Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852   By: Various

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 offers a fascinating glimpse into the culture and society of 19th-century Edinburgh. The various articles featured in this issue cover a wide range of topics, including politics, literature, science, and history, providing readers with a comprehensive look at the interests and concerns of the time.

What sets this journal apart is its engaging and accessible writing style, which makes even complex subjects easily digestible for the lay reader. The inclusion of illustrations and engravings further enhances the reading experience, bringing the content to life in a vivid and engaging way.

Overall, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history and culture of 19th-century Edinburgh, offering a valuable insight into the social, political, and intellectual trends of the era. Highly recommended for history buffs and enthusiasts of Victorian literature.

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Some characters are a puzzle to history, and none is more so than that of Robespierre. According to popular belief, this personage was a blood thirsty monster, a vulgar tyrant, who committed the most unheard of enormities, with the basely selfish object of raising himself to supreme power of becoming the Cromwell of the Revolution. Considering that Robespierre was for five years 1789 to 1794 a prime leader in the political movements in France; that for a length of time he was personally concerned in sending from forty to fifty heads to the scaffold per diem; and that the Reign of Terror ceased immediately on his overthrow it is not surprising that his character is associated with all that is villainous and detestable. Nevertheless, as the obscurities of the great revolutionary drama clear up, a strange suspicion begins to be entertained, that the popular legend respecting Robespierre is in a considerable degree fallacious; nay, it is almost thought that this man was, in reality, a most kind hearted, simple, unambitious, and well disposed individual a person who, to say the least of it, deeply deplored the horrors in which considerations of duty had unhappily involved him... Continue reading book >>