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?The usefulness of these essays extends far beyond bibliographical value, for each provides an historical and biographical introduction to the author. A refreshing and exceedingly helpful change from traditional bibliographical eesays is Spector's decision to include enumerative bibliographies at the end of each section, which allows the reader to return to the bibliography and locate relatively quickly one source without having to re-read the...

This is an examination of the 18th-century periodical "Political Controversy" and of the essay-sheets contained therein, "Briton", "Auditor", "North Briton" and "Monitor". The book provides an analysis of the methods used in the political propaganda of the journal and essay sheets.

In this time of proliferating scholarship, one of the most welcome publications is [this] intelligently selected and annotated bibliography of secondary material...Understanding the value of selectivity, Spector has limited his entries to books and significant articles. Perhaps because of his avowed interest in redefining the period, he has been careful to include articles on historiography and critical method which apply to the eighteenth cen...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- I. FIGHTING THE WAR -- II. THE CLIMATE OF DEFEAT -- III. MAKING THE PEACE -- IV. THE CLIMATE OF VICTORY -- V. RELIGION AND THE STATE -- VI. RELIGION AND SCIENCE -- VII. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS I. THE ESSAY-JOURNALS AND THE MAGAZINES -- VIII. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS II. THE ANNUAL REGISTER AND THE REVIEWS -- AFTERWORD -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX