 In October 1839 he began, with an article on 'The Structure of the English Language,' a long connection with the "Edinburgh Review" which proved to be durable.In 1850 two volumes of selected 'Essays' contributed to it were published, and a third in 1855.Still further selected and augmented, these miscellanies were reprinted at London in 1874 as 'Essays, Critical and Biographical, contributed to the "Edinburgh Review,"' 2 vols., and 'Essays on some Theological Controversies, chiefly contributed to the "Edinburgh Review.