718 Retrofpec? of French Literature.—Novels, Romances, ey: 
fie has reafon foon after to fuppofe was 
no other than her own brother! On 
this, fhe earneftly befeeches him to 
marry a young lady to whom he had 
been before betrothed, and on whofe 
death, which occurs foon after, it is at 
length difcovered that the two lovers, 
_notwithftanding fome fpecious appear- 
ances, are not allied! The danger and 
the dread of inceft being now removed, 
they are immediately united in the 
bonds of wedlock, and of courfe enjoy 
all that felicity, which a writer of no- 
vels knows how to beftow with a few 
dafhes of the pen. 
This work abounds with romantie 
fketches, and depicts all the warmth of 
the author’s mind ; but the Memoirs of 
Athanaife are written with negligence, 
and the fiyle has been greatly neglect- 
ed. Nor ought it to be concealed, that 
the Jeflons conveyed are but little ad- 
vantageous to morals, although it muft 
be owned, that the recital of the par- 
ticulars accompanying the death of 
Madame de Clercé, niece to Madame 
de Grandprez, is not badly calculated 
to depict the tragic end of a woman 
equally deftitute of delicacy and prin- 
ciples. . 
THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH VOLUME; 
