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Gentleman's Magazine 1884 part 1 p.618
antiquarian, and biographical research the Gentleman's Magazine is indispensable. Owing to the exceedingly slovenly manner in which the previous indexes are compiled the task of reference is as arduous as it can be. Take it, for instance, that the reader wishes to inquire concerning a certain writer, say Thomas Ramsay, of whose date he is uncertain. In the existing indexes, in which the Christian name is not given, he will have to turn through all the Ramsays, probably one to two hundred in number, who ever dissolved partnership, became bankrupt, or in any fashion whatever brought themselves within the scope of the work. As the society depends for the completion of its task upon the number of subscriptions it receives, I am gald to recommend to my readers an undertaking which promises beneficial results to scholarship.
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