Uzbek to Mirza, by Montesquieu 1721 Letter XI
Channel: Craig Campbell
Date: 2016-03-17

Montesquieu 1689-1755 wrote imaginary letter between one pseudonymous author to another in his 1721 book Persian Letters. Oliver Goldsmith followed his example in his book Citizen of the World. This is one letter from Montesquieu's collection. 

His whole book can be found here along with Goldsmith's book.
https://archive.org/details/persianchinesele00mont