Retrospect of French Literature Miscellaneous. 
* Oh! undoubtedly; who has not per- 
used that book But go on exactly as if 
L bad not,’ 
“ Well, then, Madam, during that 
siege, a man w alked round the ramparts 
during seven successive days, in sight of 
both the besiegers and the bes eged, crying 
aloud incessantly with a thtindering and 
ill-boding voice: ‘ Woe to Jerusalem ! on 
the seventh day, he exclaimed, ‘woe 
to Jerusalem, woe to myself? ‘and at 
that moment, au enormous stone, launch- 
ed from one of the enemy’s engines, 
struck, aaa cut him im pieces. "After 
this reply, M. Cazotte, made his bow 
and departed.” 
It is pretty evident, that the above ar- 
ticle was written by M. de la Harpe, aiter 
he had changed his party. On this occa- 
sion he was determined to abuse the phi- 
losophers, and throw as much odiuin on 
them as possible, not forge ‘tting even Vol- 
taire his benefactor. It is clear, how- 
ever, from the History of the Revolution, 
that this class were uniformly the victims 
of the ferocious men who deluged France 
with blood. 
“ Entretien de Charlemagne et du Sé- 
nateur Yronchet, dans!’ E Elysée, sur Etat 
actuel de la France, et sur le Rétablisse- 
ment de VUniversité; par M. Crouzer, 
Membre de la Légion @’Honneur, associé 
de l'Institut National, et de da Société 
d’Agricuiture de Calais, ancien Protesseur 
de Rasétorique et Principal dana ‘Univer- 
sité de Paris, Directeur des Etudes du Pry-, 
tanée Militaire Francais.” —A Dialogue 
between Charlemagne and the Senin 
Tronchet in Elysium, relative to the pre- 
sent State of France, and the Re-esta- 
blishment of an University; by M.Crou- 
zet,a Member of the Legio: nof Honcur, &c. 
M. Crouzet is one “of the multitude 
ef panegyrists of the emperor, with 
whom France indeed abounds; and he 
has been at great pains to pay his com- 
pliments, by means of the present, as-weil 
as two former publications, the ove enti- 
fled: “ Carmen in sacram Inunctionem 
Napoleonis; 1. Ene other “ Le Francais au 
~ tombeau d’f{lomere.” A new occasion 
now presents itself, for gratulation: the 
intended revival of the once celebrated 
university of Paris, in which the author 
held a distinguished place ! 
This event has been celebrated in Latin 
verses, which are translated or rather 
imitated in French. The ‘subject is in- 
troduced with an account of the arrival 
of Tronchet in the Elysian fields, where 
he is inmediately greeted, we are told, by 
anumber of heroes. Charlemagne, sur- 
693 
rounded “ by a whole court of kines,” 
asks if it be true, that Napoleon, of whom 
he has heard so much, bas become his 
eqnal at least, in the arts both of peace 
and war? ‘Pyonchet, of course answers i 
the affirmative, and seizes this opportu 
nity, to enumerate the “ miracles” of 
his reign. 
The interview begins with a couplet, 
which appears to have been lose inal- 
tated from Racine: 
<¢ Un bruit qui m’a paru digne 4 peine de fois 
Du sejour des vivans est venu jusqu’a 
mal 
The following quotation is meant te 
convey an idea of the horrors of anarchy, 
‘during the crisis of the late Revolution: 
¢€ Scilicet humanze divinis undique leges 
Pugnabant, priscisque nove, licitoque nefas- 
tum, 
Virtutique scelus. 
bunal. 
Ruerant solium, ara, tri- 
Afflicte patrie jam nulla columna manebats 
Tanta ruinarum quanto vertenda labore 
Congeries fuit, ut sancti vestigia juris 
Detezeret! Moxinue tamen pulcherrimus orde 
Extitit 3 eversis majestas reddita templis, 
Justitia lances, sceptro reverentia, cuique 
Jus, fortuna, salus, ct opes et gloria genti. 
‘Terror ab innosuis ad conscia eorda reversus 
Et tandem claudo tetigit pede peena scelestos.”” 
Dans quel affreux chaes nous étions re- 
plongés ! 
Thémis était en proie au stupide Vandale ; 
Son temple n’eétait puns qu’un ténébreux dédaley 
Oa, sous amas confus des plus bizarres lois, 
Etaient ensevelis la justice et les droits ; 
Ot triomphait Paudace, ou siégeait ignorance, 
Qu le crime insolent ajournalt Vinnocence. 
Et quel asile alors restait a la vertu? 
TrGne, autel, ae tout était abattu. 
Napoléon parait: T Them 1s reprend son glaive; 
Plus pompeux,} sles puissant, le trone se reléve; 3 
L’autel sort de sa cendre, et la religion 
De son Jibérateur bénit Vaugusté nom. 
Tout est changé: Vefroi rentre au sein du 
coupable, : 
Le remords le déchire et la honte l’accabie. 
Le faible est SeeO Vorphelin protégé, 
Et du méchant enfin Vhomme juste est vengé.”® 
“< Wen rolrs sur la Revolution de Pos 
lopne, &c.f’—Memous relative to the 
Zevolution in Poland, discovered at Ber- 
lin; preceded by an historical Mnumera- 
tion of the Cause and Events thet produ- 
ced the Dismemberment of Poland. 
The memoirs here published, are ad- 
3 
* Un bruit assez étrange est venu jusqu’a moi, 
Je Vai juges Seigneur, trop peu digne de 
Torey RaAcINE 
+ Imported by M. de Boffe, Nassau-streety 
Soho. square. 
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