Download or read book The Quarterly Review, Vol. 65 written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-14 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Quarterly Review, Vol. 65: December, 1839, and March 1840 To our literary congregation, we beg leave to repeat very nearly the same two exclamations, for, deeply as we all stand in debted to-the h press, it may truly be said There's nae hody thinks of 1 puir deils, ' nor of the many kindred spirits, black, white, and grey, ' who, above ground as well as below, inhabit the great printing-houses of the land we live in. We shall, therefore, at once proceed to one of these establishments, and by our sovereign power summon its motley inmates before us, that they may rapidly glide before our readers in review. 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.