The Edinburgh Review. January, 1865. (Longman and Co.)—The Edinburgh this
quarter has its sting in its tail. To the last paper but one, entitled "Seven per Cent.," which is very generally attributed to Mr.. Giischen, M.P. for the City, we called attention a fortnight back, and the last paper on the American campaign of 1861 is in no way inferior to it in clearness of statement and precision of thought, qualities peen- Early valuable to the general reader in a writer on finance or strategy. We are glad to see that full justice is done to M'Clellan, though "by nature certainly of cautions mind," as a strategist, and that the infor- mation which the Times offers to its "ordinary readers" is estimated at its proper value. The conclusion at which the reviewer arrives is that Sherman's campaign of last year, and those of Grant and Lee in the preceding years, are not unworthy to be classed with the highest achievements of modern warfare. The other noticeable papers are• one on the proposal to alter the constitution of the Judicial Committee, an excellent summary of the life of Sir William Napier, the historian of the Peninsular War, and two good critiques on Palgrave's Normandy' and England and Gairdner's Memorials of Henry VII., both of which, how- ever, assume a much more special acquaintance with English history than people commonly have. The number is far above the average.
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