10 DECEMBER 1831, Page 21

The Adventures of a Dramatist is advertised and announced with

the declaration that "the author will not attempt to promote the sale of this publication by puffs, direct or indirect." -We will vary this 'species of puff indirect, by saying, that the author could not promote the sale of this publication by puffs direct or indirect. We would defy. the power of puffery, great and dangerous as it may be, to influence the circulation of trash so wretched. Even puffery must have a fulcrum.