The Critical Review (newspaper)
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The Critical Review was a British publication appearing from 1756 to 1817. It was first edited by Tobias Smollett, from 1756 to 1763. Contributors included Samuel Johnson, David Hume, John Hunter, and Oliver Goldsmith.
Early years
The
High Church perspectives of contributors came through clearly, however. Besides Smollett, the writers of the first two volumes have been identified as John Armstrong, Samuel Derrick, Thomas Francklin, and Patrick Murdoch.[2]
After a
£100 and three months in King's Bench Prison
. In 1763 he retired from the Review, but left it as an influential publication.
Sources
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Fifteenth Edition, Tobias Smollett
- ISBN 978-0-8093-1406-5.