Quarterly Review was a review journal started by John Murray, the celebrated London publisher, in March 1809 (though it bore a title page date of February), in rivalry with the Edinburgh Review, which had been seven years in possession of the field, and was exerting, as he judged, an evil influence on public opinion; in this enterprise he was seconded by George Canning, Robert Southey, and Walter Scott, the more cordially that the Edinburgh Review had given offence to the latter by its criticism of "Marmion." It was founded in the Canningite Tory interest for the defence of Church and State, and it had William Gifford for its first editor, while the contributors included, besides Southey and Scott, all the ablest literary celebrities on the Tory side, of which the most zealous and frequent was John Wilson Croker. John Murray is a British publishing house, renowned for the roster of authors it has published in its history, including Jane Austen, Lord Byron and Charles Darwin. ... St. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Edinburgh Review was one of the most influential magazines of the 19th century. ... For the book by Walter Lippmann, see Public Opinion. ... The Right Honourable George Canning (11 April 1770-8 August 1827) was a British politician who served as Foreign Secretary and, briefly, Prime Minister. ... Robert Southey, English poet Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 - March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and one of the so-called Lake Poets. Although his fame tends to be eclipsed by that of his contemporaries such as William Wordsworth, Southeys verse enjoys enduring popularity. ... Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ... The term Tory applied to the Tory Party, the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party. ... A church building is a building used in Christian worship. ... William Gifford (1756 - 1826), critic and poet, was born of humble parentage at Ashburton, Devonshire, and after being for a short time at sea, was apprenticed to a cobbler. ... John Wilson Croker (December 20, 1780 - August 10, 1857) was a British statesman and author. ...

Under Gifford, the journal consistently took the Canningite liberal-conservative position on matters of domestic and foreign policy. It opposed political reform, but it supported Catholic emancipation, the gradual abolition of slavery, and the liberalizing of trade. In a series of brilliant articles, in its pages Southey advocated a progressive philosophy of social reform.

Reflecting divisions in the Tory party itself, under its third editor, John Gibson Lockhart, the Quarterly became less consistent in the political philosophy it espoused. While Croker continued to represent the Canningites and Peelites, the party's liberal wing, it also found a place for the more extremely conservative views of Lords Eldon and Wellington. John Gibson Lockhart (July 14, 1794 - November 25, 1854), Scottish writer and editor, was born in the manse of Cambusnethan in Lanarkshire, where his father, Dr John Lockhart, transferred in 1796 to Glasgow, was minister. ...

The Quarterly Review stopped publication in 1967. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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References

Jonathan Cutmore, The Quarterly Review Archive [1]

John O. Hayden, The Romantic Reviewers, 1802-1824 (Chicago:UCP, 1969)