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The British Critic - Softcover

F. And C. Rivington

 
9780371765760: The British Critic

Synopsis

The British Critic. This excerpt (Part 2 of 4) presents a compact, content-focused survey of reviews from a late-18th/early-19th-century British periodical issue (Sept. 1807) that spans a range of non-fiction and literary works published around 1806–1807. Each item briefly states the author’s aim, summarizes key arguments or contents, and offers evaluative judgments on merit, accuracy, style, and usefulness. The notices cover topics such as Lord Liverpool on the Coins of the Realm (monetary policy, coinage, sarfage and seigneurage, and imperial comparisons), Southey’s Specimens of English Poets (and Preface/Notes) with critiques of selection and method, The Bees: a Poem (Dr. Evans) and its natural-history ambitions, Hall’s Travels in Scotland (travel-literature boundaries and originality), Memoirs of Dr. Priestley (biography and controversies), History of Jamaica by Robert Rennie (slavery and abolition), and Concessions to America the Bane of Britain (colonial policy). It also notes a broad panorama of early 19th-century English letters, including science, travel, biography, colonial history, and imperial policy, alongside a multi-disciplinary local summary of scientific, mathematical, classical, and bibliographic material. The overall tone blends cautious endorsement with pointed critique, reflecting the period’s diverse intellectual debates.

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