As I am become a reviewer, I think it right in the way of business, to
consider the subject. You have alarmed the editor of the Critical, as
the advertisement prefixed to the Appendix plainly shews. The Critical
appears to be a timid, mean production, and its success is a reflection
on the taste and judgment of the public; but, as a body, who ever gave
it credit for much? The voice of the people is only the voice of truth,
when some man of abilities has had time to get fast hold of the GREAT
NOSE of the monster. Of course, local fame is generally a clamour, and
dies away. The Appendix to the Monthly afforded me more amusement,
though every article almost wants energy and a _cant_ of virtue and
liberality is strewed over it; always tame, and eager to pay court to
established fame. The account of Necker is one unvaried tone of
admiration. Surely men were born only to provide for the sustenance of
the body by enfeebling the mind!