, 1865-10-27
Qbtfa9o Qrtbn1le.
ENGLISH PERIODICAL LIT
ERATURE.
The Quarterly Reviews and Mag
a2ilcs.

The Quarterly Reviews and Mag
a2i1les.
THEIR EDITORS AND, CONTRIB
CT0RS.
Tie Edinburgh London Quarterly, |
yyc.tp,lnatcr, North British, British !
Quarterly, nnd NntIounl Quarterly
Blntk1xood, Frazer, Macmillan, Col |
burn, Bentley, Coruhilt. Dublin uui-
xcr<itJ, London Society. ETC., etc.
ICo1rezpondence oi the Chicago THbnne-l |
LONDON, Oct 7, 1866.
propose 10 giye you this TceE slight !
account Of the present condition oF our Eng
lish Quarterly Reviews and Monthly Magga-
xines. Most Of these arc k1owu, nj all events !
by name, to American readers, but changes |
have taken place probably since the acquaint- |
anccsltp began. It is of to-day that speak.
and my words orc intended rather to convey |
information, thau to incorporate criticism.
The veteran blue and bufl,, the Edinburgh
1fttri<rc, is still under the editorsh1p OF Ar. |
Henry ReeSe, Of the Priyy Council. It is not
tic Edinburgh Of the days Of jeffrey, md not |
unseldom the articles arc merely on par with |
journalism. 1t Is singular TO take It up at
a club Or rcading~room and find that large
proportion Of the 1cares arc uncut. Occs-
eionally, however, Dean Stanley contributes
q paper which stirs up discussion, and the
Fa;n6urah then seens 10 ret some Of its old
color and flre. Miss Mnttlneau has written
.,,,e oxce,,cnt essars for it on the "ncnro
oucstfon ,,-to uee The iarron of the hour
I'M mi Inn, since sbe announced that she was
,e1;nou,sh,nu all lttcrnrx work save that which
shc undertakes for the DalEv Ne,os. Her
hca1,1, is so precarious that it Is doubtful II
shc will mt soon Law the uen aside. Miss
Nartincau has done much 10 enl,chtcn the
Enclish mind upon very many important
to,9ics. and reeene.ated America should not
tnr.ect that she Is almost the only one of the
eminent writers In Great Britain who, after
bnv1nr visited the United States, has not
shrank from openly proelalmmyy enr1re sym-
pathy With the Abo1ltioniats-not with those
who merely condemned slavery as wrong,
but the little band who for so mapy years had
to endure the SCOTS and scorn Of polite society.
Du1ing the American war. the Edinburgh has
had articles Oh opposite sides, personal IN
| flucnce overwhelming sometimes considcra-
| tiors Of consistency. Tho Quarterly Res7et1,
Its ancient rival. Las been bitterly Southern.
as much 20 as If the Rev. Mr. Elwyn, the
editor, had dipped as deeply Into the Confea~
erate Lean as Mr.. seSard's list says did
the editors Of the Times and the Morning
Pol. On purely literary matters the Quarter
| " fs to be preferred TO tie old Wing perlodl~
Gals; but tn foreign md domestic politics, 1t
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