Sydney Smith
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Sydney Smith was an English wit, writer, and Anglican cleric. Besides his energetic parochial work, he was known for his writing and philosophy, founding the Edinburgh Review, lecturing at the Royal Institution and remembered for his rhyming recipe for salad dressing.
Sydney Smith
American writer and critic, John Neal, outraged by Smith's "insolent" comment about American literature
Edinburgh Review
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The Edinburgh Review is the title of four distinct intellectual and cultural magazines. The best known, longest-lasting, and most influential of the four was the third, which was published regularly from 1802 to 1929.
New Edinburgh Review, no. 31 (February 1976)