From the Collection of the George Peabody Library
Other English
translations began to compete, however, each one
attempting to capture the flavor of the original in up-to-date language
and style, while indirectly calling attention to the shortcomings of
previous versions. The obscure John Phillips, nephew of the poet John
Milton, published a new translation of Don
Quixote in 1687,
depending heavily on Shelton while appearing to distance himself from the
earlier translator. On the title page he advertizes a new translation,
"[n]ow made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language AND
adorned with several copper plates."
