Episode 3 of 3
Smollett's 1768 review
- When
- 1768
- Where
- publication of Smollett's review
Tobias George Smollett produced one of the first reviews of The Complete Farmer in 1768, summarizing its topics and praising its husbandry article.
One of the first reviews of The Complete Farmer was by Tobias George Smollett in 1768. He summarized the specific topics of the work and remarked that the whole article on husbandry gave a "very full and accurate comparison..., from a variety of authors, between the profits arising from the different methods of cultivation, according to the precepts of the old and new husbandry."
Sources
- The Complete Farmer: Or, a General Dictionary of Husbandry Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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