About The Annual Register: A Record of World Events‎
Description: The first volume, published by Robert Dodsley and edited, anonymously, by Edmund Burke, was produced during the height of the Seven Years War, and the opening History section described the progress of that conflict from its origins to the end of the year 1758. A shorter Chronicle section then briefly summarised notable events during 1758. As well as being a record of events, The Annual Register was originally conceived as a miscellany, reproducing state papers, reviewing important books, and featuring historical sketches, poetry, observations on natural history, and other essays, reproduced from books and periodicals. The early volumes of The Annual Register continued to follow this format, with contributions ranging from an essay on taste by Montesquieu (1758, p.311) to a suggestion about making bread from turnips (1763, p.133). Although Burke was elected to parliament in 1765 and was a committed and prominent Whig, The Annual Register strove to remain non-partisan in its political coverage.

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