The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-03
THE WORKS OF
FLANlUS JOSEPHUS.
TO THE PUBLIC

LOW EVER reluctant L may feel toaddress
l. l. the public on the present occasion, the duty
which L owe myself comrels me TO the task. /
Dave been informed from good authority that Mr..
;. Walker, the publisher of an edition Of Josfptus
IN about n,nety-fre numbers, hes this week for
warded from Boston, on advertisement 20 BE- in
serted IN the Portland papers. repIete, il Is said,
with falsehood and the most base nsinaa lions for
no other purpose than 20 prejudice The public nind
against my edition Of the works of Josephus. the
cost of which is from four 20 FIVE dollars less than
his end stating that my edition Of Josephus is a.
bridged.-Ihis assertion 10 an an absolute aud sn.
biHsking IaisehoOd which msy be easily ascertain.
ed BY comparing il with any authentic copy.
The rotes in my edition ore The GENUINE sorrs
OF BuRDER WILTON. printed from corrcei cd.
ton. but not interiarded with supes Focus noses
from other authors, Tor the purpose Of spinning
Qua The work TO an extrsvpgant length. III the
notes a--h~-s c-fycf:g 10 come nunaaers Of my 10
sephns than in Walkers, il is plainly for Ihi rea
con, that such notes could be Of no advantage 10
the reader by way Of xplanation. In other mum
bers there will be found more notes where tbev
are absolutely necessary, and the reader. after a
careful examination, will iud that nv edition Of
Josephus, contsns tte genuine works Of that great
author as well as the genuine notes, by Vision &
Purder. IL may he asked. How L can complete
the works Of Josephus in from SIS to IS Nos. when
Walkers edition is extended 20 ninety FIRE num-
beers P--The reply is obvious.-It need only
be stated that in every page of my edition, there
y about an inch more IN Wtih Of prinf, than in
Walkers, leaving at the same time handsome
and snffeient margiK, bat not leaving ha If the pa.
per blank, when the subscribers nav for prjntino.
Again,-it will he found comparing the first
number o. my edition with that &C the first and
second number ot Walkers, 'hat ID pages Of mine
coDtain as much matter a. 10 pages Of his. word
for word, errors excepted. on both sides: and fur
tber, great proportion of my numbers, will con-
tsin 10 pages, while Walker. generally, do no,
exceed IL. With the exception Of his first M. |
know oil no other thai comprises over 10 pages
When the public takes into confederation. the
reasonabeness Of what have sdduced. and com
pares my edition With any authentic copv extsnt.
doubt not but my Josephus will be pronounced
eqaang genuine and correct with any edition ever
published.
MIR. Walker is the publisher of Flee,wood,s life
OF Christ, IN 81 numbers, which might with the
same type. be done in SO.
publish Br"wD's Dictionary Of the Bible. and
Josephns. Now to ascertain, precisely, Which
contains the most for The money. take arv fun
page in either Of my works, and 4 full page in ei
ther OF Walkers, and count the number Of letters
IN each, aud that which contains the greatest num-
Der. is Of eourse the cheapest work.
No one can hesitate TO say, that Mr. Walker
reader, IT Mr.. Walker, being an r ngIishman. is
entitled to credit after asserting himself TO be 40
American, eiter having advertised or written 90
The editor OF the Galaxy, Gin reply 10 an article
IN that paper) stating THAI bis Josvpbns was bona
file American edition; that il was s,ereot VI ed hy
= person In N. York, (ChandIer, j think) and that
the engravings were done by Mr.. NeagIp, Of Phil.
sdelpha, Me- Kelly, and Msssrs. Amin l. Saith,
of Boston.
Messrs. Amin & Smith, as am Informed. en-
graved one plate only. Those subscribers who
have so numbers OF bis work, may be easily con.
WINGED, on examining the plates that some Of hem
are done by j. Brovn. particularly the /" Golden
Calf" deiueated by BarisT. This J Brown MIR
Walker forgets 10 mention perhcps DE thought /,
'mPobte 20 say that come Of the plates were en-
graved by J. Brown, in England, when h. bad
previously stated the work to be " bona 6den A.
merican edition.
. appeal 60 an enlightened public TO read, COM
pare. ridge and determine which is in the right
N. B.-Should any If The notes be scci,ieu tally
omitted, the pages wanting them will be reprint.
ed. with the notes inherited and deliver Ell 20 sub
seribers gratis JOSEPH TEAL
May ~. 1928. Swis.