The British Critic: Volume 35

The British Critic is a late 18th–early 19th-century British periodical review. This issue, around 1810, constitutes Part 4 of 4 and concentrates on Divinity, Politics, and Miscellanies, with extended treatment of Bishop Horsley’s Sermons and the Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor, plus notes on Chelseaiana and other contemporary writings. The preface outlines editorial aims to defend traditional Christian faith while promoting substantial, serious scholarship, and it presents a conservative Anglican perspective on ecclesiastical governance, emphasizing theology, church history, and philosophy. Major reviews cover biographical works (The Life of St Neot by Whitaker; The Life of Alexander Nowell by Churton), a bibliographic catalogue (Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Institution), and Presbyterian Letters by Patrick Mitchell, among others, alongside shorter notices on politics, science, literature, and biography. The piece reflects a broad, cross-disciplinary program typical of the period, valuing primary sources and prudent theological inquiry. It underscores moral aims and the relevance of classical and religious heritage to contemporary debates in politics, science, and culture.