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Sep 2026

Strange and Whimsical Performances: William Smellie, Alexander Gillies, and the Paratexts to A Treatise of Modern Faulconry

Abstract:James Campbell's A Treatise of Modern Faulconry appeared in 1773, accompanied by an anonymous Preface and a long, anonymous Introduction. The Preface ignores the Treatise and offers a burlesque of the first volume of Lord Monboddo's The Origin and Progress of Language; the Introduction offers fantastic tales o...

E. Heath · 0 citations

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