muspec: Half-hidden under a bookplate, a previous reader’s thoughts reach us from hundreds of
muspec:Half-hidden under a bookplate, a previous reader’s thoughts reach us from hundreds of years in the past. This 1702 edition of Letters from the Dead to the Living–which is not actually a supernatural study, but a book of biting satire–was perused in February, 1789, by a reader with some rather effusive praise for the work: “Behold a Tract full of pointed Wit, poignant Raillery, blasting Satyr & impartial Rubs of a bold and intrepid Author…” -- source link
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