Le Petit Albert

I suspect this Petit Albert, in 32mo.—a size in harmony with the cognomen—is only a catchpenny publication, to which the title of *Le Petit Albert* has been given by way of resembling its name to that of Albertus Magnus, who wrote a work or works of a character which gave rise, in the middle ages, to the accusation that he practised magical arts; and hence, probably, any abridgement or compendium of them, or any little work on such arts, would be styled by the French compiler *Le Petit Albert*. In the *Biographie Universelle*, it is affirmed that the rhapsodies known under the name of *Secrets…