North British Review Explained

The North British Review was a Scottish periodical. It was founded in 1844 to act as the organ of the new Free Church of Scotland, the first editor being David Welsh. It was published until 1871;^[1] in the last few years of its existence it had a liberal Catholic editorial policy.^[2]

Under Lord Acton's influence the Review took on a different character, with Aurelio Buddeus and Constantin Frantz writing on European affairs. Its editorial line rose above nationalistic politics, and was strongly opposed to Otto von Bismarck.^[3]

Darwin, who cites it abundantly, says of it: "it has been of more use to me than any other Review".^[4]

Editors

• 1845–6 Edward Francis Maitland
• 1847 William Hanna^[5]
• 1850–7 Alexander Campbell Fraser
• 1857 John Duns
• 1860–3 William Garden Blaikie
• c.1864 David Douglas;^[6] publisher in 1868–9.^[7]
• 1869 Thomas Frederick Wetherell, for a group around Lord Acton.

External link

• North British Review on archive.org.

Notes and References

1. Book: Alvin Sullivan. British Literary Magazines: The romantic age, 1789-1836. 7 November 1983. Greenwood Press. 978-0-313-22872-8. 117 note 6.
2. Book: Laurel Brake. Marysa Demoor. Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism: In Great Britain and Ireland. 8 November 2012. 2009. Academia Press. 978-90-382-1340-8. 3.
3. Book: Roland Hill . Lord Acton . 2000 . Yale University Press . 9-780300-079562 . 155.
4. [Charles Darwin]
5. Hanna, William.
6. Book: Robert Moray. David Stevenson. Letters of Sir Robert Moray to the Earl of Kincardine, 1657-73. 7 November 2012. 2007. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. 978-0-7546-5497-1. xii.
7. Book: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton. Richard Simpson. Josef Lewis Altholz. The correspondence of Lord Acton and Richard Simpson. 3. 7 November 2012. 1975. CUP Archive. 978-0-521-20552-8. 269 note 2.