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From THE SUN, February 20, 1864. 



Although several articles of importance lend an especial 

 interest to the current number of the North British Review — • 

 conspicuous among them a reverential treatise upon the " Vie 

 de Jesus," such as will hardly satisfy the egotism of M. Eenan 

 should it fall under his observation — we have turned, as we 

 conjecture every person taking up this ever welcome blue- 

 covered northern Quarterly will turn, must perforce turn, in- 

 stinctively, inevitably, to the last paper of all — the eighth — 

 simply entitled " Thackeray." Of all the many memorials of 

 Thackeray yet given to the eager multitude of his lamenting 

 admirers since his startling demise, this paper in the North 

 British is, to our mind, incomparably the very best. 



From THE SATURDAY REVIEW, August 20, 1864. 



" Salt of Society." — A slight sketch of the private life 

 of Lord Elgin, written with great feeling and excellent taste, 

 has lately been published in the North British Revieiv. The 

 writer only gives an outline of Lord Elgin's public career, and 

 leaves it to others to paint the varied scenes of diplomatic life 

 through which the late Governor-General passed in his career 

 of labour and enterprise. Some day the narrative of this career 

 will be written, and if it is but well done, it ought to be full of 

 interest and instruction. It is of Lord Elgin as he was known 

 to his family and familiar friends that the article in the North 

 British Review treats ; more especially it gives a record of his 

 last days, after the fatal disease which terminated his life had 

 displayed itself, and while he was waiting for his release. He 

 ended his days as a sober, courageous, religious man should end 

 them, devoted in his affection to all around him, anxious to 

 lessen their sorrow, forgetful of himself, and resigned to the 

 will of God. 



From THE SATURDAY REVIEW, October 22, 1864. 



"The Two Sides of Criticism." — As a specimen of sympathetic 

 criticism, we may take the elaborate and admirable criticism 

 of " Wordsworth," which has lately appeared in the pages of the 



