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Title: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII.

Author: Various

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BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.

NO. CCCXXVIII. FEBRUARY, 1843. VOL. LIII.

CONTENTS.

ARNOLD'S LECTURES ON HISTORY
POEMS AND BALLADS OF SCHILLER.--NO. V.
REYNOLDS'S DISCOURSES. PART II.
THE YOUNG GREY HEAD
IMAGINARY CONVERSATION. BY WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR.
OLIVER CROMWELL AND SIR OLIVER CROMWELL
CALEB STUKELY. PART XI.
THE WORLD OF LONDON. SECOND SERIES. PART II.
EYRE'S CABUL
THE EVACUATION OF AFFGHANISTAN
DEATH OF THOMAS HAMILTON, ESQ.

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EDINBURGH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS.

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ARNOLD'S LECTURES ON HISTORY.

If any doubt could exist as to the nature of the loss which the
premature death of Dr Arnold has inflicted on the literature of his
country, the perusal of the volume before us must be sufficient to show
how great, how serious, nay, all circumstances taken together, we had
almost said how irreparable, it ought to be considered. Recently placed
in a situation which gave his extraordinary faculties as a teacher still
wider scope than they before possessed, at an age when the vivacity and
energy of a commanding intellect were matured, not chilled, by constant
observation and long experience--gifted with industry to collect, with
sagacity to appreciate, with skill to arrange the materials of
history--master of a vivid and attractive style for their communication
and display--eminent, above all, for a degree of candour and sincerity
which gave additional value to all his other endowments--what but
leisure did Dr Arnold require to qualify him for a place among our