mills further stated blackwell's loose papers were deficient, and he had to recourse to the ancients. a review of this work by tobias smollett in "the critical review: or, annals of literature" stated, that "it is impossible for us to ascertain the particular passages of this publication that belong to mr. mills; but we will venture to say, upon the whole, that this volume, both in point of composition and language, is not inferior to its two elder brothers."