making his the only perfect copy, not only in America, but in 

 the world." In refutation of this misrepresentation it will only 

 be necessary to quote the words of the circular announcing the 

 fact, that corrections, &c. would be furnished by the translator ; 

 the words are, " The American edition will comprise all the 

 corrections and additions, which are most important:" <; the 

 author and editor have committed the corrected sheets to the 

 care of the subscriber." " The only correct edition will be that 

 now printing at Cambridge." This, taken in connexion with 

 what is stated on the first page of the circular, and the whole 

 relating to the Cambridge edition, or to an American edition, 

 renders the meaning sufficiently apparent. Nothing is said or 

 implied in relation to any other edition " in the world." The 

 impression intended was, most obviously, that the Cambridge 

 edition would be more correct than the London edition, or any 

 other edition printing at the time in this country. It would 

 have been no perversion of language, however, to have said, 

 that the New York reprint is the most incorrect " not only in 

 America, but" (as far as we yet know) " in the world." 



It appears that Mr. Owen had the earliest copy of the work, 

 and he had more than one half of it in type before the New York 

 publication appeared ; he had corrections, and matter not con- 

 tained in the London copies ; he had the sheets, the cancels, 

 corrected last proofs, and manuscript, and the Cambridge edi- 

 tion had been announced by circular and in the newspapers. 

 The fact had also been made known that the Cambridge edition 

 was printing in compliance with the wishes of those to whom 

 both the original and the translation belonged, and who had an 

 undoubted right to authorize the republication. 



Messrs. Wiley and Putnam would have the public and the 

 trade believe, that they were not aware that the republication 

 had been undertaken by any other publisher. It was long 

 known to the trade, had been sufficiently announced, and one 

 of the firm was at Boston and Cambridge after the printing had 

 been commenced at. Cambridge. Is it to be supposed, that in 

 his interviews with the booksellers in Boston, and elsewhere in 

 the vicinity, nothing was seen or heard of the republication ? 



