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Title
Review of The Oxford Chronology of English Literature
Document Type
Review
Date of this Version
July 2003
Abstract
Reference books hide their learning. The reader who opens The Oxford Chronology of English Literature to 1815 may read, inter alia, about "[John Galt (1779)]/F The Majolo / A Tale / FOR H. COLBURN / Anon. 'Introductory Address'dated Apr. 1815. / Repub. in 2 vols with additional text, 1816" (1:354; "F" stands for "fiction"). Nothing about such an entry surprises or perhaps even seems of interest.
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Date Posted: 19 February 2007
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Comments
Reprinted from The Library Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 3, July 2003, pages 357-359.