Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Published Writings
  3. Periodicals
  4. Journalism
  5. per.01169

The British Quarterlies

About This Item

  • Title: The British Quarterlies
  • Date: 16 August 1858
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
  • Whitman Archive ID: per.01169
  • Source: Brooklyn Daily Times, 16 August 1858: 2. Our transcription is based on a digital image of a microfilm scan of the original issue. Microfilm of original issue held at Pennsylvania State University Libraries. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the journalism, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Editorial note: This piece is unsigned, as was the case for most of Whitman's journalism. However, this editorial is part of a series of texts that deal with a coherent theme that has been identified by the Whitman Archive journalism team as likely authored by Whitman. This decision is based on a combination of historical and (auto)biographical accounts, similarity to contemporary Whitman writings, a history of scholarly attribution, extant clippings retained by Whitman, computational stylometric analysis, and, in some cases, manuscript evidence in Whitman’s hand.
  • Contributors to digital file: Kaylen Michaelis Thara Michaelis Brandi Faulkner Stefan Schöberlein Karie Cobb
  • Cite this page: Whitman, Walt. "The British Quarterlies." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 17 July 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: per.01169.xml (TEI)
image 1image 2image 3image 4cropped image 1

THE BRITISH QUARTERLIES.—

We have received from Leonard Scott and Co.,1 79 Fulton street, the Edinburgh2 and Westminister3 Reviewsfor July. They are both numbers of average merit. The Westminster does not contain quite its usual variety; neither has it any particularly striking and significant article, such as it sometimes startles its readers with. But the papers it contains are, of course, ably written and the critical articles not only present a perfect view of the world of current literature in all countries, but are brief, able and pungent. The Edinburghopens with a capital article on "Hugh Miller," evidently written by one who knew the Scotch philosopher, and appreciated his peculiar abilities. Perhaps the next most noticeable article is one on the "Progress and Spirit of Physical Science." Those who are interested in French poets and poetry will find the critical paper on the "Posthumous Memoirs and Songs of Beranger, to be ably-written and entertaining, while those who are looking out for "fresh fields and pastures new," in literature, will find new prospects opened up in the elaborate article on the "Hindu Drama." As we have of ten said before, these Reviews embody the ablest productions of Transatlantic writers, and what is best and finest in the English mind.

Notes:

1. Leonard Scott & Co. was a New York publishing company created by Leonard Scott (1810–1895) that focused on reprinting British magazines. [back]

2. Marietta Piccolomini (1834–1899) was an Italian opera singer. [back]

3. The Westminster Review was a British liberal quarterly magazine, established in 1823 by philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832). [back]

Back to top