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The Ranger, a collection of periodical essays : inscribed to the Rev. Thomas Atwood, M.A. by the Hon. M. Hawke, and Sir R. Vincent, Bart.

Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoBrentford [England] : printed for the authors, by P. Norbury, and sold by Mr. Parsons, Pater-Noster-Row; Mess. Martin and Bain, no. 184, Fleet-Street; Mr. Debrett, Piccadilly; Mr. Knight, Windsor; and Mr. Fletcher, Oxford, [1795]
Description2 volumes ; 20 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorHawke, Martin Bladen Edward, 1777- author.
Other author/creatorVincent, Francis, Sir, 1780-1809 author.
Other author/creator[Norbury, P. (Printer at Brentford]), printer.
Other author/creatorFletcher, James, 1730 or 1731-1798, bookseller.
Other author/creatorMartin and Bain, bookseller.
Uniform titleRanger, a collection of periodical essays.
Variant title At head of caption title in each weekly issue: Number ... of the Ranger
FrequencyEvery twenty numbers
General noteAuthors and publishers: The Hon. Martin Bladen Hawke, and Sir Francis Vincent, Bart. [Sir R. Vincent = Sir Francis Vincent].
General noteImprints lack dates; year of publication from reference sources.
General noteDedication in vol. I signed by the authors.
General noteWith contents table and errata leaf in each volume.
General note"This gentleman [i.e. Martin Bladen Hawke] commenced his literary career at an early age; for while under the tuition of the Rev. Mr. Atwood, ... he published in association with his fellow pupil, the late Sir F. Fincent, a series of periodical essays, ..." ('A biographical dictionary of living authors', London: 1816, p. 149)
General noteMoral and ethical standards and social conduct, discussed in essays and anecdotes.
General noteReproduction of original from the British Library.
References NCBEL, II:1347
References Times handlist, p. 220
References Crane & Kaye, 773
References Ward, W. S. Index of serials, p. 136
References English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP6394.
Special numberingVolumes lack chronological designations or dates.
Special numberingGap in publication between July 5, 1794 (no. 28) and Jan. 3, 1795 (no. 29).
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
Title history noteCollects weekly issues of The Ranger, with added prefatory material.
Genre/formPeriodicals 18th century England.

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