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retracted this affertion in the Hamburg 
Gazette, and acknowledged that in- 
ftead of refiding 1m a menial fituation 
at the imperial court, M. de M. was 
employed as fecretary to Alexander I. 
‘© Memoires Hiftoriques et Poli- 
tiques,” &c.—Hiftorical and Political 
Memoirs of the Reign of Louis XVI. 
from his Marriage to his Death; a 
Work compiled from authentic Papers 
furnithed to the Author anterior to the 
Revolution, by feveral Minifters and 
Statefmen, and alfo from the juftifica- 
tory Memorials difcovered after the 
yoth of Auguit, in the Cabinets of 
Louis XVI. at Verfailles, and the Caftle 
of the Thuilleries, hy JEAN SOULAVIE, 
fen. Member of feveral Literary Socie- 
ties, 6 vols. 8vo. 
Citizen Soulavie divides his work 
into ten principal epochs. he recal 
of the Count de Maurepas cenititutes. 
the firft; the fecond dates from the re- 
integration of the parliaments; the 
third contains an account of the admi- 
niftration of Turgot, Malefherbes, and 
St. Germain; the fourth comprehends 
the adminiftration of M. Necker; the 
fifth, fixth, feventh, eighth, ninth, and 
tenth embrace the war about the inde- 
pendence of America; the birth of the 
firft dauphin; the influence of the Queen 
in refpect to ftateaffairs; the adminiitra- 
tion of Calonne; the convocation of 
the notables ; the fecond adminiftration 
of M. Necker; and finally the confti- 
tutional monarchy, which was foon 
after replaced by the republic. 
Soulavie is at much pains fo detail 
the private life of Louis XVI. «* When 
this Prince afcended the throne (fays 
he) his Majefty had {carcely attained 
his twentieth year; but he had no turn 
for gallantry, and he avoided the com- 
pany of feducing women. All the 
French, however, remarked, that he 
was of the Bourbon race, and that he 
would demonftrate this in the fame 
manner as his predeceffors, when he 
had attained the age of forty, and the 
Queen ceafed to charm him. 
The only paffion ever developed by 
Louis XVI. was that for the chace. 
This occupied his mind fo much, that 
when I vifited his private apartments 
at Verfailles, after the 1cth of Auguft, 
I faw fix pictures dedicated to this fub- 
jet, in which the various epochs and 
feafuns were defigned with great fkill. 
The interior of the apartments was 
diftributed in the following manner; 
a faloon, adorned with gildings, pre- 
Retrofped? of French Literature,—Hiftary, &e. 
fented, at one view, all the engravings 
that had been dedicated to him in the 
courfe of his reign, as well as the de- 
figns of the various canals which he 
had caufed to be cut, with the plans 
of the cones, &c. at Cherburgh. 
The upper hall contained his geo- 
graphical charts, fpheres, globes, and 
laboratory. There was alfo to be feen 
the defigns of the various maps com- 
menced and finifhed by him; he was 
{kilful in the art of colouring them, 
and his memory, in refpeét to every 
thing connegted with geographical fub- 
jects, was prodigious.” 
Here follows a fhort defcription of 
his confort :— 
“* The young Dauphinefs poffeffed 
an angelic figure. The delicacy. of 
her complexion was peculiarly charm- 
ing; her features were regular, and 
her figure elegant; but her eyes, al- 
though fine, were fubjeé ‘oa defluxion. 
She poffefied the Auttrian lip, and was 
eminently attentive to pleafe ail who 
approached her. The profefiors, the 
academies, the newfpapers, were lavifh 
of their praifes; flattery ftill aflumed 
the forms and the manner of the reign 
of Louis XIV. . 
Maria-Antoinette had been educat- 
ed by her mother, with the exprefs 
view of becoming one day Queen of 
France. While at Vienna, fhe had 
become acquainted with our modes and 
Our ceremonies, but the had no fooner 
arrived at Verfailles, than fhe began to 
free herfelf from every thing that look- 
ed like reftraint. Accompanied by 
one or two ladies of the court, fhe 
walked cn foot, and difmiffed the lord 
in waiting. She was, however, hu- 
mane and delicate in her favours. A 
ftag, wounded during the royal hunt, 
ftruck a poor peafant with his horns: 
the Dauphinefs, on hearing of this acci- 
dent, immediately flew to the affiftance 
of his family, took his wife into her 
carriage, overwhelmed her with ca- 
te and beftowed a penfion upon 
er?) 
‘¢ Rapports de la Revolution An- 
glaife, avec celle de France,” &c.—A 
Parallel between the Englifh and French 
Revolutions, 1 vol. 8vo. 
This work is entirely occupied with 
a detail of the events that occurred in 
England, between the years 1625 and 
1702; it does not contain a fingie word 
relative to the French Revolution, note 
withftanding the title, 
‘6 Précis Hiltorique de la Révclution 
Frans 
