Improving Reading The Cheap Magazine. Haddington: Printed and Published by George Miller and Son, 1813-4. 8vo (2 vols). half calf over marbled boards; woodcut vignettes to text; provenance: Compton Mackenzie (his bookplate to upper pastedowns). A curious thing, being published for the stated aim of ''Prevention of Crimes'', apparently ''By alluring the Young and Thoughtless to a taste for reading subjects of real utility''. Evidently the publishers had been affected by the shocking scenes on the
Improving Reading The Cheap Magazine. Haddington: Printed and Published by George Miller and Son, 1813-4. 8vo (2 vols). half calf over marbled boards; woodcut vignettes to text; provenance: Compton Mackenzie (his bookplate to upper pastedowns). A curious thing, being published for the stated aim of ''Prevention of Crimes'', apparently ''By alluring the Young and Thoughtless to a taste for reading subjects of real utility''. Evidently the publishers had been affected by the shocking scenes on the
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