Perrow—The Last Will and Testament in Literature. 699 
The Political Testament continued to flourish in France and 
neighboring countries during the eighteenth century. Among 
these may be mentioned: Le Testament 'politique de Louis Man - 
drin (1755), Analyse du Testament politique de L. Mandrin 
(1789), 1 Testament histori-morali-politique de M . R. 2 3 4 * * (1760), 
Le Testament du mare chal de Belle-Isle 3 (1761) by Cherrier, 
Le Testament politique de M. de V. (1770), 4 Le Testament pol¬ 
itique de M. de Silhouette (1772), 5 Le Testament politique de 
Angleterre (1779), 6 Le Testament politique de Mesmer (1785), 7 
Le Testament du Publiciste patriote (1789), 8 Testament poli- 
ctyzny synowi cyczyzny zostawionyz planem bespieczuey formy 
republikanskiego rzadu (a. polish Testament of 1789) 9 Testa¬ 
ment polique de Mercy Argenteau (1794). 8 9 
The Testament de Pierre le Grand appeared first in France 
in 1812. 10 Although the document is a fiction, it has had no lit¬ 
tle part in helping to shape European politics. It was claimed 
for this Testament that it was dicovered among the emperoPs 
private papers in the palace at St. Petersburg, and that from 
this a copy was made by an attache of the French Legation and 
sent in 1757 to the French minister, Cardinal Bernis. In the 
Testament the emperor is represented as ordering for his suc¬ 
cessors a line of action which will lead ultimately to the subjuga¬ 
tion of both Europe and Asia. 
1 Peignot, II, 290. 
2 A. A. Barbier, Dictionnaire des Anonymes, Paris, 1872, s. v. Testa¬ 
ment. 
3 Voltaire XLI, 522. 
4 Barbier, s. v. Testament. 
e Ibid. 
e Ibid. 
7 Ibid. Mention is also made of a Testament Litteraire which claims 
for its author Jean Jacques Rousseau. E. Ritter says it is a forgery 
probably by Marchand, the author of several Political Testaments. 
See E. Ritter, in archiv f. d. St. dcr neu. Spr. 99: 223; who cites an edi¬ 
tion by O. Schultz-Gora, Halle, 1897. 
s Barbier, s. v. Testament. 
9 Catalogue of the British Museum, s. v. Testament. 
10 It was not till the time of its second publication, in 1836, that this 
document assumed the title of Testament. Critics have not been able 
to determine whether the document is really Russian or French in its 
origin. See ZJnsere Zeit, Leipsic, 1872, VIII, 1, 379. 
