The Edinburgh Review (Volume 11) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1808. Excerpt: ... jpuched in almost every line; and the manuscript exists in the British Museum, which contains his interlineations. We have certainly been disappointed in Mr Bowles's edition of Pope, which exhibits neither the industry of a commentator, nor the elegance of a poetical critic. There may be a few good re-marks, but we sincerely think they are very few: if we were to select one for praise, it should be his general criticism on the Rape of the Lock. Upon the whole, we recommend to this gentleman to abstain from prose, and tQ think rhyme quite as indispensable to his appearance in public, as a bag and sword are at court. Art. X. The Works of Sollufl: to which are prefixed, two Efifays on the Life, Literary CharaSer, ' and Writing sf the Hi/io-r rian; with Notes, Hifiorical, Biographical, 'and Critical. By Henry Steuart LL D., Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries, Edinburgh. 2 vol. 4*0, pp. 1300, C. & R. Baldwin, London, 1S06. 't'he moft remarkable thing about this book is its enormous bulk: * and thofe who, like us, have been accuftomed to perufe the noble hiftorian in an edition about the fize of a hand at whift, will eafily conceive with what amazement we contemplated the magnificent amplitude of the work before us. In examining its contents, we cannot fay that this amazement has fettled into admiration; although we ftill wonder a little at fome of Dr Steuart's literary qualifications, befides his gift of amplification.