Sidney Smith's Sneer

"Who reacis au American book?" the famous sneeriug utterance of Sidney Smith, was nsed In the Edinburgh Review of Januacy, 1820. The article in which it occurs was the review of Adam Seybert's "títatistical Aunáis of the United States. " At the time of its employment tho Amerioaus bitterly resented the covert sneer and with great euergy defended their literature from the supposed attack.