CH AIRAO T E B'S: 
D’ Aiguillon, and banished to Chan- 
teloup, where Barthelemy did not 
hesitate to follow him; and, when 
that minister was compelled to re- 
sign his office of general of the 
Swiss, he would have given up the 
place of secretary ._ immediately, 
_ had not. M, de Choiseul prevailed - 
upon him to retain it until he 
could obtain, an indémnity for 
it. He went therefore to Paris, 
and offered the surrender of -his 
brevet to the Comte D’Affry, who 
refused to accept it; and, with 
many other considerable persons 
‘about the court, shewed 2 great 
inclination to protect Barthelemy if. 
he would consent to give up: his 
patron. This he positively refused 
to do, upon which M. D’Affry, 
much to his honour, terminated 
the business by accepting his resig-_ 
nation, and granting. him 10,000 
livres out of the annual profits of 
the place; and Barthelemy set off 
the next day for Chanteloup.. He 
Was now in possession of 35,000 
livres per annum, 10,090 of which 
he distributed annually to men of 
letters in distress, and enjoyed the 
remainder in a manner becoming 
a philosopher. He educated and 
established in the world three ne- 
phews; he assisted what remained 
of his family in Provence; and he 
colje€ted a numerous and well- 
chosen library, which he sold 
some years before his death, By 
the suppression of his places and 
appointments, he was, at the close 
of his life, reduced to great dif. 
ficulties; but was never known to 
complain ; ; and might be seen daily 
traversing Paris on foot, 
double with age and infirmity, 
and paying his accustomed visits 
to his respectable friend Madame 
de Choiseui. In the sth vo- 
lyme, p. 136, and in the 7th 
bent. 
[357 
volume, p. 74, of the ofavo edition 
of pee Sele he has drawn tht 
charaGters of the Duke and Duchess 
de Choiseul under the names of 
Phédime.and Arsame. 
In 1789, he was urged to accept 
the vacant seat in the French aca- 
demy ; and, though,he. had several 
times before declined :it from pru- 
dence and modesty, he at length 
yielded to the pressing. solicitation 
of his friends, and took his place 
where his reputation had gone be- 
fore him, his voyage of -Anacharsis 
having been published in the pre- 
ceding year. Of this incomparable 
work, replete with taste and erudi- 
tion, it-is unnecessary to say more - 
than:that it is in the hands of all 
the world,-and that it will be‘read 
again and again with unceasing de- 
light and instruction. 
ai 1790, -on the resignation of 
M. le Noir, librarian to the king,: 
that honourable post was offered to 
Barthelemy by M. de St. Priest. 
He deelined it, hov wever, being un- 
willing to engage in the detail of 
an employment that would obstruct - 
his other literary pursuits, especially 
as he was now occupied in pre. 
paring for the press a work he 
had long meditated, namely, an 
exact description, and ~catahgue 
raisonnée of the rich cabinet which 
had been so long under his care 
and inspeétion. In this favourite 
proje&, however, he was defeated _ 
by the peculiar circumstances of the 
times, 
From the year 1792, there was a 
visible change in his constitution, 
and he became subject to: fainting 
fits, which deprived him of his 
senses for many hours together. 
He was then 78 years of age, 60 of, 
which he had’ spent in laborious: 
occupations, , 
On the goth of August, 17935 
Aa3 he 
