Download or read book The Quarterly Review, Vol. 51 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Quarterly Review, Vol. 51: Published in March and June, 1834 But while we cordially agree with M. Arnault in censuring this disgraceful tra 'ic, we cannot think that his own course is alto gether blameless; for, as we have hinted, three at least of his volumes are mere catchpennies; and - under the title of his Sou stairs - he had inveigled us into the purchase of a mass of old newspaper criticisms on departed plays, stale anecdotes from all the Biographies Moder-nee, and tedious accounts of his travels, extracted from road-hooks and local Guides. We have also to complain, that he has, in another particular, imitated the objects of his censurewby publishing not a complete work, but merely livrairons of a work, of which the extent and expense are indefinite. This is another trick of the Parisian trade, against which we warn our readers. One is content to give a dozen francs for a couple of volumes of Le Vasseur, or of the Duchess of Abrantes, or of Louis XVIII., or even of M. Arnault, but when you have bought them you find these two to be only the preludes to two more well, you are unwilling to have an incomplete book, however worthless - you buy the second livraison then comes another and another, and you are still tempted to throw good money after bad, ' as the saying is, till at last you find yourself involved to the extent of eight, ten, or twelve volumes, really not worth binding. We therefore earnestly press upon our readers the prudence of suspending their purchases of such works till they shall be completed - a course which, if generally adopted, would have two excellent effects: it would oblige the Parisian publishers to let us have the whole work at once; and it would force the authors or editors to compress their information into reasonable compass. Eight or ten, or a dozen volumes, and an expense (if two or three pounds, would he abridged to two volumes and a cost of ten shillings, not only without any sacrifice, but even with improvement, of the merit of the works. 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."