The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, that Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, Volume 1Being an impartial selection of the most exquisite essays and jeux d'esprits, principally prose, that appear in the newspapers and other publications. |
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| Title | The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, that Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, Volume 1 |
| Editors | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott |
| Illustrated by | George Cruikshank, Robert Cruikshank |
| Publisher | James Ridgway, 1802 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Feb 2006 |
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