BOOK THE THIRD. 



CHAP. I. 



OF THE 



BELLES LETTRES, 



AND THE 



Sciences of Memory in General 



I. T 1C 7HETHER we confult the voluminous 

 * V diftionaries of the French language, 

 or thofe treatifcs that profefs to point out the 

 method of ftudying and teaching the Belles 

 we find not, in the one or the other, 

 cither a clear definition, or a fuccinct explica- 

 tion words Belles Lettres, nor any fum- 

 or" thole iciences which are comprehend- 

 ed under that general and collcftive denomi- 

 nation, h appears to be a va^ue term, 

 i which every ' one may include \vhat- 

 . . III. A 



