Review

Review,
1. a periodical started by Defoe in 1704, under the title of A Weekly Review of the Affairs of France, which after various transformations became A Review of the State of the British Nation in 1707; it lasted until 1713. It was a non-partisan paper, an organ of the commercial interests of the nation; it appeared thrice weekly and was written, practically in its entirety, by Defoe himself, who expressed in it his opinions on all current political topics, thus initiating the political leading article. It also had lighter articles on love, marriage, gambling, etc.;

2. a quarterly magazine of poetry and criticism, founded in 1962 and edited by Ian Hamilton. It ran for 30 issues, and was succeeded by The New Review, also edited by Hamilton, which ran from 1974 to 1979. Contributors included R. Lowell, E. O'Brien, P. Porter, R. Fuller, J. Fuller, S. Heaney, and Douglas Dunn.