The Knickerbocker critic of Hitchcock refused to be embarrassed by Hitchcock's sarcastic response, but instead doubled down.
To the charge of misrepresentation, so often repeated, we declare ourselves not guilty, with the exception of saying the O. giganteus had only two toes, for which lapsus linguae [slip of the tongue] we must humbly beg the professor's pardon . . .
. . . If the reader will carefully peruse all that has been written on the subject, he may find the other misstatements and misrepresentations almost as gross as the foregoing, and he will then be able to judge who has been the most misrepresented.
With these remarks, we must bid the professor adieu—assuring both him and our readers, that 'the reviewer dares to give his name to the public,' and that he will do so, when he shall learn that the knowledge of his name can affect the truth of the facts, or whenever the customs of the world shall require or expect him to do so.