632 Retrofpi£} of French Literature. — Mifceilavesus. 



Men of more than feventy.five years of 

 aac are freq;iently to be inet with th.-re, 

 which is a very uncoinmon thing in other 

 portions of the Atlantic tiatcs. 



•« In prrpsrti in as the tiaveller ad- 

 vances towards Gieensburgh, the afpeft 

 of t'le country changes ; the foil becmes 

 better ; and the habitations, although fur- 

 rounded by_ woods, approach each other 

 more clofely than in the valley alluded to 

 above. The h- ufes alio are larger, and 

 the lands belter culiivated ; the enclofiires 

 of the fields too indicate that this part of 

 the counti y is peopled by Germans. A- 

 morg them every thing announces a me- 

 liorated fituation, the produce of theii 

 fuperior afl'idiii y and labours. They live 

 far better than th fe Aniericars defcer.ded 

 from the En^jlifh, the Scotch, and the 

 Irifh. They "are not fo much aduifted to 

 fpirituoiis liquors ; and are not, like 

 ihem, pcffcfTd wiih the mania of wan- 

 dering from pl'^ce to place, ;ir.d chmging 

 their habitaii, ns on the flighieft m<.tive, 

 in order to emigrate feviial hundreds of 

 miles, in hopes of being able to difcover 

 a more fertile traft of country." 



•• CEuvres coniplet'es de Sendee.'* — 

 The complete Works of Senece, i voi. 

 iimo. This edition, by M. Auger, is 

 by far the belt hitherto puhliflied. It 

 contains the following articles : 



Le Serpent mangeur de KaVmack, ou 

 la confiance peiilue. — La R upie, conte. 

 — ^Le P.eicnt riiineux, Cinte. — Vsrgiie ct 

 Mecene, anecdote. — M liere et Cotin, 

 anecdote. "Les Travauxd'Apollon, poc'me 

 fatirique. — Les Anteur?, fatire. — Le 

 Ni^uvelliile, fatire. — Orphee, paraphiaie 

 d'une redondille de Quevcdo. — Plufieurs 

 epitres. — Quelques poeiieS fugitives. — 

 Quehjues epigrammes. 



We (h:iU give a fpecimen of the author's 

 talents, from a tale entitled, " Filer le 

 parfait amour." 



" Un gentilhomme, ennuyc lie la guerre, 

 Se naaria fousun aAre benii., 

 Prit belle feninie, ec viv >it dans la terre 

 jJaM po(Te:ioit au fauvage .Apcnnin. 

 Coirmencemens font doux en mariage ; 

 Nouvelle arJeur, flatteurs expreffemens, 

 Jeunes attrails exooft'5 au pillage, 

 y font paflVr d'agreables mDmens. 

 Bientoc apres, quand picine jouifTance 

 De larges dons accable un cceur iafle, 

 Molle tiedeiir, ennuyeufe indolence, 

 Y font languir Tappecit emoufle." 



Hippolytus, now yielding to the fug- 

 geftions cf ambition, determines to leave 

 ttie tender Camilla, in order to range 

 himfelf under the banners of Mars : 



" De ee propos, commed'un coup de foudre, 

 Le tendre coeur de Canuille eft frappe : 

 A ce ceptn il ne peut fe refoudre ; 

 De pleurs amers fon vifage eft trempe, 

 L'amoiir, propice a fon epoux fioele, 

 Pour Us fecher lui pieca ion banJcau. 

 Sur ce qu'il fit pour confoler la belle. 

 La modeftie a tire le rideau." 



The Baron, however, although both 

 amorous and jealous, y'eids to th:; voice 

 of hoiioi'.r, i^ncl (cts off for the camp of 

 Charlemagne. During Wis journey thi- 

 ther, he falls in with a necromancer, »hom 

 he confults relative to hisftiuation, but who 

 candidly replies that neither himfelf nor 

 the devil could in;erFere in this affair. He, 

 hovvevcr, prefents the knigh; with an image 

 made of wax, which will at leaft lerve to 

 make him acquainted with his lot, as it 

 was to remaiii white if his lady remained 

 virtuous j to turn yellow if (lie became a 

 Coquet e, and black if (he (lioild prove 

 ffiiihle's. Being known to Kolmd rind 

 Rcnaud, a body of troops was confided to 

 his command loon after his airival in the 

 camp, with whicli he feizes on four ttrong 

 forts, and becomes exceluvely i ich. 



In the mean time, Anielm de Riparol, 

 a gay, yoiing, and gallant warrior, rallies 

 the good Hippolytus on his c jnfidence in 

 the virtue of his lady. A J^reat flrife 

 enfuts, and buth appear in prcfence of the 

 Emperor. 



The c hevalier immediately throws down 

 his gai;ntlct, and demands eave to fight a 

 fingic combat with the alpcrfor of the 

 cliaifity cf his Camilla. On the other 

 hand, the gentle Anfelm offers to yield 

 Up all his ella-es to the Baron, if in the 

 fpace cf three months he does not make a 

 conqueil of the lady in queftion. Ttiis 

 baigain is immediately agreed to, and 

 the terms are drawn up by a notary of 

 the court; after which Anfelm, dreflTed 

 out in all the trappings fuiiable to a lover, 

 fets out on his journey to the Apennines, 

 while the falitary Hippolytus remains In 

 his tent, continually looking at the waxen 

 image. 



We fiiall pafsover the interview between 

 Anfelm and Camilla, who inftantly dif- 

 covers thedeligns of ths Gafcon knight. 



She refolves, therefore, to puniih him 

 for his prelumption, and for this purpofe 

 pretends to appoint a meeting in one ot 

 the towers of the caftle : 



" Les murs tous nus laiffoient voir les ardoifes 

 Dans cette tour. On y refpiroit I'air 

 D'un jo'jr dormant eleve de deux toifes, 

 E: bieu muni de fa grille de fer, 

 {^)uei fombre endroic, et quels prelimlnaires 

 ^oar mes pUitirs ! Est-ce une trahifon ! 



Noi), 



