Inchbald." And here the correspondence dropped.
It is now difficult to understand the profound secrecy with which the projection of the new Review was carried on until within a fortnight of the day of its publication.

In these modern times widespread advertisements announce the advent of a new periodical, whereas then both publisher and editor enjoined the utmost secrecy upon all with whom they were in correspondence.

Still, the day of publication was very near, when the _Quarterly_ was, according to Scott, to "burst like a bomb" among the Whigs of Edinburgh.

The only explanation of the secrecy of the preliminary arrangements is that probably down to the last it was difficult to ascertain whether enough materials could be accumulated to form a sufficiently good number before the first _Quarterly Review_ was launched into the world..