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BLACkWoOD'S EDINBURGH
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FfNHESE Periodical are the critical cansors Of the
i British scholastic and literary world. By their
criticisms, they aid readers in the selection Of stand.
ard valuable books; and by the e~pitorles which they
present, often obrIatea the necessity Of consulting work.
too yatamiDous for general examination. They fill 4
place which american magazines cannot su ppiy; for
they discuss topics rrfating more strictly othe affairs,
political, religious. scientific, and literary, Of the con
tinent Of Earope, They are conducted by the best
talent Of Great Britain; and are engaged with the most
important questions which interest or aeitate the civ
ilized world. Whoever subseribes to them all. NAV
read the ahtest representatives Of the principal parties
into which the people of Great Britain. are divided.
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW
2 the exponent of the Wing party in Great Britain,
having nom It's commencement advocated Freedom
and the rights of the people. When the war. anna
rently Of determination, was waged against France by
British Tory rulers, and daring which occurred the
second great struggle Of England with orr own coun-
try, this Review first unfurlea the flag Of resistance.
and made, by its unanswersble ard efoa uent appeals
In behalf Of inahenable rights, the halls of British
legislation and even the throne itself 10 trernble. The
ga phie and stirring delineations of those event, pre-
sented in the pages of that distinguished journal, ex-
hlbit tbs truest portrature OF those gerilous DAYS TO
oe fonnd, perhaps, in the Language. Its influence was
becoming 50 apparent, that at length the leaders of the
Tory party, at whom the thunders of its eleauence
were especially directed, found it too powerful an in.
strunlent TO be resisted by, ordinary means, and hence
they established the Quarterly hr as it is dist;n-
guished among the American Reprints,
THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW.
whereby to counterfeit that influence which its power
fal rival exerted against their measures. The two
great u1litl.al uartyas Tins na5u -a,,Iu sre4e
through their respectives organs. for tbe PRONUNCIATION
Of their antagonistical principles: ana during a long
series Of years, these two leading Periodicals have CON
centrated the labors, the talent. and the influence of
the adherents of the Wing and Tory parties of Great
Britain.
Men of the highest literary rank, Is well as digni-
tar!eS- ctEli and eccleSiaSGc, have contributed to the
f@geS ot these works: among them might be mentioned
some OF the most resplendent names on the scroll of
iaine. Amcag the regular contributors to the London
Quarterly Review were SOVrIEY. Sfsrrr, LoCgfAgr. fits
present editor) AprERIEy, FERGgscr. WoRpswysTy
LORD MARION, DR.. MhMAS, Whose article on Oriental
literature have been SO highly esteemed, and that
wonderful woman OF science, Mas SoMERvnLE, with
many others scarcely less celebrated. Then again in
the Edfn5agh herietc, it is enough to mention the
following names, any one of which would Of itself in
sure a high degree Of renown to any work with which
1t might he associated-we refer 10 JEFFREY, NAPIER.
BRoUGHAM, MACINTOSH, and MacAULAY: the first of whom
daring his long connexion wsth the Review ACTUALLY
wrote, on the average, one third Of the articles that
gracei it's brilliant pages: while the universally a3-
nired essay Of the last. republished SO extensively
IN our own and the parent country, leave us IN no
manner OF doubt as to their great intrinsic merit.
THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW.
This able Journal was established under the patron
age and support of the ultra liberals. 50 stvjed in the
British House Of commons: among whom kOEBrCK.
Mills, BowEfNG, PROFESSOR lnSG Ut the London Uni
Teroity, Miss MARTISEAU, and Others whose names need
not be quoted, conspicuuusly figured. 1t vas for some
years under the editorial supervision of Jeremy Beth
am, from which fact it obtPined the Sotytqua OF the
mouth piece Of BenthAlnism. Hills work has ever
been especially devoted to tie great topics which inter
est the mass Of people: lis lagcs have been rife, it will
be remembered, with a series Of powerful articles. ten !
ding to the reduction of Tory and exclusive privileges,
rights, kingty perngativeS, &c. The as.
founding developments made a few wears since. re-
specting the wretcLed and. till then, uniScard Of h0r- !
rors of some branches Of the mining population Of
England, first appeared in lis rEage>f Not only haze
it, articles ever been directed against The afsre men !
TONED abuses; the work has also maintained an uute-
ientins crusade against the alliaEc" Of Church and
State, thus virtually seeking to abolish the 'fFariia-
raentary Religion of England, and eventually TO TT,
move the still existing rernant- OF tcudalisn. which
continue to aittict the British nation. It is la Recently /
become the medium through which Cebjen promul-
gates his Free trade doctrines. which will give il in
interest to the numerous admirers, here and
elsewhere, Of that great Reforner. In alany particu-
the Westminster Review cspous5s a political
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 engrafted into our more genial soil. II las
been united Win the Foreign Quarterly He |
view. the more attractive features Of the two Reviews
being now combined in the Westminster, and thus
adding greatly to its value as "a literary periodical.
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW
a work of nore recent origin than those already
iescribed-but Is, nevertheless, destined to occupy a
in the Republic Of Letters.
The great ecclesiastical movement in Scotland led to
is establishment. There was no JOURNAL in the I'M
TED KINGDOM, which appeared to mret the necessities
Of this Anti National Church agitation. Indeed, the
caused by the disruption induced a new
state of things. placing TIE actors in n new position of
new perceptions of state and Church Polity-their new
m pa t hies-their new emotions. without some or
other organ Of thought than any extaat. Hence the
Spontaneous agreement OF the great master of minds
among them. in the necessity of q rev outlet Of opin-
ION. and the immediate creation Of the NORTH BrITI>H
REVIEW. The basis of this Journal IS the Evangelism
IF the Nineteenth Century; nor is It to be overlooked
rs one of the striking character tics Of the times.
that the grand principle which Robertson, Smith, and
Of the eminent men OF SCOTLAND took the field a
century ago to urite dnsoye, is now adrocated and ,tnaT-
;atsd in this able work, and in the same literary me
.rupolis.
This Periodical is not ultra in it's views on any one
If the grand depa rtmeuts Of human knowledge: at the
time it never drifts from its mornings on the
,hores Of pure Evangelical religion Of the Bible. Nor
will it fail to compare most ~favofahlv with every other
otemperary'in the amount of talent, energy ani
,pirit; enlisted on It's side. The names Of Str David
Drs. Hanna, Cunningham, Lnrriner, Can
ilish, Gordon, Buchanan, Smith, &c, are Il host with
n themselves. Much foreign talent is also pledged to
ldoru and enrich its pages.
II is not to be considered strictly Il TheoReqcaf Rsrieac,
or topics of every kind calculated to occupy and inter
Isl the well cultivated mind are introduced. Political
questions, not so much IN their party aspects as their
-eneral cha racter. are considered. Literature and the !
iterarv merits OF works are discussed, ant discoveries
n mental pna physical science unfelded; he discuss I
on of religious subjects, however. IN a dsjslssionate
md Christian split, form adistinet feature of tho
york, and viii continue to occupy a prominent place
Il its pages.
The la,nented DR.. CHALMERS was the founder and
Editor of this Review, and since his death /
las been ably conducted by his sen-in-aw. DR.. Hanna.
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