The Edinburgh article finished, he set himself to work on a scheme for the North American Review. In England, Lord Robert Cecil had invented for the London Quarterly an annual review of politics which he called the " Session" .

爱丁堡的文章写完后，他开始着手为《北美评论》制定计划。在英国，罗伯特·塞西尔勋爵为《伦敦季刊》发明了一种年度政治评论，他称之为“会议”。