Historical Footnote
When the National Review went out of business in 1960, it was England’s oldest and, perhaps, its stodgiest conservative magazine. Yet when it was founded, in March, 1883, it seemed to fill a yawning void in the life of the nation: Disraeli was three years out of office and two years dead; although Gladstone and the Liberals were now firmly in the driver’s seat, Disraeli’s conservative and imperialist ideas were in general circulation; and yet there was not a single respectable monthly review of Tory leanings.
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