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34c* 7 he inter*fling and ajfcfting Hiflory of Prince Lee Boo, a Native of the Pelew Iflands, brought to England by Capt• Wil-fon ; to •which is prefixed, A Jhort Account of thofe IJlands, with a Sketch of the Manners and G'fltms of the Inhabitantu Small tzmo,IT has been in general an opinion from which we feldom have had occa-(ion to vary, that abridgements of this nature are cenfurable, as infringing on the copy-right of individual proprietorsor authors. In the prefent cafe, theoriginal work (which we have very heartily commended, vol. LVIII. p. 629,) is in no danger of being injured. Its mtiinficmerit and its embellifliments will fecure a confiderable and exttnfive fale ; whillt the little volume now before us, peculiarly adapted to younger minds, will rather excite than fupprefs the curiofiry of thofe who read it.
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Gentlemans Magazine and Historical Chronicle

London, Middlesex, GB

Tue, Dec 01, 1789

Page 127

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