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    LORD BROUGHAM'S COPY OF THE EDINBURGH RE...

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    7 S 2 The PublishersV CSrcuIar June 16 , 1890

    Lord Brougham's Copy Of The Edinburgh Re...

    LORD BROUGHAM'S COPY OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW .

    looking An old in its book full , very binding solid of and wrinkled Respectable calf

    hands and extra . It is gil the t top first , volume came recentl of the y Edinburg into our h Reviewand was once the rrty of Henry

    Brougham , , whose autograp p h it bears . It is , of course , for this single reason a thing to be

    Lord desired Broug and cherished has affi ; xed but the that init is ials not of all the . respective writers against the several articles

    t n amed last line the the table number of con of tents , marking contribu under ted by each . pages

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    i no stud table y i a M room arch on evening the third in 1 story — 802 , in of J a effrey house ' s

    in abou B t , uccleuch / the publication Place , E dinburg is h perhap , ' knew sthe all

    most credible witness , we could , summon , . Here , then , is a copy of the page : —

    Hbnby Brougham , jun ., 1802 . CONTENTS .

    Art . Page J . I . Mounier , de lTnfluence des Philosophes ,

    Francs-Macons , et Illuminees sur la Revolution de France 1 S . II . Dr . Parr's Spital Sermon . 18

    S . III . Godwin ' s Reply to Parr . 24 H—n . IV . Asiatic Researches , Vol . VI . 2 G H—n . V . Olivier ' s Travels in the

    Ottoman Empire , Egypt , and Persia . . . . 44 H—n . VI . Baldwin ' 3 Political

    Reflections relative to Egypt . 59 H— -r . VII . Irvine ' s Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of ;

    Emigration from the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland . . Gl

    J . VIII . Southey ' sThalaba : a Metrical Romance . . . ( 53 S . IX . Rennel ' s Discourses on

    various Subjects . . 83 H—n . X . Voyage dans les D 6 partemens de la Francepar une

    Societe d'Artistes , et Gens de Lettrea . . . 01 H r . XI . Christison ' sGeneral Diffusion

    of Knowledge , one great cause of the Prosperity of North Britain . . i > 2

    B . XII . Bowles ' s Reflections at the Conclusion of the War . 94 J . XIII . HerrenschwandAdresse aux

    Vrais Hommes , de bien , a ceux qui gouvernent comme H ceux sont

    gouvem ^ s OS H—r . XIV . The Utility of Country Banks 106 M—y . XV . Pratt ' a Bread ; or , the Poor .

    A Poem .... 108 8 . XYI . Dr . Langford ' s Anniversary Sermon . 113

    . . . B ^ V ^ W —n . X 44 H ^^ B * ' VII ¦^ r A . * v ^» ^ H ^ . Mrs fl ^ h ^ hi . O ^ p ^ pies ^ ^ Poems —*— . . ibid .

    Lord Brougham's Copy Of The Edinburgh Re...

    S . XVIII . Public Characters of 1801-2 . 122 J - . XIX . Bonnet ~ - ~ Essai - sur l - 'Art - de ^^ ^ r ' — ¦ ^ , ™ ^ " ^ — — — ¦— ¦ ^^ ™¦ ~^^ r

    rendre Revolutions utiles ibid . S . XX . Nares's Thanksgiving Sermon

    for Plenty . , . 128 B— m . XXI . Horneman's Travels . . 130 J ^^ jf . ^ g XXII ^^^ b . ^^^^ ^ i ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ t ^ m ^ ^ . M ^ h h ackenzie — - ^ - ^— - ^ — — ^ — ' s - — Voyages - ^ ^^ ¦ £ ^ — in — North ¦ ^— ¦ —r- ^^^ BB

    America , & c . . . , 141 B—m . XXIII . Wood ' s Optics . . . 158 B-m , XXIV . Acerbi ' s Travels through

    Sweden , & c . . . . 163 H—r , XXV . Thornton on the Paper Credit of Great Britain . . 172

    M—n . XXVI . Playfaif s Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory . . 201 ¦ ¦ B ^ —m ^^^^^ m . v MfVr XXVII i ^^ v ^™* ^^ B W ^^^ m ^^^ . » " Crisis - ^^ r — - ¦— * - — of — the — ^— Sugar - - ~ ^ m ^* — -. Colonies — — ¦ ¦ 216 ^^^ ^^

    T . XXVIII . Morveau on the Means of PurifyingInfectedAir , & c 237 T . XXIX . Dr . Haygarth on the

    Prevention of Infectious Fevers .... 245 J .--67 . B—m . = 46 . H—n . = 37 . H—r . = 34 .

    S = 22 . M—n . = 15 . T . = 15 . B—n . = 9 . M—y . = 4 . Thus making allowance for parts of pages ,

    we find that Francis ( afterwards Lord ) Jeffrey wrote 67 : Henry Brougham ( subsequently Lord Brougham ) 46 ; Alexander Hamilton

    ( sometime Professor of Sanskrit in the East India College , at Haileybury ) 37 ; Francis

    Horner ( known to the reading public through his Memoirs , edited by his brother ) 34 ; Sydney Smith ( ' the witty parson' ) 22 ; John

    Macfarlan ( the serious , studious , and retired lover of German and Metaphysics ) 15 ; Dr . John Thomson ( whosome years after wardsoccupied

    the chair of Pathology , in the College , of Edinburgh ) 15 ; Dr . Thomas Brown , 9 ; and John Murray ( subsequently Lord Murray ) four .

    HARRISON AINSWORTH'S

    1 ROOK WOOD . ' An interleaved copy X mlof Harrison Ainsworth ' s

    'Rookwood , ' issued by Bentley in 1837 , as one of the ' Standard Novels' series , was submitted to us the other day for inspection .

    A MS . note on one of the first pages runs thus : — 4 This interleaved edition was presented JL to

    me by the publisher , my good friend Richard Bentley , at the express desire of the author , also my worthy and esteemed friend . —E . R .

    Moran , June 4 , 1838 . ' The volume is literally crammed with cuttings Kj , f intersperse X d with a few prints * ,

    relating cover to the the pasting author and in' commences his works . with On a its black very - edged envelopebearing the seal and autograph

    of W . Harrison , Ainsworthand addressed to E . R . Moran , Esq ., Globe Office , , Strand 4 ,

    underneath which is affixed a printed Epigram ';—• Says Ainsworth to Colburn 7

    A plan in my pate is , To give my romance as A supplement , gratis . '

    " Says Colburn to Ainsmorth , * "Twill do very nicely , For that will be charging

    Its value precisely . ' " Next we have a sonnet to Ainsworth in

    Moran a handwriting , followed by sundry notes

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 16, 1890, page 752, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16061890/page/14/