Nowadays, when British readers flip through the literary review section of Blackwood's, it's all about criticizing the works of Great Dumas and Carter for being vulgar and tasteless, or singing praises for the new works of Tennyson and Heine.
To sum it up in the words of Mr. Benjamin Disraeli, a member of the Empire Publishing Board, "Our target is no longer Blackwood's; that magazine is now just surviving on leftovers."
Of course, despite the once-mighty Blackwood's now living off leftovers, there's actually no shame in living off Imperial Publishing's leftovers in the British publishing industry.
Because living off leftovers is much better than stealing them, and currently, there are still many cheap magazines making a living by washing the drafts of the British!
Moreover, even if it's living off leftovers, Blackwood's still maintains a certain originality and an unyielding spirit to step on the British whenever there's a chance, keeping some literary dignity.
