The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 22Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths R. Griffiths, 1760 - 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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Page 134
... Author ; but gives , as we may fuppofe , the method and Prescriptions of the London Phyficians in the greatest practice , when the book was compiled ; its Author having procured , as he fays , the affistance of a perfon well acquainted ...
... Author ; but gives , as we may fuppofe , the method and Prescriptions of the London Phyficians in the greatest practice , when the book was compiled ; its Author having procured , as he fays , the affistance of a perfon well acquainted ...
Page 168
... Author of Me- moirs of a Coxcomb . 8vo . Is . 6d . Griffiths . The Author of this unacted tragedy , modeftly acquiefces in the determination of the managers ; who it seems have refused his per- formance the advantages of theatrical ...
... Author of Me- moirs of a Coxcomb . 8vo . Is . 6d . Griffiths . The Author of this unacted tragedy , modeftly acquiefces in the determination of the managers ; who it seems have refused his per- formance the advantages of theatrical ...
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... Author was living . Why , really Gentlemen , the Author is living ; he is < upon my word ; and , what is more , is not at all anxious to procure his book the advantage that would accrue to it from his being dead . C C Hey ! what ! the ...
... Author was living . Why , really Gentlemen , the Author is living ; he is < upon my word ; and , what is more , is not at all anxious to procure his book the advantage that would accrue to it from his being dead . C C Hey ! what ! the ...
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