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BetrofpeB of French Liter aturc'r^Hijiory. 



fpach ami Bareutli, together with the 

 riL'ht of primogeniture on the part of 

 the EieCtoiot'BrandeDburghjWere awarrl- 

 eil ; the treaties of Brellau, of Borliri, 

 of Drefden, and of }Iubcrtfburg, were 

 renewed and coiifirnipd; and the Duke 

 of Deux Ponts was confidered as one of 

 the principal coiitraf'ting parties. 



'I'liiigi terminated a ditVerence which 

 jjoisht have fct all Germany in a flame, 

 liairt it not been for the vigour of M. de 

 yerjrennes, and tlic linTmefs of tlie Kini; 

 of Frulun. Keccnt tranfactions liavc 

 rendered the treaty of Tefchen ftill iii^ire 

 memorable than before ; and, indeed, 

 we have iivcd long cnongh to fee nearly 

 all the political relations of Europe air 

 tered. Bavaria, which on tliis occafion 

 was patronized by IVederick the Great, 

 has iince been taken under the wing of 

 France; while Prullia lierfelf, then a 

 great and prepondei'ant power, now 

 Hands in need of a protec'tor. Tliefe 

 coiifiderations, added to the su-ku0T\- 

 led!:;ed iihllities and admirable informa- 

 tion oi M. Iranfois de Neufchateau, 

 have induced us to atVord more tlian an 

 ordinary degree of attention vo the work 

 now under conlidcration. 



" Hilloire dcs Evcncnicns qui ont cu 

 lieu en Frjmcc, pendant Its JMois dc 

 Jnin, Juillet, d'Aoui, et de Soptem- 

 brc, 1792, et qui out Oi.ci'' la chute du 

 Trone Royal ; ou Ton trouve, fur ces 

 Epoques d»''plorablcs, des Dt tails ignores 

 pour la piujiart, et appuyes de jjrcnves; 

 deux Lcltres /ii7(.7M et incditts de Louis 

 XVE les Ordres et les Arretes des Au- 

 torites Publiques, et des Sections I'ur 

 les .Meuitres de Scpteinbrc ; les (Juit- 

 tauccs des eniplnyps a ces Executions 

 laiiglanifs; la Lifie Alphabeti()ne de 

 toutis les Victimes rf!;or!;<';es a Paris, Lyr 

 ons, Orleans, \'urfaille5^, ct Meau\ ; des 

 ■Notices et Particularites fur la \ le, los 

 Ouvra^es et les deruiercs INIoinrnts fies 

 Principales, ainfi que fur les Coupables 

 Condanmt-s, Moits ou Depoites, ct fur 

 d'autres Perfonnagcs Anciens et IVlo- 

 dcrnes, F;uneux et Celebves, &c. Par 

 J\I. MATON-DE-r,A-'V'AHKNNE, JuHfcon- 

 fulte, aucien Membre dc plufuLirs Aca- 

 demies et Societt'S favante^ ; Tun <les 

 Prefaits echappes de laSaint-Barihclcuty 

 de 1T92." — A Hiliory of the Events 

 ■which took place in France, during 

 the Months of June, July, Aucuft, and 

 September, 1792 ; and which produced 

 tlie Fall of the Royal Houfc : in wliiclj 

 will be found thofe deplorable Epochs, 

 &c. &c. 

 - ;This worky we are told in the preface, 



although complete of itfelf, forms f> por-j 

 tion of an intended hiftury " of the dcr 

 cadence and fi^ll of the roy.il thioiiu iii 

 Fraiice. It is given fcperately, and ia 

 foinc lefpccts preinaturely, hpcauie we 

 are aflured that it coiitaiub dttaili> and 

 j)apcrs hitherto unpubliflicil, an acqiiain- 

 tiince wiiii whicii is indifpenfably iie- 

 cwflary to thofe who w(jul(l willi to be 

 fainihav with the leading olyects of the 

 R.ev()lution. 



'I'lic copious titlc-pH'^e will ahtady 

 have conveyed to the reader a catalogue 

 of thofe events and incidents which arc 

 here defcribed ; but it is iiccefl'ary con- 

 tinually to be on one's cruard agaiuft tlie 

 prejudices of the editor, who liaviiii; 

 been one of liie royaliiia who clcajied 

 from nialfacre, fecms determined to 

 avengp his own wrongs ou the charac'ier 

 of every man and woman connected 

 with the recent events. 



That party which obtaincfl the a|)- 

 pellation of BrilVotines, has always beeu 

 confideitd to have acted from priiiciple ; 

 and it is pretty evident, that they theni- 

 felvcs fell a facrilice to their own hkj- 

 deration, for they were content to de- 

 cliiim ajrainfi Rohefpicrre and Danton, 

 at the 1 cry mouient thofe two i'anguinary 

 men were conlpiring both ai;alnit theni 

 and the republic. Ijerc, however, they 

 find no quarter. Jean-MaricrRoland (!c 

 laPlatiere is (krcribcd as a niau (.uitnely 

 deftitute of talents, and one who pof- 

 feflcd a had <'hara(''(er anterior to the 

 revoiutiou ; ,w hieh is in exprcf;- oppoi'itinu 

 to fatts, as well as the j^cnpii^i \jf)iaion. 

 liis wjfe, ]Maii'j-Jean (X^iiiiipp^'n) Ilo- 

 laivd, i> allowed to have been at once 

 " beautiful and uitty ;'' bat (iiC is at the 

 fame time deft:rji>ed as bafejirfcachtrous, 

 and lafcivious in the cxtiCBve. , , 



lirilfol, Petion, Ver(:tiiui;d, everyone, 

 in fhorr, who happened :.i.f >riuii;iti-ly to 

 ditfer with M. Jiatoude ia N'aien.ie, re- 

 ceives his due portion of ahufe, and this 

 is generally la. illicd in the csafi vatio of 

 his merits. It naturally follows, thcre- 

 fove, that fuch infamous perlbiis as St. 

 jiarnge, Panis, Sergcnt, appear cutirely 

 in tlie back tiround; while the crimes of 

 C'outlion, of" Tallica, and of Robefpieriq, 

 are ulfn kept in the iliade, and make no 

 imjirellion whatfoevcr on the mind of the 

 reader. 



On the ot|ierhand, the kings of Frauct 

 of the third race are all prailed to the 

 Ikies. liiftory has daugliters to btltoiy 

 the highed encomiums ou Henry IV., 

 and one cannot deny any Frcuchrnan the 

 faUsfa(!:Uou of having pgiTelied fuch an 

 accom-» 



