BRITISH CRITIC,

FOR

JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER,
NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER.

MDCCC VI.

Χρὴ Μουσῶν θεράπολα καὶ ἄγγελον, εἴ τι περισσὼν
Εἰδείη σοφίης, μὲ φθονερὸν τελέθειν·
̓Αλλὰ τα μὲν μῶσθαι, τὰ δὲ δεικνύται.

VOLUME XXVIII.

THEOGNIS.

London:

PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON,
No. 62, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

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PREFACE.

fo called", are a mo

dern invention, in which the French took the lead, and were followed first by the Englisht. It was fome time, in England at least, before the plan of thefe Journals was fettled. One of the earliest was in the form of Letters, no inconvenient vehicle for fuch information, But in 1708 an attempt was made

The "Bibliotheca" of Photius has been confidered as an ancient Review; and fo it is, in fome refpects. But it was not a journal, nor a record of what was paffing in the literary world. The defign was different, though the refult was fomewhat fimilar.

The "Journal des Sçavans," by Hedouille de Sall, is confidered as the firft Review, and began in January, 1665-6, The first English Review was entitled, "Weekly Memorials for the Ingenious; or an Account of Books lately fet forth in feveral languages. With other Accounts relating to Arts and Sciences." 4to. 1683. Struvius, unlefs he has been corrected in a later edition, mentions as the firft, " The History of the Works of the Learned," 1699. (Hiftor. Liter. Ed, 1729). But there were others before that, befides the Weekly Memorials: namely, "The Works of the Learned," published monthly by La Crofe, in 1691; and "Mifcellaneous Letters, giving an Account of the Works of the Learned, both at home and abroad," 4to. Begun in October, 1694, and published weekly. The latter is anonymous. "Memoirs for the Ingenious," publifhed monthly by La Crofe, from January 1693, is a Philofophical Magazine. The curious "Notitia Ephemeridum," by J. Joach. Schwabius, prefixed to Morhoff's Polyhiftor, mentions all thefe works, but not being chronological, does not readily mark their fucceffion.

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