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The Theatrical Inquisitor, Or, Monthly Mirror (Volume 12 ) book

The Theatrical Inquisitor, Or, Monthly Mirror (Volume 12 ) book

The Theatrical Inquisitor, Or, Monthly Mirror (Volume 12 ) by Books Group
The Theatrical Inquisitor, Or, Monthly Mirror (Volume 12 )
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Author: Books Group
Number of Pages: 162 pages
Published Date: 07 Feb 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781235784170
Download Link: The Theatrical Inquisitor, Or, Monthly Mirror (Volume 12 )
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1818 Excerpt: ... "Quid in quaque re s-sequenduin cavendumque sit docebimus, ut ad -a judicium dirigatur." QUINTILIAK. Sob Roy; by the Author of PTaverUy, Sfe. 3 Vols. 12mo. Constable and Co. Edinburgh. That the author of Waverley possesses talents of the very first order must be confessed; but that he has, in the work now before us, sacrificed a portion of his popularity and fame, to the flattery and mercenary designs of his publishers, cannot be denied; and instead of pursuing the original track in which he first set out, he has degenerated into a mere bookseller's drudge, a cleanser of foul sheets, a but let him speak for himself; "It is now about six months siuce the Author, through the medium of bis respectable Publishers, received a parcel of Papers, containing the outlines of this narrative, with a permission, or rather with a request, couched in highly flattering terms, that they might be given to the Public, with such alterations as should be found suitable. These were of course so numerous, that, besides the suppression of names, and of incidents approaching too much to reality, the work may in a great measure be said to be new written. Several anachronisms have probably crept in during the course of these changes; and the mottoes for the Chapters have been selected without any reference to the supposed date of the incidents. For these, of course, the Editor is responsible. Some others occurred in the original materials, but they are of little consequence. In point of minute accuracy, it may be stated, that the bridge over the Forth, or rather the Avondhu, (or Black River, ) near the hamlet of Aberfoil, ' bad not an existence thirty years ago. It does not, however, become the Editor to be the first to point out these errors." It certainly does not become an...

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