The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 38Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths R. Griffiths, 1768 - 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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| Title | The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 38 |
| Editors | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths |
| Publisher | R. Griffiths, 1768 |
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