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Alteration of Title-pages

By M.

Among the advertisements in the last *Quarterly* and *Edinburgh Reviews*, is one which replies to certain criticisms on a work. One of these criticisms was a stricture upon its title. The author states that the reviewer had a *presentation copy*, and ought to have inquired into the title under which the book was sold to the *public* before he animaverted upon the connexion between the title and the work. It seems then that, in this instance, the author furnished the Reviews with a title-page differing from that of the body of his impression, and thinks he has a right to demand that the reviewe…

Topics: Criticism, Publishing Practices, Title-pages