The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-29
alErom the N. W. Presbyterian .zss'''
The Reprints of Blackwood's Magazine
and the British Reviews.

our readers to the Reprints, by the
Leonard Scott Publishing Company, 80
Walker Street, New York, of Black
woods Magazine, the Edinburgh, the
North British, the London Quarterly
and the Westminster Reviews.
The fact that the Edinburgh is now
sixty years old, or whereabouts, and
that the London Quarterly has reached
the venerable age of ifty-nine, while
Blackwood, which dates from the year
1917. is as vigorous as ever, and Its
power is felt on both sides OF the AT
iantic, shows that the educated classes
of our Anglo-Saxon race discern IN these
Journals a mastery, n power OF thought
and an attractiveness of style, which no
similar works have ever attained. rub
fishers in our country have attempted
reprints Of other European Magazines
and Reviews without success; but the
demand for these journals grows Just as
education extends in our land. This Is
the case, Notwithstanding some articles
that at times find their way into them
which the popular Judgment of our peo-
pie would reject or condemn. 1t could
not be expected that our people would
look at all matters, social, government
al. or ecclesiastical, from French, a
German, or British standpoint, but
the causes which lead our educated peo-
pie to value these journals as they do,
are obvious to all who are acquainted
with them, and who understand the
manner in which they are sustained.
The political parties i'll Great Britain
attach great Importance to the power
of the press. The Wings in the early
DAYS of Lord Jeffrey commenced the
Edinburgh Review, in order that by its
tremendous cannonade, it might batter
down the fortress of Toryism. So also,
when it's force was felt, the opposing
party had recourse to similar expedl-
ent; and thus, under the auspices of the
Tories, arose the Quarterly Review
The late VIM. Blackwood, of Edinburgh
a shrewd, clear-headed, and intelligent
publisher, annoyed by the assumption
of his Wing neiehbors, and believing
that "The Blue and Yellow"-the col
ors of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. be assail-
ed in it's chosen home, resolved to es-
tablish a magazine. He objected to a
Quarterly, as his object was, by n
monthly periodical, varied, racy, and
trenchant in its character, to appear
three times before the public for every
single appearance of the Review. The
world now knows the energy and re-
markable Judgment combined with
great iberality which have character
lied that periodical. Abroad, the edi-
torship was attributed to Professor
Wilson, Professor Aytoun, and others,
but really they were only contributors,
and from the beginning, and during all
its history, the members of the firm
have been the responsible managers
William Blackwood, senior, and his son,
John, have mainly ruled the destiny of
the magazine, their principle being
simply to select the best writer's, pay
the highest prices, and take no articles
from any one, no matter how elevated,
how learned, how wealthy, or how
famed, without remuneration.
Thus The Edinburgh, the Quarterly,
and Blackwood arose. In process of
time, the English Radicals felt the need
of a journal, and they likewise started
Review. At the same time, the edu-
Gated classes in England, DESTROYS to be-
come intimately acquainted with Con-
tinental literature, commenced similar
enterprise; but divided counsels and
continued strife led to the publication
of two journals instead of one In pro-
cess of time these Quarterlies combined,
and finally a union took place with the
radical political journal, and thus the
reading public were provided with the
present Westminster Review. Of
course it is advanced in it's religious
and political articles, but its merely
literary essays are not only on a level
with, but often far ahead of those in
other journals. Strange as it may APP
pear to certain of our readers, this Jour
nal, with its bold assaults on evangeli-
cal religion, its trenchtnt, scornful crit
cism on the productions of our recogni-
zed orthodox schools, is the one of all |
others that our educated ministers an | |
thinking minds will regularly regard. |
1t points out to them the devices OF the
enemy, where the mine is to be con-
structed, where the assaults is to be
made. 1t tells them without the pur-
chase of scores of costly European
books in foreign tongues, what criti-
cism is doing in Germany, Italy, France
and England, and thus 1t keeps them
apace with modern thought.
We have entered into these details
because of our desire to aid in the cir
of these valuable journals,
which may be had from the publishers
tor the small sum of fifteen dollars an
nually. To order them from England
hey would cost upwards of fifty doll
ars, exclusive of the carriage. To intel
igent young men in our churches we
suggest the formation of reading clubs.
and by all means let all such clubs put
Town the name Of the pastor as an hon
orary member. Of course, Blackwood
alone, or Blackwood and any one, or
Ill, OF the Reviews, may be ordered:
Ind when our readers will reflect on the
act that for the small sum of fifteen
ioliars they are supplied with twelve
numbers ola magazine and sixteen num-
'ers OF four Reviews, in which almost
Every subject of interest, ancient and
modern history, travels, literature. DO
itloal parties, poetry, romance, and re-