The ''Retrospective Review'' was an English periodical published from 1820 to 1828. It was founded by
Henry Southern, who edited it to 1826, as well as contributing. From 1827 to 1828
Nicholas Harris Nicolas
Sir (Nicholas) Harris Nicolas (10 March 1799 – 3 August 1848) was an English antiquary.
Life
The fourth son of Commander John Harris Nicolas R.N. (1758–1844) and Margaret née Blake, he was born at Dartmouth. He was the brother of Rear Ad ...
was co-editor with Southern.
It concentrated on
Early Modern English literature;
John Gross
John Gross FRSL (12 March 1935 – 10 January 2011) was an eminent English man of letters. A leading intellectual, writer, anthologist, and critic, ''The Guardian'' (in a tribute titled "My Hero") and ''The Spectator'' were among several pub ...
saw it as presaging later academic literary criticism. Contributors included:
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George Frederick Beltz
George Frederick Beltz, KH (9 August 1774 – 23 October 1841) was an English genealogist, appointed Lancaster Herald in 1822.
Life
Beltz was the second of seven children of George Nicholas Beltz of St George's, Bloomsbury, a coal merchant, and E ...
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James Crossley
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Charles Wentworth Dilke
Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789–1864) was an English liberal critic and writer on literature.
Professional life
He served for many years in the Navy Pay-Office, on retiring from which in 1830 he devoted himself to literary pursuits.
Lit ...
;
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William Ford
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Basil Montagu
Basil Montagu (24 April 1770 – 27 November 1851) was a British jurist, barrister, writer and philanthropist. He was educated at Charterhouse and studied law at Cambridge. He was significantly involved in reforms to bankruptcy laws of Britain. He ...
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William Johnson Fox
William Johnson Fox (1 March 1786 – 3 June 1864) was an English Unitarian minister, politician, and political orator.
Early life
Fox was born at Uggeshall Farm, Wrentham, near Southwold, Suffolk on 1 March 1786. His parents were strict Calvi ...
;
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John Hamilton Reynolds
John Hamilton Reynolds (9 September 1794 – 15 November 1852) was an English poet, satirist, critic, and playwright. He was a close friend and correspondent of poet John Keats, whose letters to Reynolds constitute a significant body of Keats' po ...
;
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William Stevenson William Stevenson may refer to:
Government and politics
* Sir William Stevenson (colonial administrator) (1805–1863), Governor of Mauritius
* William E. Stevenson (1820–1883), American politician, Governor of West Virginia
* William Ernest St ...
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Thomas Noon Talfourd
Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd SL (26 May 179513 March 1854) was an English judge, Radical politician and author.
Life
The son of a well-to-do brewer, Talfourd was born in Reading, Berkshire. He received his education at Hendon and Reading School. ...
.
The title was revived in the 1850s by the publisher
John Russell Smith
John Russell Smith (1810–1894), known as Russell Smith, was an English bookseller and bibliographer. He is best known for his "Library of Old Authors" reprint series.
Life
He was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, and was apprenticed to John Bryant of W ...
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