Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Letter From George Combe to Francis Jeffrey, Esq. In Answer to His Criticism on Phrenology: Contained in No 88 of the Edinburgh Review
Ann elaborate and ingenious criticism on my work on Phre nology has just appeared in the 88th number of the. Edin burgh Review, which common report attributes' to your pen. Finding myself assailed not only by the wit and argument of that'artic'le, but by the whole weight of your literary and philosophical reputation, 'i endeavoured to ascertain the grounds 'on which yous, were designated as its author; and, in addition to the strong intrinsic evidence afforded by the article itself, I have traced the statement, in numerous in. Stances, to individuals who say that they received the in formation from yourself. Thu's situated, I use the freedom to' address this answer to you, not merely as the reputed editor of the Review, but as the individual author of the cri ticism in question.
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