Excerpt from The Boston Quarterly Review, 1840, Vol. 3 I resume this publication under circumstances some what different from those under which I commenced it. Before undertaking this review, i had rendered myself, so far as known, not a little unpopular, by my association with the working-men's party, and my hold and uncompromising defence of the laboring classes. I was obliged to stand alone. Individuals, who en joyed some reputation in the community, although en tertaining views nearly coincident with my own, were chary of acknowledging the fact, and would have shrunk from recognising any periodical, which I should conduct, as their organ. There was no sect or party that would not have spurned my proffered assistance. I felt therefore that, in justice to others, I must make my Review the organ merely of my individual senti ments, so that, if my heresies should incur reproach, no one but myself would be obliged to share it, and if the publication failed, no one but myself would be affected by the disgrace which always accompanies an unsuccessful undertaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.