VOL. LXVII.
JANUARY-JUNE, 1850.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, EDINBURGH;
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1850.
BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH.
BLACKWOOD'S
EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
No. CCCCXI. JANUARY, 1850. Vol. LXVII.
The Year of Reaction, | 1 |
My Peninsular Medal. By an Old Peninsular. | |
Part III., | 15 |
American Adventure, | 34 |
Howard, | 50 |
The Dark Waggon. By Delta, | 71 |
The Green Hand—A "Short" Yarn. Part VII., | 76 |
British Agriculture and Foreign Competition, | 94 |
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If the year 1848—"THE YEAR OFREVOLUTIONS" was one pre-eminentamong all others for the magnitudeand interest of the events it broughtforth, the year which has just expired—THEYEAR OF REACTION—is stillmore worthy of serious reflection, andaffords subjects for more cheeringmeditation. If the first exhibitedthe whirlwind of anarchy let loose,the second showed the power bywhich it is restrained; if the formerfilled every heart with dread at thefierce passions which were developed,and the portentous events whichoccurred in the world, the latterafforded reason for profound thankfulness,