22B society of Arcadia. Oct. if, 



blink, and seems like a bright and airy meteor 

 that is destined to perifti, will, in the end, be chosen 

 rather than darknefs, if our deeds are not evil,. 

 and will (hine more and more towards the perfect 

 day of political perfection. 



It is for this reason that I prefer the communica- 

 tion of scientific, moral, and political knowledge, in a 

 pamphlet or a magazine, to fifty volumes in folio of 

 the fathers, or of the commentary of Aristotle ; and 

 that I have thought my time well bestowed in con- 

 veying to the people at large, through the channel of 

 this miscellany, the imperfect cfsay of its wellwifher 

 and reader. A. B. * 



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ACCOUNT OF T^E SOCIETY OF ARCADIA,, 



BYJiBBE TOURNER. 

 Concluded from p. 88. 

 TllEParrhasian grove, (il Bosc9 Parrasio) where the 

 Arcadians afsemble in summer to repeat their com- 

 positions, was first in a small forest belonging to the 

 convent of St Pictro in Montorio ; from this the de- 

 nomination was transferred to a place in the villa of 

 the duke of Pagcenica at St Pietro in Vincoli, where 

 the fliepherds had no other place to sit upon but the 

 grafs. Until this time no body was admitted except 

 ,^he Arcadians ; but their fame attracted many who 

 requested to attend as auditors, and in a {hort time no 



• The Editor is much indebted to this oblg'ng correspondent for thefe 

 ing!nl«us efsivs, though he cannot help thinking they would have been 

 mnri g-ne'jll) relifhed, hid the illustrations had lefs tfndeacy to political 

 affairs. On this subject men's opinions will always differ ; and con$e- 

 quenriy argumEnts, though just, when thus illustrated, lose of their eflcctj 

 It is for future correspondents iliis hint is intended. 



