The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volumes 1-81Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths, Oliver Goldsmith R. Griffiths, 1934 - Books A monthly book announcement and review journal. Considered to be the first periodical in England to offer reviews. In each issue the longer reviews are in the front section followed by short reviews of lesser works. It featured the novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith as an early contributor. Griffiths himself, and likely his wife Isabella Griffiths, contributed review articles to the periodical. Later contributors included Dr. Charles Burney, John Cleland, Theophilus Cibber, James Grainger, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Moody, and Tobias Smollet. |
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... CONTRIBUTORS ( Pp . 1-47 ) All reviews in the Monthly were published anonymously . In most cases , however , identification of the contributors is possible because Ralph Griffiths , who was the editor throughout this period , inscribed ...
... CONTRIBUTORS ( Pp . 1-47 ) All reviews in the Monthly were published anonymously . In most cases , however , identification of the contributors is possible because Ralph Griffiths , who was the editor throughout this period , inscribed ...
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... contributors whose connexion with the Monthly was apparently even during his lifetime an open secret ( Gent . Mag . , 1786 , 11. 620 ) . This was probably the inevitable result of his close connexions with Griffiths ; they founded the ...
... contributors whose connexion with the Monthly was apparently even during his lifetime an open secret ( Gent . Mag . , 1786 , 11. 620 ) . This was probably the inevitable result of his close connexions with Griffiths ; they founded the ...
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... contributors to the Monthly . Nichols , Lit. Anec . II . 638. DNB . ( W. P. Courtney ) . 3110 , 5476 , 5479 . SHARPE , GREGORY , LL.D. , F.R.S. , F.S.A. , Master of the Temple , Chaplain in Ordinary to the King ( 1713-71 ) . ( Gent ...
... contributors to the Monthly . Nichols , Lit. Anec . II . 638. DNB . ( W. P. Courtney ) . 3110 , 5476 , 5479 . SHARPE , GREGORY , LL.D. , F.R.S. , F.S.A. , Master of the Temple , Chaplain in Ordinary to the King ( 1713-71 ) . ( Gent ...
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