Interesting reviews of now famous books, wholesale massacre of now worshipped men, sweeping conclusions historical and political, among them at times such momentous verdicts as appeared in May 1819, that “no great man can have a small nose”[156]--such marked the progress and reputation of the magazine. Whether we feel we can exalt wholly and unreservedly _Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine_, we can at least heartily agree with Lockhart when he says: “I think the valuable part of The Materials is so great as to furnish no inconsiderable apology for the mixture of baser things.”[157] Moreover, it did more to counteract the influence of the _Edinburgh Review_ than any other periodical living or dead.[158] [156] Ibid., V. v, p. 159 [157] J. G. Lockhart: _Peter’s Letters_, V. ii, p. 225 [158] This discussion makes no pretense at finality. Treatment herein has been cursory and suggestive, not exhaustive. A vast and fruitful field remains untouched. _Bibliography_ Biography and Criticism Cambridge History of English Literature, V. xii, 6. New York and Cambridge, 1916 Douglas, Sir George. The Blackwood Group. Edinburgh, 1897 Elton, Oliver. A Survey of English Literature, 1780-1830. V. i, 13. London, 1912 Encyclopedia Britannica, eleventh edition. Article on “The Periodical Press after 1800” by H. R. Tedder Lang, Andrew. Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart. 2 vols. London, 1897 Lockhart, John Gibson. Life of Sir Walter Scott, V. v, Edinburgh, 1902-3 " " " . Peter’s Letters to His Kinsfolk. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1819 Memorials of James Hogg, The Ettrick Shepherd, by his Daughter, Mrs. Garden. London, 1903 Millar, J. H. A Literary History of Scotland. New York, 1903 Oliphant, M. O. Annals of a Publishing House. William Blackwood and His Sons. V. i. Edinburgh and London, 1897-8 Saintsbury, G. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860. New York, 1895 Works Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. Vols. i-xiv. Edinburgh and London, 1817-23 Hogg, James. The Works of The Ettrick Shepherd. Prose and Poetry. Ed. Rev. Thomas Thomson. London, 1869 Maginn, William. Miscellanies, Prose and Verse. 2 vols. London, 1885 Wilson, John. Works. Ed. Prof. Ferrier. 12 vols. Edinburgh, 1855-8 [Transcriber’s Note: Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Early History of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, by Alice Mary Doane