564 Original Letters between Doétors Eirch and Robert fon, f Aug. 
feveral inaccuracics in the prefs work. 
Mr. Millar grew impatient to have the 
book publithed, fo that it was impothible 
to fend down the procis to me. [ hope, 
however, the papers will be abundantly 
intelligible. I publithed them valy to 
confirm my own fyftem, about particular 
facts, not to obtain the charaéter of an 
Antiquarian. If upon perufing the 
bock you difcover any inaccuracies, either 
with regard to style or faéts, whether of 
great or of {mall importance I will efteem 
it a very great favour, if you'll be, fo 
good as to communicate them tome. I 
fhail likewife be indebted to you, if 
you ll let me know what reception the 
book meets with amony the Literati of 
your acquaintance. J hope you will be 
particularly pleafed. with the Critical 
Divertation at the end, which is the pro- 
duction’of a co-partnerfhip between me 
and your friend Mc. Davidfon. Both 
Sir D. Dalrymple and he offer compli- 
ments to vou. If Dean Tucker be in 
town this Winter, I beg you would offer 
my compliments to hin. 
Tam w. great regard Dr. fir 
Y* m. obd' & mf. o. fert 
WILLIAM ROBERTSON. 
Edinburgh, 1 Fan. 17 59. 
. My addrefs is, one of the Minifters of 
Ed. 
To Da. Bracw, 
Dear Sir, 
I beg leave once more to have recourfe 
to your goed nature and to your love 
of literature, and to prefume upon put- 
ting you toa piece of trouble. After con. 
fidering feveral fubjects. for another Hif. 
tory I have at laft fixed upon the reign of 
-Charles V which contains the firft efta- 
blihment of the prefent political fyitem 
of Europe. I have begun to labour fe. 
rioufly Gpon my tafk. One of the firt 
things requifite was to f.rm a catalogue- 
of books, which muft be confulted. As 
T never had accets to very copious Libra- 
ries, I do not pretend to any extenfive 
knowledge of Authors, but I have made 
a lilt of fuch as I thought moft effential 
to the fubjeét, and have put them down 
juft in the order which they occurred to 
me, or as IT found them mentioned in 
any bock Thappencd to read. | beg you 
would be fo good as to lock it over, and 
‘as your erudition and knowledge of books 
is infinitely fupericr to mine T doubt not 
but you'll -be able to make {uch additions 
tomy Catalogue, as may be of great ufe to 
me. Iknow very well and tomy Sorrow, 
how fervilely Hiftorians copy from one 
another, and how little is to be learned 
ftom reading many books, but at the fame 
time when one writes upon any parti- 
cular period it is both neceflary and 
decent for him to confalt every book 
relating to it, upon which hecan la 
his hands. I am fufficiently Matter of 
French and Italian; but have no know~ 
ledge of the Spanifh or German tongues, 
I flatter myfelf that I fhall not iuffer much 
by this, as the two former languages 
together with the Latin, will lupply 
me with books in abundance, Mr Wal. 
pele informed me fome time ago that in 
the Catalogue of Harleian MSS. in the 
Britith Mufeum, there is a volume of 
papers relating to Charles V, it is No.2z95, 
I donot expect much from it, but it would’ 
be extremely obliging if you would take 
the trouble of looking into it & of informing 
me in general what it Contains. Inthe 
Catalogue I have enclofed, this mark » 
is prefixed to all the books which I can 
get in this Country ; if you yourfelf, or 
any friend with whom you can ule free- 
dom, have any of the other books in my 
litt, & will be fo good as to fend them to 
Mr Millar he will forward them to me’ 
& I hall receive them with great grati- 
tude, & return them with much punctu- 
ality. I beg leave to offer compliments 
to all our commen friends, & particularly 
to Dean Tucker, if he be in Town this 
feafon. I with it were in my power to 
confer any return for all the trouble you, 
have taken in my behalf | 
Edinburzo, 13 Decr. 1759. 
From Dr. Bincr. 

To ite Rev. Dr. Rogpertson, af 
Edinburgh. 
Dear Sir London 3, Fany. 1760. 
Your Letter of the 13 Dect. was par-. 
ticularly agreable to me, as It acquainted 
Ine with your refolution to refume your 
hittoric pen, & to undertake a fubjeét 
which from it’s importance. and Extent, 
& your manner of treating it, will be 
highly acceptable to the public. 
I have perufed your lift of Books to 
be confulted on this eceafion; and after 
tranfcribing it have delivered it to Mr. 
Millar ; & shall now make fome addi-- 
tions to it, E 
The new Hire @’ Allemagne by fa- 
ther Barre, Chancellor of the Univerfity. 
of Paris, publithed a few years ago in 
feveral Volumes in q®. is a work of very 
good Credit, and to be perufed hy you; 
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