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1849.
BLACKWOOD'S
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CONTENTS.
| The Year of Revolutions, | 1 |
| French Conquerors and Colonists, | 20 |
| The Caxtons. Part IX., | 33 |
| The White Nile, | 47 |
| Art and Artists in Spain, | 63 |
| The Dodo and its Kindred, | 81 |
| The Sword of Honour: a Tale of 1787, | 98 |
| Memoirs of Kirkaldy of Grange, | 112 |
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THE YEAR OF REVOLUTIONS.
"No great state," says Hannibal,"can long remain quiet: if it ceasesto have enemies abroad, it will findthem at home—as powerful bodiesresist all external attacks, but arewasted away by their own internalstrength."[1] What a commentary onthe words of the Carthaginian herodoes the last year—The Year ofRevolutions,—afford! What enthusiasmhas it witnessed, what effortsengendered, what illusions dispelled,what misery produced! How bitterlyhave nations, as well as individuals,within its short bounds, learned wisdomby suffering—how many lessons hasexperience taught—how much agonyhas wickedness brought in