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1823. Novr. 29.
J.B. to M. Dumont
2.

This Review, you I suppose know already, has
for it's publishers Longman & Co., the most extensive
publishers by far which as yet the
world ever saw. Number of the Prospectus
printed 100,000 – What think you of this? To be
sure it is very short; not containing more matter
perhaps than one page of the last letter my husband
received from you. Number of copies of No. 1.
no more than 2,000; or at most 3,000: but in
addition to these, there will be a stereotype of
the whole. What think you of this? Their expression,
is – not a village in the three kingdoms
into which this little prospectus will not find
it's way. I have a copy in lithography, but I
know not whether it will be worth while to
make you pay postage for it, it is so insipid
and lame. As a reason for the tameness, the
Booksellers say, that by this means they gain
support from several influential persons, from
whom they would otherwise experience opposition.
Constable of Edinburgh, who has one half
of the Edinburgh, came to Longman's, full of alarm
and wrath. But somehow or other he is pacified.
Who do you think have the other half? Who
but Longmans themselves. So that here they are
counsel for plaintiff and Defendant at the
same time. The Reviewers Reviewed will
form a constant head.
The

Identifier: | JB/010/133/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Date_1	1823-11-29	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	133	Info in main headings field	jb to m. dumont
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c2 / d2 / e2
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	draft of letter 3024, vol. 11	ID Number	3569
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