Foreign Literature and Science. 304 
‘elemachus, the Henriade, &c. The tragedies ; insert. 
from Corneille, only what remains in vogue; take from Ra- 
cine the Freres Ennemis, L’ Alexandre and the Plaideurs ; 
take from Crebillon, only Rhadamiste, Atrée et Thyeste ; j 
from Voltaire, only what are still in vogue. The History ; 
insert some good work on chronology ; ancient original prin- 
ciples ; whatever may give a detailed history of France. The 
discourses of Machiavel on Titus Livius ; L’Esprit des Lois 7 
la grandeur des Romains ; and whatever is suitable to pre- 
serve of the history of Voltaire. The Romance ; the Nou- 
velle- Heloise and the confessions of Rousseau ; not to mention 
the chefs-d’euvre of Fielding, of Richardson, Le Sage, &c. 
&e. which will naturally form a part ; the tales of Voltaire. 
“* Note. Omit from Rousseau, Emile, and a crowd of let- 
ters, discourses and useless dissertations ; ; the same with res- 
pect to Voltaire. 
“ The Emperor desires to have a catalogue raisonne’, witli 
notes explaining the most select of these works ; and a me- 
moir of the cost of the thousand volumes, printing and bind- 
ing ; what each will contain of the works of each author, 
what it will weigh; how many cases will ; What 
dimensions, and what space they will occupy. 
‘*¢ The Emperor is also desirous that M. Barbier should en- 
gage in the following work, with one of our best geogra- 
phers ;—to reduce from memoirs upon the campaigns that 
have taken place on the Euphrates, and against the Parthi- 
ans, setting out from that of Crassus, to the 8th century; 
comprehending those of Anthony, Trajan, Julian, &c. tra-~ 
cing upon maps ofa suitable scale, the route which each ar- 
my has followed, with the —— and modern names— 
countries and principal towns ; geographical observations 
on the territory, and historical felians of each expedition, 
derived from original authors. 
he second note is dated Sthecitennn: 12th June, 1809. 
It urges the formation of a portable library, and extends the 
order to 3000 volumes in 18, similar to the Dauphin collec- 
tion in 16—to be printed in ‘Didot’s most beautiful type, on 
thin vellum paper. The 3000 volumes were to be placed in 
irty cases, each containing bras ee of thirty-three 
volumes each.—Rev. Ency. Dec. 1 
Pe: Portable Library.—There exists at Erfurt in Ger 
an association which may be successfully imitated in i 
