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  <dc:title>William Creech to James Beattie from Edinburgh</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Still no answer from Dilly. Sales of third edition of Minstrel have been small, but publication of second part will probably carry off the remainder. He has just received the fourth edition of the Essay. He will follow Beattie's instructions about advertisement. Warburton and other renowned literati in England praised the book. He has been urged by some gentlemen here to set on foot a periodical paper and has been informed Beattie could give assistance [presumably Edinburgh Magazine and Review]</dc:description>
  <dc:date>27 January 1773</dc:date>
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