179^. AlfftCboTES OF MR. MTLHaS.. I2g 



" tliat the bed way to fucceed well, was to keep goods 

 " of the very bed q^ualitj in Iiis {hop"." On this prin- 

 ciple, the ten or twelve books he tint printed, were 

 ^00^ books in phildfophy, hidory and nioralitj, that 

 tended to enlarge the underftanding, and improve the 

 heart. Nobody had any objedion to the books; every 

 one praifed tltem as excellent; but-, to his great mor- 

 tification, the fale of them was very flow, and his dock 

 of caili was nearly exhauded. This brought poor An- 

 dfev.' to refleft very ferioufly upon the matter, and to' 

 confidcr in What v^ay he might retrieve his aifairs, 

 which wore not the mod promifing afpefl. At lad, 

 he ventiited to communicate his thoughts to a friend. 

 This gentleman knew a little more of the world than 

 Mr. Andrew ; and he, laughing at his confcientious 

 fcruples, tohl him, that if he had the fenfe and fpirit 

 to get the famous cafe of Mils Cadiere againd fathei' 

 Gerard tranflated into Englifli, and publiflied for' 

 his own account, he would foon find, that his affairs 

 would take a very favourable turn. — This book, 

 Mr. Editor, fome of your readers may know ; buty 

 for the fake of others, it may be necefl'ary to fay 

 it was one of the mod lufcious, that is to fay, one of 



the mod b y performances that had then appeared 



in the world, and was edeemed in France, the mod 

 witty performance of the age. With the fear of want 

 before his eyes on the one hand, and the hope of gain 

 on the other, the fcruples of honed Mr. Andrew begari 

 tofubfide, and he at length obtained a man to trandate 

 the book, for the fam of twency pounds. This he 

 paid, and fet to work to print if. 



In this date of the bufinefs, the knowledge of the 

 undertaking came to the ears ot his wife, who thought 

 iierfelf no lefs intereded in the fuccefs of his affairs 

 than himfelf, and who expreli'ed her difapprobation of 

 the undertaking, in very unequivocal terms. " Here, 

 fays die, you have nearly ruined yourfelf with print- 

 ng books already, wliich lie upon your hands in 



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