Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland
CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Literature of Freedom--The Liberal Literature of England--Periodicals--Edinburgh Review--Its Founders--Its Contributors--Its Standard and Style of Criticism--Its Influence--London Quarterly Review Started--Political Services of the Edinburgh--Its Ecclesiastical Tone--Sydney Smith--Decline of the Political Influence of the Edinburgh--Blackwood's Magazine--Tait's Magazine--Westminster Review--The Eclectic--The New Monthly--The Weekly Press--Cobbett's Register--Hunt's Examiner--Mr. Fonblanque--Mr. Landor--The Spectator--Douglas Jerrold--Punch--People's and Howitt's Journals--Mr. Howitt--Chambers' Journal--Penny Magazine and Cyclopedia 359