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WHO TRANSLATED THE "TURKISH SPY?"

By EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

Is it known who really translated that clever work, *Letters writ by a Turkish Spy*? The work was originally written in Italian, by John Paul Marana, a Genoese; but the English translation has been attributed to several individuals. Among Dr. Charlett's correspondence, preserved in the Bodleian Library, is a letter inquiring after a Mr. Bradshaw. The writer says, "he was servitor or amanuensis to Dr. Allesbree, and proved very considerable afterwards, being the author of all the volumes of the 'Turkish Spy' but one; and that was the first, which, you remember, was printed a considerable time b…

Topics: Translation, Literature, Historical Authorship

Locations: Bodleian Library, Oxford, St. John's College, Cambridge, Public Library at Cambridge