Author : John Bowyer Nichols
Release : 2018-10-06
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 26 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 26 write by John Bowyer Nichols. This book was released on 2018-10-06. The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 26 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. 26: 1846, July to December Inclusive Tan whole of Literature, as regards its form (form), may be comprised in books, pamphlets, and magazines, -which division may be said to correspond with works finished and complete with partial observations and temporary comments; and, thirdly, with the first scattered elements of thought, and the original ideas sug gested by the subject. The Magazine is comparatively of late introduction into the literature of our country; and its place previously supplied by pamphlets and tracts, of all sizes and descriptions, including small treatises, down to single sheets, and even solitary leaves. But, valuable as these often were separately, and of increased importance when collected, one undeniable defect attended this form of publication, - that they were easily lost, and when lost seldom recovered or replaced; and thus they became fugitwepieces in a double sense of the word. Pamphlets and small tracts, says Dr. Johnson, make a very important part of an English library; nor are there any pieces upon which those who aspire to the reputation of judicious collectors of books bestow more attention or greater expense} because many advantages may be expected from the perusal of these small productions, which are scarcely to be found in that of larger works. But ofa class of works so judiciously and highly esteemed it would be useless to conjecture the proportion that must have perished from neglect and accident, dating from their first appearance, which is supposed to have been about the time of the Reformation. Dr. Johnson in his days thought that no time was to be lost in securing them from further dangerof destruction, and advised their being placed in safety by being collected into volumes, and distributed according to their subjects. In the present day the Magazine has in a great measure offered a better and safer channel for such communications as the pamphlet was formerly the only vehicle for affording: it has also the advantage of more easily adapting its dimensions to the exact importance of the subject, and of interposing spaces and pauses, if required, between dieerent parts and divisions of the subject. Here, amidst the, various communications of the Magazine, the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.