The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-05-27
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THE WORKS OF
FAANAUS JOSEPWUS.
TO THE PUBIC

81 ~ 4 Ella reluctant OAY feei 10 address
l. the public 90 the present occasion, the duty
which | owe myself comrels me 10 the ta>k. /
have been informed from good authority. that Mr..
). alker, tie publisher ef an edition Of J0sephuS
10 about nineiy-fre numbers, has this week for
warded from Boston, advertisement 70 be in
serted ~ the Portland papers, replete, il is said,
with tGlsehoOd, and The NO base nsinua tons, for
no Other purpose than TO prejudice the public mind
against my edition Of the works Of J0sephus, the
cost Of which il from four 20 FIVE dollars less than
his, o0d stating that my edition Of Jesephus j.
brIdged. assertion H. an an absolute and I'm
GlushiHg Jdisehood which may be easily ascertain
Ell by comparing il with any authentic copy.
The ro.es il my edition, are lie GENUINE NOTES
or BURDER & WESTON, printed from correct edi
ton, but not nteriarded with supei Auous 30 es
6om other author, for the purpose Of spinning
out the work 70 an eXtravagant length. LII the
notes are less cnpious in some numbers Of my 10
sephus than in WaIker'- il is plainly for this rea-
son, thaI such notes could be of no advantage TO
the reader by way "f explanation. Ia other unm-
| bers there will be found more notes where they
are absolutely necessary, and the reader. after
careful examination, will fed that INV edition Of
JOsephus contains tie genuine works NJ that great
author, well as the genuine notes, By Vision g
Rurder. Ii may be asked How | can complete
the works of JOsephus in fran Sc To 65 Nos " hen
Walkers edition is extended 10 RinCtg fire num-
bers The reply is obvious.-It need only
be stated that in every page Of my edition, there
is about an inch more in lriih Of print, than in
/ Walker, leaving as the same time a handsome
aud sufficient margin, bat not leaving half the pa
I per blank, when the subscribers paw for printing
! Again,-it will be found IN comparing the first
number Of my edition with that Of the first and
second number Of alker's that IA pages of mine
contain much matter a. 10 pages Of his word
F,F vnrI ~ 4 ~.
Their, great proportion of my numbers, will son-
tain IS pages, while Walkers. generally, do not
exceed T. With the exception Of bis first No.
| know OF no other that comprises over IL pages.
When the public takes into consideration, the
! ohabeness of what have adduced, and com-
Pares my edition with any authentic copy extant,
doubt not but my ,Iosephus will be pronounced
equally genuine md correct with any edition ever
published
Mr.. Walker is the publisher of Flee'woods life
Of Christ, in 81 numbers, which might with the
same type. be done il 49,
publish Browns Dctionory Of the Bible, and
Josephus. Now to ascertain. precisely. which
Contains the most for the money, take any full
page N either Of my works, and full page ID eli
Their OF Walkers, and count the number Of letters
IN each, and that which contains the greatest nun
Der. is of course the cheapest work.
No one can hesitate 10 say, that Mr. Wake,
acts from envlous motives. l will appeal 20 the
reader, If Mr. Walker, being an Englishman, is
entitled 10 credit, after asserting himself to be an
American, after having advertised or written 10
the editor OF the Galaxy, (in reply 20 an article
in that paper stating tha' bis Jo.ephus was bona
fide American edition; that t was stereotyTed by
person in N. York, chandler, Think and that
the engraviRgs were done by Mr.. Neage, Of Phil
adeIphia, MI. Kelly, aud Messrs. Amin s Smith,
Of Boston.
Messrs. Amin s. Smith, as l am informed en-
graVed one plate only. Those subscribers who
have so numbers Of his work, may be easily con-
WINGED, on examining the plates that some of them
are done by J. BrowR, pa ticulariy the '"Giolden
Cah,'' deiineated by Barter. This J. Brown MIR
Walker forgets 70 mention; perhGPshe thought it
imPoh,tc to say thai some or the plslss were en-
graved by ]. Brown, in England, w4ien he bad
previously stated The work to be " bona ide" A
merican edition.
appeal 20 an enlightened public 10 read, COM
pare, Judge and determine which u in the right.
n. B.-Should any Tie notes be accidentally
omitted, the pages wanting them will be reprint
ed. with the notes inserted and delivered 20 sub
scribers gratis JOSEPH TEAL.
May IL, 1895 Svis.