Review of The Oxford Chronology of English Literature
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Reprinted from The Library Quarterly, Volume 73, Issue 3, July 2003, pages 357-359.
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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Daniel H. Traister. "Review of The Oxford Chronology of English Literature" 2003
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/daniel_traister/6
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