrote, on the average, one third of the articles that
| graced its brilliant pages; while the universally ad-
mired essays OF the last, rcpubliShed 80 extensively
in our oNn and the parent country. leave Ia, in no
ptsnrr II Doubt = M th"tr graf Intrinsic merit,
THE wESTMlNSITER REVIEW.
This able Journal was established under the patron
| age and support OF the ultra. liberals, 50 styled in the
British House of Commons: among whom RoEBUCK,
MILLS, bo"RiSG, PROFESSOR i~1Sb OF tpe toaaoh I'M,
Sersity, hiSs Aahti'hAt' anu oth'F7 hhoSe NAMES hee1
not be quoted, conSpicu0usly figured. 1t Was for some
years "hoer me eo'.'i."i S"peiN.9t2h . Jeremy Ptth-
am, from "hicn iact ! "nta'4ea n S"ft3@% Vi 'he
month piece Of Benthanii3m. This work has ever
been especially devoted 10 the great topics which inter
est the mass OF people itS pages nav O,'n rue IL WIZ
be remembered win u series Vi powerful aFtc!'s. I"a'
aing 10 'he r.oue'''n" i l"iS a"N t\''uH'st Pf.rh'ReS'
heFe"itafy lien'S' hnS'! p''os'tfo'' &C. "s ~"
founding developments made 4 few wears since, IT.
spec''hg the "t''c"G" anu, ~ '"'h. ui'n'as" - nor
rors d some branches u Il" mining po9n'a'i0h O.
England, hfSt aPPeAFG+ u lL' pages NOV Only nave
us articles ever oeeh uiFSe't" against 'ne aiorc~h'en-
TONED ABUSES: 'he NofN a "'Hn maintains" d n uhre
!eht1hg eFusane 'E"'St IA "IiHipe VI ShuEcli anu
State, th4s ylrtna!iy seeking 10 "noi'Sil the 'fariia-
hientary hei,S'"n o' ''iEi"hh' anu eFettnahy re
move tue SD. eN,stlns remnants OF lfuaa,laE1, "hlGh
continue 10 "f1ie! 'he nFit'sn PATTON. u d mas recently
become the medium 'hr""sh "hi%t @ooatn pr"lnui-
gates ms free-tFhat l"cifihe"' "hiSh WIZ give II IN
creased interest 10 t"e numerous admirers, mere ana
elsewhere ni 'hat great feiorl4er' !" many paIttcu,
e'tH ~ t 80 esfun@'S d r'i't"i
Elllh Glossy al'en W INA u our own country ana
therefore We may, without any extraordinary effort OF
ehaFr.S' D Z ih"e"tl :" cletlSh ID d a. thotc "ofihS
OIL oeshs ehgfa'tti INTO our more RoLi'ai sou; 81 mas
recently peen ~ sn XIV NE rois'sn suattets ne
view, the more a'fact'e FEATURES OF ue TWO Review"
beng now comhnea IN the Westminster an" thus
aa"i's srea"s "'o VALUE rs " literary peri'aicAi
THE NoRTu RpITtsu REVIEW
is a work Of moN recent origin than those already
| described-but is, nevertheless, destined TO occupy a
place in the Republic of Letters.
The great ecclesiastical movement in Scotlan nd led to
its establishment. There was no Journal in the I'M
TED KINGDOM, which appeared TO meet the necessities
of this Anti-Sational- Church agitation. Indeed, the
| revolution caused by the disruption induced n new
state of things, placing the actors in a new position Of
observation: nor could they give utterance to their
new pereep''1 ,ro; OF state and arlo Church P9.ty-their new
| other organ of thought than any extant. Hence the
| spontaneous agreement of the great master of minds
among them, in the necessity of q new outlet Of opin-
ion, and the inneeiate creation CT the NORTH BRITISH
REVIEW. The basis of this journal is the Evangelism
Of the Nineteenth Century; nor is it to he 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 perale dosca, is now advocated and rfpdt-