The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 55Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths R. Griffiths, 1777 - Books A monthly book announcement and review journal. Considered to be the first periodical in England to offer reviews. In each issue the longer reviews are in the front section followed by short reviews of lesser works. It featured the novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith as an early contributor. Griffiths himself, and likely his wife Isabella Griffiths, contributed review articles to the periodical. Later contributors included Dr. Charles Burney, John Cleland, Theophilus Cibber, James Grainger, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Moody, and Tobias Smollet. |
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... Hiftory of , See HAYES . BORDER Hiftory of England , 417 BORTHWICK's Remarks on British An- 72 tiquities , 480 BRAND'S Obfervations on Gilbert's Bill , 399 BREWING , Obfervations on the Art of , 406 322 232 BRITISH Chronologist , 323 ...
... Hiftory of , See HAYES . BORDER Hiftory of England , 417 BORTHWICK's Remarks on British An- 72 tiquities , 480 BRAND'S Obfervations on Gilbert's Bill , 399 BREWING , Obfervations on the Art of , 406 322 232 BRITISH Chronologist , 323 ...
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... Hiftory of English CHRISTMAS Tale , new Edit . 73 E. CLARKE'S Perfpective , 151 CLIFTON , a Poom , 157 CLIVE'S Life , Vols . II . III , IV . 480 E Transactions there , COLMAN'S New Brooms , 316 • COLONIES , concife Account of , 321 the ...
... Hiftory of English CHRISTMAS Tale , new Edit . 73 E. CLARKE'S Perfpective , 151 CLIFTON , a Poom , 157 CLIVE'S Life , Vols . II . III , IV . 480 E Transactions there , COLMAN'S New Brooms , 316 • COLONIES , concife Account of , 321 the ...
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... Hiftory of Gunnery , 342 GOLDSMITH'S Tranflation of Scarron , 75 -Haunch of Venison , 157 GOODRICHE'S Obfervations on Price , 239 ICI GORDON'S Inquiry into the Powers of Ecclefiaftics , GRANT on the Peftilential Fever , 241 on the ...
... Hiftory of Gunnery , 342 GOLDSMITH'S Tranflation of Scarron , 75 -Haunch of Venison , 157 GOODRICHE'S Obfervations on Price , 239 ICI GORDON'S Inquiry into the Powers of Ecclefiaftics , GRANT on the Peftilential Fever , 241 on the ...
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... Hiftory of Tranfactions in the Eaft Indies , 273 SINGLETON'S Defcription of the Weft Indies , 238 SMITH , Adam , on the Wealth of Na- tions , 16 , 81 William , his Sure Guide in Sick- nefs , teft , 63 SONG , & c . of Mrs. Draper , on ...
... Hiftory of Tranfactions in the Eaft Indies , 273 SINGLETON'S Defcription of the Weft Indies , 238 SMITH , Adam , on the Wealth of Na- tions , 16 , 81 William , his Sure Guide in Sick- nefs , teft , 63 SONG , & c . of Mrs. Draper , on ...
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... Hiftory , Sciences , Man- ners , & c . of the Chinese , MUSCULAR Motion , Treatife on , POYART's History of Africa , 524 RESEARCHES , Philofophical , concern- ing the Animal Oeconomy , 510 SALTPETRE . See COLLECTION . VOLTAIRE's ...
... Hiftory , Sciences , Man- ners , & c . of the Chinese , MUSCULAR Motion , Treatife on , POYART's History of Africa , 524 RESEARCHES , Philofophical , concern- ing the Animal Oeconomy , 510 SALTPETRE . See COLLECTION . VOLTAIRE's ...
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