[There were five series of the _Critical Review_ between the years
1756 and 1817. No general index has been published.]
"_No great shakes._"--Can any of your readers state the origin of the
expression "no great shakes," which has obtained an almost universal
use, and is employed under a great variety of circumstances? No doubt a
knowledge of its derivation would interest many subscribers to "N. & Q."
as well as