1841 Quarterly Review (London) Russia, Henry Coleridge, Joanna Baillie, Ireland

Description: This is the March 1841 single issue of the Quarterly Review (London). A very good copy with just a bit of edge wear to the paper wrappers and a few margins of the text, which is remarkably clean for its vintage. 162 pages. This is the American Edition of the magazine, published in a larger format than the English issue, although identical in content. At this date New York publisher Jemima M. Mason had made arrangements to re-published the content of some of the English quarterly magazine like this one and others, like the Edinburgh, Foreign and Westminster Reviews for an American audience. The only difference between the English and the American issues is the outer paper wrappers and advertisements. See photo #1. Some highlights I find include: Historian (Lord Mahon) Philip H. Stanhope's opening article in review of Patrick Fraser Tytler's History (Vol. 7) of Mary Queen of Scots. 22 pages. Roderick Murchison's 16-page article headed "Tours in the Russian Provinces" following the publication of four new works related to the topic. See photo #2 for a list of works reviewed. A noted English geologist, Murchison later would oppose the work of Charles Darwin. He became "Sir" Roderick in 1846. An unsigned essay headed "Mrs. Hamilton Gray on Etruscan Tombs." Some rewarding experiences here as you break into and through the secrets of various Etruscan tombs and burial chambers. Wait for a good dark and stormy night, beforehand. 10 pages. H.H. Milman's "State of Society and Education in France." This is review of Emile de Girardin's new work. Barrister Henry N. Coleridge (nephew to Samuel Taylor) reviews the 78 year old poet and playwright (and confident to Sir Walter Scott, among others of the "Romantic" generation) Joanna Baillie's Fugitive Verses. 8 pages. J.G. Lockhart's "Recollections of a Staff Surgeon." This in review of the adventures of 29 year military veteran Henry Walter, M.D. The able and energetic J.W, Croker on "United States Boundary" questions in dispute with the British over land matters and other articles on the British "Committee on Public Safety" and the "Irish Registration Bill." Anglican churchman William Sewell pens an essay (29 pages) of some interest headed "Romish Priests in Ireland." This is a good little capsule of English feelings toward the Irish at this date, just some few years before the Great Famine. Sewell grinds his way through eleven related works. See photo #3 for a list of them. Here's one of his foundational principles: "Popery lies at the root of the evils of that unhappy country." Some author identifications above are drawn from the Wellesley Index, Vol. 1, 723.

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