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commensurate with its demerits, in your xlvth volume, p. 338) in 
order to point out, that although he professed (but untruly) to 
review, and pass as it were his academical judgement, on ald that 
had previously been written on the structure of the Earth, he 
never quotes or alludes to this paper of Mr. Michell’s; not even 
in his chapter ‘¢ on Voleanos and Earthquakes.” 
So in like manner, Mr. M, has received entire neglect from 
a London Professor, who made the history of Geological labours 
and discoveries, the subject of a Lecture, introductory to.a Course 
- alluded to, on the “ elevated place,” their Names are hereafter to occupy in the 
page of fame! 
What the character of that fame may be I will not inquire, which attaches to 
the having announced (in the name of the “learned Body,” mentioned by the 
Reviewer) at the eritical moment, after Mr, Smith had, through 12 years or 
more, been prevented from putting his Map to press, by no Map-seller seeing 
a prospect, through “ the unfashionabieness of the mode, in which he had taken 
up and treated the subject,” of their being remunerated, for engraving, colour- 
ing, furnishing all the learned Universities, &c. gratis, and advertising his Map; 
and tothe having actually followed up this announcement, by putting into the 
Engraver's hands, the pretended ** corrected Map” of which now the Reviewer 
so complacently speaks (see vol, xlv. p.937 ) months before ihe orrginal Map could 
be got out by Mr. Cary: and through which new mode of proceeding in search 
of fame, or something else, it has occurred, and there is too much reason to 
perceive exu/tation in the Parties at it, that Mr. Smith and Mr. Cary, remain al~ 
most wholly «rewarded for their labours ! 
Speaking of the Ednburgh Review, brings me to mention, that there are now 
two rival Magazines, publishing monthly in that city,the new or opposition one,’ 
of which, is said (as is indeed pretty evident to any one) to have its scientific de- 
partment edited by a certain professor of “ Geognosy :” there is also published 
in London. the Monthly Annals, of another “ Geognost :” to the Editors of these 
two Geognostic Works (many: of whose peculiar Readers, might fairly be sup- 
posed to have scarcely seen the nameof Mr. Smith mentioned) were sent in the 
usual way, the very first manuscript copies of “ Mr. Smith’s Claims” (see vol. li. 
p. 174 to 180 which were any how circulated, with a respectful request from 
me, that they might have insertion, as a liberal act of literary justice to. Mr. Smith. 
A printed Copy was also forwarded, as soon as possible, to the old Edinburgh Ma- 
gazine; but, neither the Editor of the old or of the new tdinburgh Magazines 
has condescended to give it insertion!: and notwithstanding, that the opposi- 
tion Editor had, in a number almost immediately preceding, amongst the lite- 
rary news (and apparently from his own pen) inserted a vaunting kind of chal- 
lenge to Mr Smith and myself Ly name, to make good or renounce, in his Work. 
the claim, which a certain Scotch Geognost had (wnasked) repeatedly put in, in 
our behalfs, as being rival discoverers of * the idea of formations,” with the ido- 
lized Werner! 
The London Geognostic Annalists in the same foreign interest, raised at 
first a cavil, at the * Statement,’ not coming direct from Mr. Smith, (although 
purporting to come from his friends,) objecting am tto to the Notes attached 
to it: and when afterwards, Mr. Smith on his return to Town, attempted 
to satisfy these Qualms, by approving of the “Statement” under his hand, 
and requesting its insertion, pro:tded the Notes were si ffered to accompany i: 
these Editors, however, in pretending to comply, in their “ introductory para- 
graph,” having first (untruly) asserted, that all the Notes, referred merely to the 
Philosophical Magazine, they proceeded, amongst other wanton mutilations, to 
strike out the very material Note (vol. li. p. 179), that showed Mr, Smith's 
name and the object of his labours, had found a comme¢ndatory mention, in the 
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