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The English review of literature, science, discoveries, inventions : and practical controversies and contests.

Other author/creatorMurray, John, 1745- editor, originator, publisher.
Other author/creatorWhitaker, John, 1735-1808 author.
Other author/creatorStuart, Gilbert, 1742-1786, editor, author.
Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoLondon [England] : printed for J[ohn]. Murray and S[amuel]. Highly, no. 32, Fleet-Street, M,DCC,XCVI. [1796]
Description2 volumes ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Portion of title English review
FrequencySemiannual
General noteEdited by: John Murray, with major contributors John Whitaker and Gilbert Stuart, among others (cf. DNB).
General notePublisher: John Murray, later Murray and Samuel Highly (July-Dec. 1795).
General noteReview journal for: "every book and pamphlet with shall appear in England, Scotland, Ireland, and America," with "occasional accounts" of literatures in the major western European nations: France, Italy, Germany and Spain. Also includes biographical, cultural and political essays, and a survey of contemporary London theater.
General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References DNB (1909, ed.)
References NCBEL, II:1307
References Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p.53
References English Short Title Catalog, P2295.
Special numberingNumbering begins with v. 27, which constitutes the first volume with this title.
Special numberingMonthly issues have chronological designation only.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes Each volume indexed.
Title history noteCumulates, with added prefatory material and contents lists, the monthly issues of: The English review.
Preceding title English review, or An Abstract of English and foreign literature
Asorbed by Analytical review, or, History of literature
Genre/formPeriodicals.

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