...Her tears, and not her wit, prevailed. A pamphlet published in the year 1738, entitled, " A Letter to the Society of Booksellers, on the Method of forming a true Judgment of the Manuscripts of Authors," contains some curious literary intelligence, and is as follows: — " We have known books, says our...

...Conning a true Judgement of the Manuscripts of Authors ; and on the leaving them in tlv ir band.-, or those of others, for the determination of their Merit : also of the Know. ledge of new Books. 8° Lon.7..173.S. ^— — The Case between the London and Scotch Booksellers,...

...vol. 8° Lond. 1730-2. Historia Literaria : or an exact and early Account of BOOKBOOKSELLERS. A Letter to the Society of Booksellers, on the Method of forming a true Judgement of the Manuscripts of Authors; and on th'e leaving them in their hand?, or those of others,...

...— Her tears, and not her wit, prevailed. A pamphlet published in the year 1738, entitled " A Letter to the Society of Booksellers, on the Method of forming a true Judgment of the Manuscripts of Authors," contains some curious literary intelligence, and is as follows : — " We have known books," says our...

...— Her tears, and not her wit, prevailed. A pamphlet published in the year 1738, entitled "A Letter to the Society of Booksellers, on the Method of forming a true Judgment of the Manuscripts of Authors," contains some curious literary intelligence, and is as follows : — " We have known books," says our...

...— Her tears, and not her wit, prevailed. A pamphlet published in the year 1738, entitled * A letter to the Society of Booksellers, on the Method of forming a true Judgment of the Manuscripts of Authors,1 contains some curious literary intelligence, and is as follows :— 'We have known books/...

...furnished by our predecessors, it appears that in 1738 a pamphlet was published entitled " A Letter to the Society of Booksellers on the Method of forming a true Judgement of the Manuscripts of Authors," containing some curious literary intelligence, as follows,...

...— Her tears, and not her wit. prevailed. A pamphlet published in the year 1738, entitled < A letter to the Society of Booksellers, on the Method of forming a true Judgment of the Manuscripts of Authors,' contains some curious literary intelligence, and is us follows :— •We have known books, says our...

...Philadelphia, 1885. .leisure Hour Jubilee. By John C. Francis. 9lb S. viii. 518 ; ¡x. 3, 24. Better (A) to the Society of Booksellers, on the Method of...books, and of the method of distributing them for sale 8vo, London, 1738. library, The, New Series. Vol. i., 1900, and in progress. See Indexes throughout....

...against their publishers. Be that as it may, in 1738, a pamphlet appeared, entitled, "A Letter to the Booksellers on the Method of forming a True Judgment of the Manuscripts of Authors." One cannot help thinking that such a hint, if judiciously given, might not be without its use even...