And in addition to these difficulties, the present state of the Continent must at least interrupt all literary works.

You will not, I am sure, look upon these as idle excuses.

Things may probably improve, and I will not quit this country without commissioning some one here to send you anything that may be of use to so promising a publication as your _Review_." No sooner was one number published, than preparations were made for the next.

Every periodical is a continuous work--never ending, still beginning.

New contributors must be gained; new books reviewed; new views criticised.