n favour of the splendour and opulence of our own Hospitals and
Charitable Foundations--a thought, that never possessed me while
writing the above, and which would require the peculiar obliquity, or
perversity of talents, of my translator to detect. I once thought of
_dissecting_ his petulant and unprovoked note--but it is not worth
blunting the edge of one's pen in the attempt.]

[127] [In a few years afterwards, the body of the husband of Madame
Treuttel was consigned to _this_, its _last_ earthly resting-place. M.
JEAN-GEORGE TREUTTEL, died on the 14th Dec. 1825, not long after the
completion of his 82d year: full of years, full of reputation, and
credit, and of every sublunary comfort, to soothe those who survived
him. I have before me a printed Memoir of his Obsequies--graced by the
presence and by the orations of several excellent Ministers of the
Lutheran persuasion: by all the branches of his numerous family; and
by a great concourse of sympathising neighbours. Few citizens of the
world, in the largest sense of this expression, have so adorned the
particular line of life in which they have walked; and M. Treuttel was
equally, to his country and to his family, an ornament of a high cast
of character. "O bon et vertueux ami, que ne peut tu voir les regrets
de tous ceux qui t' accompagnent a ta derniere demeure, pour te dire
encore une fois a REVOIR!" _Discours_ de M. COMARTIN _Maire de
Groslai_: Dec. 17.]

[128] ["Delightful" as was this Library, the thought of the money for which
it might sell, seems to have been more delightful. The sale of it--
consisting of 1028 articles--took place in the spring of last year,
under the hammer of Mr. Evans; and a surprisingly prosperous sale it
was. I would venture to stake a good round sum, that no one individual
was _more_ surprized at this prosperous result than the OWNER of the
Library himself. The gross produce was L2704. 1s. The net produce was
such... as ought to make that said owner grateful for the spirit of
competition and high liberality which marked the biddings of the
purchasers. In what country but OLD ENGLAND could such a spirit have
been manifested! Will Mons. Renouard, in consequence, venture upon the
transportation of the _remaining_ portion of his Library hither? There
is a strong feeling that he _will_. With all my heart--but let hi