The Eighteenth-Century Review Journal as Allegory: Smollett's Critical Review and the Work of Criticism.

The article discusses the British periodical entitled "Critical Review," edited by Tobias Smollet, published between 1756 and 1845. It is compared to the similar "Monthly Review" which was created earlier, as both journals were created to serve a growing reading public by offering reviews of literature but differed in their editorial policies, with Smollet relied on a "set of gentlemen" as reviewers.