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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; in the last few years of its existence it had a liberal Catholic editorial policy.

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.

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

Editors

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

References

1. Matthew, H. C. G. "Welsh, David". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29025. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. Alvin Sullivan (7 November 1983). British Literary Magazines: The romantic age, 1789-1836. Greenwood Press. p. 117 note 6. ISBN 978-0-313-22872-8.
3. Laurel Brake; Marysa Demoor (2009). Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism: In Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-90-382-1340-8. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
4. Roland Hill (2000). Lord Acton. Yale University Press. p. 155. ISBN 9-780300-079562.
5. Charles Darwin, The descent of Man, 1871, vol. II, p. 125, note 32.
6. Millar, Gordon F. "Maitland, Edward Francis". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17821. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Hanna, William" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
8. Griffin, Nicholas. "Fraser, Alexander Campbell". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33247. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
9. Ritchie, Lionel Alexander. "Duns, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/45534. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. Ritchie, Lionel Alexander. "Blaikie, William Garden". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2562. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
11. Robert Moray; David Stevenson (2007). Letters of Sir Robert Moray to the Earl of Kincardine, 1657-73. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. xii. ISBN 978-0-7546-5497-1. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
12. John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton; Richard Simpson; Josef Lewis Altholz (1975). The correspondence of Lord Acton and Richard Simpson. 3. CUP Archive. p. 269 note 2. ISBN 978-0-521-20552-8. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
13. Altholz, Josef L. "Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30329. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External link

• North British Review on archive.org.

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