Dublin Review (Catholic periodical)

The fame of the "Edinburgh Review" suggested a territorial title, and Dublin was chosen as a great Catholic centre, though from the first it was edited and published in London.

Of its first beginnings, Cardinal Wiseman wrote: "It was in 1836 that the idea of commencing a Catholic Quarterly was first conceived by the late learned and excellent Mr. Quin, who applied to the illustrious O'Connell and myself to join in the undertaking".

The name was chosen because Dublin was a centre of Catholic culture, and it echoed the title of the flourishing Edinburgh Review, but the journal was actually published in London: quarterly at first, then monthly.

[2] When William George Ward took over as editor in July 1863, he continued this conciliatory approach up to a point, deferring editorial decisions on politics, history, or literature to capable sub-editors; but in theological matters, he did not hesitate to attack the liberalism of Montalembert or Döllinger.

With the wealth of publications then coming into print, it was no longer practical to engage in debate, and Headley was comfortable tracking trends and providing a forum for leading minds to infuse the spirit of Catholicism "into literature, history, politics, and art.