...prior to the advent of Washington Irving. As late as 1820 we merited the reproach of Sydney Smith — " In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book ?" And, frankly, on any principle of selection it appears to us somewhat whimsical to treat Wigglesworth's...

...but the insolent patronage with which he speaks of Decatur fin the famous review in which he asks, "in the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book .'") suggests that he would have had nothing but a sneer for our brave lieutenant in his misfortune....

...novelist, and historian were very rare. It was in 1820 that Sidney Smith asked in pitying scorn: " In the four quarters of the globe who reads an American book ? " Looking back from the plateau of calm reflection or we need not wonder that the English critic...

...Reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association, June 12, 1897. 243 query in 1820, " In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, . . . what does the world yet owe to American physicians or surgeons?" was answered a quarter of a...

...and books. What a contrast. It is not so very long ago that Rev. Sydney Smith asked the question : "In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book?" Were he alive today, and mousing around any London book-store, he would hardly ask tnat question. Many...

...novelist, and historian were very rare. It was in 1820 that Sidney Smith asked in pitying scorn: " In the four quarters of the globe who reads an American book ?" Looking back from the plateau of calm reflection we need not wonder that the English critic discovered...

...Scotts, Campbells, Byrons, Moores, or Crabbes? — -their Siddonses, Kembles, Keans, or O 'Neils? — their Wilkies, Laurences, Chantrys? — or their parallels...owe to American physicians or surgeons ? What new INFORMAL OPINION AND CRITICISM 30! substances have their chemists discovered? or what old ones have...

...life of America to a higher and nobler plane. He began to answer Sydner Smith's cynical question: " In the four quarters of the globe who reads an American book ? " and led the way in rescuing American literature from the sluggish and torpid stream in which it...

...amusing reading in the light of to-day: "Americans have done absolutely nothing for the sciences. ... In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? What does the world yet owe to American physicians and surgeons? What new substances have their chemists...

...American works abroad. As late as 1820 Sydney Smith, in the Edinburgh Review, made his famous exclamation, "In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book?" If, however, there was a publication abroad, importation without the consent of the owner was 208 U....