戴力芳先生的《胡承谱评传》对胡承谱的生平考征得很详细，但没有见到他的《隻麈谈》原刻本。我所见的是石继昌先生藏的乾隆己酉（１７８９）新镌巾箱本，四卷。石先生去世之后，已不知此书下落。据我读书笔记的记录，略述内容如下，以供戴先生和同好参考。书前有乾隆五十三年 Mr. Dai Lifang’s Hu Chengpu Criticism passed a very detailed examination of his life, but failed to see his original version of “Only Talk”. What I have seen is the new bookcase of Qianjin (1789), which was deposited by Mr. Shi Jichang, four volumes. After Mr. Shi died, he did not know the whereabouts of this book. According to my record of reading notes, the following is a brief description for Mr. Dai and colleagues. Qianlong fifty-three years before the book