Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-24
FROM THE PoRT Folio.


In one volume octave, from the cxpenhyc Lon
Con edition in three volumes, large duodecimo.
The Secret Hitory of the Court aad Cabinet OF
Sr. Ciold--in a icries OF letters troma gentleman
at Paris, to ncbienan in.London, written dur.
! ing tho months OF Auguf, September and Oete-
Der, 1905.
The lhree dra words of the title pgge OF
this curious volume will affect, with the power
OF a talliman, the majority OF the readers. IL
appears to be part of orr nature, and mich Of
our habit, to hunt after anecdote and, Sscret
Rj9oy. 10 addition to.the. propensity we teel to
inveRiga'e the actions OF our Neighbours we are
fimulated by Rill aronger -pzffOn, curious Of
the 1nenoirs of the great. After VIC have iatiatcd
lcandle with the pratle Of the tea-tabl, We
fainter ioto che library with fTscitus and Day.a,
and dive into ,.se cADintts OF princes
Of the clals OF ncu or writer's, the French
have unqueHionabiy fatnifs,ed The sreatett nem.
Der. We fhsll not ttay TO afccrtain the dessce
Of excellence 70 which thc3 have attained in this
walk of competition, but content ou,ielves with
retnafking thar both .he politician and ",he
{cldier, both the courier and the idler, have
written their own memoirs and che memoirs Of
"
complied, they have Always been petried ~ith an
eager and illt-tisblc cusioiitv. Men have exear
! siv:ly ranged from suLty and Csdinsl De
RETz, dsftiibioS tbs exploits u greatness and
the intdgues Of Ra;esm.n down to the 100. 81
der, who, with tie rfinute merdsCity ct the
brsgga:s FalfaH, de.clbes the Percy he mas
fan. e
M has this love of piida;. anettaoee, the
Ge.i Of JrYrt nfotmaiioD, been hnii$d by th=
hoGndaf,es OF ffcDca !efE!toV. From tbc age
OF Clshes II. ia wbtie !e!sn ks q i.'riy kind
we,e exceedingly mnI;IPi:et, dD@n e. the PRESENT
peri~d, Ensloaa has iadu.g ed hs5 curiosity with
an ard)r as glowing az shat OF FF&ncc. Few
buck, have been read with ineufer deIjghs ttaf,
Ms. Ben's, MIS-. MsnIcy's, Bahop Bugn-l's,
ara the adventures of a guinea.
The pes,nt evoeh, equally RTange and event
tul, OF th= F,ench empire, has fuFniihcd tuch !
mas Of materials for she coffluttion OF work
OF this nature, THAI We may not be lurP'iied al
he appearance OF many an article Among shsfe
lao1.ers, &c lind the author OF the work we are
snnounclng, wheh we reAeGt fer an infant on
the fubett he has feetted, The CoHr 4rd Cali
aet.os 81 Cioud, we mplt infer, tia, il presents
Il, les enough to provoke the mott torpid cu.i
osityo
The author, name does not appear in the title
page, but this crclmhance is not weighty
uol9h to overthrow rho ausho Try Of his be, k.
No man dares to employ hi. Egnatoe sho date,
from ris, uoaer military oetpotifm, and de
icytcs Yi,0 freedom ana m'nu:cnsfs The char tt-I
and exploits Of men, who. in the tue !pitit Of
jipfey adventure, hive, IN a ga'b OF rrpHblIcsn
rags, travelled though many low Level, d
maya piaihy pool,un'ii they atsaihsd he posses
sion of fJrt OF mock uiajctty, with lacktred
lcepre, e crown # tinsel and tawdry robe.
The rhii9ctan of lpch feefh zsf' be al nymous.
For the hke of not rety he mott lot jsopasdzc
his frtrrltys and NUT tor, the PETITION G.
she thape.s OF fame, exp-te hin,l-It even 10 fbe
chance Of the folders dagger, or the dungeons
u The Temple
All VITO prefer Man5evi';a's tyRem 20 Shaft
bu;y's, al who delight 10 Trace I'll: toEtuoat!cS
OF the human heat, snd fnfvey iiuman natu {
on the iabe I'D, will peIutc I;tis rcok win
great iagc7ea ard ed6cation. In particular,
IhAs c!ais OF p.!itlcAE partaans, called Anti =:
c y,.ins, men not nose remarkable for thei; yea
than for their rect tuac, IN &c memoirs will b4
both uanoaI and Ercs!uic. in the proSre
OF {ouunatc feeboote,s, Fho have fuddsoy
changed the ieualid ALgale Is democracy or thu
gorgeous purple Of telpJsGp, all The a,icpIss o.
Edmand n,.rrke, al! tic vosarcs Of wIidcm, 10
briefly and experience, WI fce nothing notc than
the natatel aaory of that sccn,fed esp and co k,
attic, which has posloned haIfthe nations. By
every !ynx.eysd and tagscious politician, it WI {!
he initan,y perceived, mat the cys4tare in al
its CHI nges is MI tie fame thas the uOjnd4 h,~
slut j., loaIbjoms JET, though he has Gait # hi !:
renpb|ican Aoa b, and 10 toe words OF an elJ !!
quene writer, F." ihmss forth IN new ca!'cle." :,
: OF she lyle of this performance it may be &c
marked, ,bat,i: has 'nruch CT epiaoiary cafe, OF
rathcs, tie vivacisy ofcoayctiation. 1t is &c
n.eaHy neat, and often nervous.
IT.. topography is very veil executed and