The Dublin Review, issue four, April 1837

Hardback. Good. The Dublin Review (not to be confused with the modern literary journal) was the leading Catholic periodical of its time, having begun in 1836 as a quarterly, continuing until its demise in 1969. It was founded by the barrister and journalist Michael Joseph Quin who brought in Daniel O'Connell and Cardinal Wiseman to the project. The aim was "to provide a record of current thought for educated Catholics and ... to be an exponent of Catholic views to non-Catholic inquirers" and to this end it recruited eminent and well-regarded writers on religious, historical and literary topics and with much focus on science. Despite its name the Review was printed and published in London. Issue four, April 1837, 344pp plus opening Contents leaf; bound in blue-green cloth, spine titled gilt, no specific title page as the original wrappers are not bound in; slightly rubbed at the extremities and with a very few stamps of the Franciscan Convent Library, Wexford, scattered around but overall in tight, clean and good condition. This issue contains a total of 15 "articles" (perhaps more accurately named "elements" or "sections" as several contain material on different if somewhat related topics) covering the various areas of interest. There is a 39pp review of "Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy" by John Davy, touching also on other material, notes on Hansard, an account of De Tocqueville's recently published "De la Démocratie en Amérique", reviews of plays, discussion of German literature and of activities in Russia and Turkey and essays on elements of Catholic thought and practice.