The title and imprint are taken from the printed front wrapper, at the head of which appears 'No. 1.] Price One Shilling.' and on the verso a note that 'The Authors invite communications or suggestions, to be addressed through their Publisher.'
The printer is named at the foot of page 36: Woodfall & Kinder, Printers, Milford Lane, Strand, London, W.C.
Summary Note
This anonymous critique of the Royal Academy's management of its annual exhibition is addressed 'To Messrs. Calderon, Faed, Hook, Lewis, Leighton, Millais, Pettie, and Watts ...' as the 'worthiest among the Royal Academicians ... None [of whom] know better ... that our strictures are true, and that our cause is just ...' (p.[1]).
Copy 1: With library stamp of the Crichton Club on pp. [1] and 36. Front pastedown inscribed in pencil: L. V. Fildes / London / 1907.
Binding Note
Copy 1: Late 19th-century morocco-grained maroon cloth (faded). Bound up with copies of: The Royal Academy [i.e. 'Extracts from leading articles in the press, on debate in House of Commons, 9th May 1876'] (London: E T. Whitfield, 1876); and A Rap at the R.A.: a satire [by John Edward Soden] (London: J. A. Brook & Co., 1875).
Copy 2: Publisher's green paper wrappers.