NOTE1851
DE NAVORSCHER
By BOLTON CORNEY.
An idea recorded in 1841, is to be realized in 1851—which promises, in various ways, to be the *annus mirabilis*! In an appeal to residents at Paris for a transcript of certain inedited notes on Jean Paul Marana, which are preserved in the *bibliothèque royale*, I made this remark:— "If men of letters, of whatever nation, were more disposed to interchange commodities in such a manner, the beneficial effects of it in promoting mutual riches, would soon become visible."—*Gent. Mag.* XV. 270. N. S. The appeal was unsuccessful, and I could not but ascribe the failure of it to the want of a conveni…
Topics: Classical Literature, Oriental Literature, Historical Literature, Bibliographic Literature