BY TREUTTEL, WUllTZ, TREUTTEL, JUN. & RICHTER. 



rogards paper and typo, and contains eleven arlicles, «liich arc in general ably writlcn 

 and interesting." " Tlie sliort Literary Notices at the end, selected from the conti- 

 nental joumals, are extremely uscfnl, and should, in our opinion, he much enlarged in 

 future numbers. Last of all comes a List of Books, nearly 400 in number, pnblislicd on 

 the continent between January last and July, which list, if continued on the same 

 scale, will be very valuable. As a whole, the number is good, and merits every encou- 

 ragement." — Scotsman. 



" The principle upon which this journal sets out is so excellent, and the work itself 

 is so well calculated to supply a great desideratum in our periodical literature, that wc 

 arc equally surprized it did not sooner occur to some cnter|)rizing publisher, and con- 

 vinced that, with ordinary diligence and activity, tlie project nnist be crowned willi 



success Let the reader only reflect that France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, 



Denmark, Sweden, Russia, &c. each possess a national literature ; tliat in each science 

 has been more or less cidtivatcd, and in some (as in France) with more success than 

 among ourselves ; that Frencli literature has now become a branch of polite education 

 in this as well as in other countries ; that Germany annuallx' sends forth thousands of 

 volumes in all the departments of human knowledge, and holds the first rank in philo- 

 sophy, criticism and erudition; that the genius of Italy, cramped as it is by the baleful 

 influence of despotism, is hardly less prolific than that of Germany; that Spain and 

 Portugal, amidst all their political misery and degradation, occasionally produce works 

 deserving of European notoriety ; and that even the third and fourth rate kingdoms 

 and states contribute their share to the great mass of human know ledge ; let the reader, 

 we say, reflect on these circunistancos, comparing them with the cursory and trivial 

 notices which we have formerly had of foreign publications, and he will no longer 

 entertain a doubt that a Journal like that before us, devoted exclusively to this hitherto 

 neglected field of criticism, is calculated to supply one of the nuisf obvious, and at the 

 same time remarkable, desiderata in the periodical literature of the day. Such being 

 our conviction of the necessity for a work of this sort, we feel a double gratification in 

 being able to bestow our honest and hearty commendation on the first number. 

 Though got up under all the dilficulties and disadvantages incident to a new and great 

 undertaking, and, of course, inferior upon the whole to what subsequent numbers -.vill 

 undoubtedly prove, it is nevertheless a highly creditable production in every point of 

 view, and in talent, ability, and editorial skill, will not suiTer much by a comparison 

 with journals of established reputation. Several of the articles, indeed, are from the 

 pens of our most celebrated writers, and not unworthy of the fame which they have 

 acquired." — Cultdoiuun Mercury. 



" It was time that a Foreign l^cview should be published to fill the void left in our 

 periodicals, and to show us, thHt if we are now at the head of civilization, the other 

 countries of Europe are not so surrounded by the clouds of ignorance as we are inclined 

 to suppose, notwithstanding the notorious disadvantages under which they unfortu- 

 nately labour. This is now no more a desideratum, and such a Review we are happy 

 to announce to our readers. Its first nujube.- has just been published, under tlic title 

 of the Foreign Quorterlif Baiew, and, we venture to say, that the manner in which it 

 makes its appearance promises that it will one day rival with our best publications." — 

 Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. 



" We have been soinewlKit dilatory in noticing this publication, but wc shall not, on 

 that account, exert ourselves the less to do it justice, now that we have taken up the 

 pen. Among the lunnerous strictures that have appeared in the columns of our con- 

 temporaries, we have not seen one decidedly hostile to the object of the work, or inclined 

 to under-rate the very s|)lendid talents which have been put in retpiisitiou to establish 

 it. Though we are at all limes given to maintain an unbiassed 0|)inion on literary as 

 Avell as political subjects, we are glad that in this instance our judgment accords pretty 

 nearly with that of our brethren. A periodical work, exclusively devoted to lorcign 

 literature, established on a popular basis, and supported by writers of acknowledged 



eminence, cannot fail to prove of immense utility." " To conclude, we sincerely 



hope that the Foreign Review will obtain that hold of the public opinion which it so 

 obviously deserves ; and if the Second Number does not disappoint the promise of its 

 precursor, «c shall be among the readiest of its friends to hajl its appearance." — Eriin- 

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