Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. * * * * * BLACKWOOD'S Edinburgh MAGAZINE. VOL. LXIV. JULY-DECEMBER, 1848. [Illustration: Buchanan] WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH; AND 37, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. 1848. BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. CCCXCIII. JULY, 1848. VOL. LXIV. CONTENTS. THE LAWS OF LAND. 1 LIFE IN THE "FAR WEST." PART II. 17 AMERICAN THOUGHTS ON EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONS. 31 THE CAXTONS. Part IV. 40 REPUBLICAN FRANCE.--JUNE 1848. 51 COLONISATION. 66 SIBERIA. 76 THE SCOTTISH DEER FORESTS. 92 THE BURIED FLOWER. 108 HUZZA FOR THE RULE OF THE WHIGS. 112 THE NAVIGATION LAWS. 114 EDINBURGH: WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, 45, GEORGE STREET; AND 37, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. _To whom all Communications (post paid) must be addressed._ SOLD BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. No. CCCXCIII. JULY, 1848. VOL. LXIV. THE LAWS OF LAND. _A Treatise on the Succession to Property vacant by Death._ By J. R. M'CULLOCH, Esq. London: Longmans, 1848.