, 1869-10-10
LITERARY FORGER1Es.
The Counterfeit Letters OF Newton
and tAAc01-Hosx y French Hnvnnf
uns vtctintxed.

The Countcrfett Letters or Newton
an. - rS" r,-t.m,.s feneA Soranf
e'A0s@eo' ......
a me meeting Of the Academic des Sciences,
csaska on ne subject o. the rsscal. Newton and
olhef aItgsd totEc1ses. tarcaly written Of In tue
1t.f.,: - Wnseh ~ I'm m s1nss1nss ~ ~ = ioilows;
EunicatiDg 10 the academy certain documents
showing toAk FuScA sts aNAEc Of iha Laws OF
Attraction, znd might have hsd relations with
the Eatse5, FOR i va 10 November 1851. th4s IN
Individual cAnnT himse4 PasEantosoXtc
procured these documents toe ne NON ths POS.
lessor. Noo bad directed hlm 70 dlspo<e OF them.
~, thsssiofs; s.s "sa awafe 9f the tmeortsnee
ments; ! also xnex that l did nut poxsess
the entire collection, and made prupastIuna
TO- '5a1ss fn,s MN ,o ss IT s have sae Sse!e once
brouRht them from Amer1ca, 10 whlcn country
tnt, hkd been &4ten IN 11pl, took i pleasure il
on TO p2rI With them except 1t his cpuyrp}spee.
It NIL be ftaIlly oplcrStoo0, thcrefore that
when N. L. vet7ie1. !. me n!ung Of the acid.
hem / received the,e documents, md to giTa ]
nS1 Of the whole OF them, vas Obliged To Ieinse
70 give him the lnforuauon he asked tot, becAuse
TO LET ever.e know from whom ! received
them would have led 10 such oirers bcln6 made 70
the ro<aessoE " he could not have re4ist-d. aud
won,d nass eomp.tsssi tie ta;e Of re !loeqnsau
ny naIds formed ths entire collection; ooase-
quenuy Vas forced TO Gtse 4 ulstInct refusal,
and nobody can with justice hlAu1e fny reserre,
Doto eapetlAily ~ I eafnestly rclueated Il!
VIM IGOR II lnscfest ~ The tnstter 10 come and
inRpect them. More tnan shat, ~ boon ~ ohicc-
Iions chme ifum apfuaa etnef seat tae ORIGINALS
Or photographs Of them ior examination. Coald
40 nufe! MOREOVER Tue great number
OF tneee documents the variety OF subjects
ot w4.ch they treated. the name Of the Autnors,
Abd th-ts perfect Aeeornsoce left no doubt In my
ninu ronfcfnlnR thc!r authenticity. II VIM tats
aCe4faaute that cnalletl me to answst ~ tue ob.
~ lhaFed, ~ % Rl.e tise to The supp1siuou that
mere MAs = thfxef, aI"l eventually. Mat there
,,,cn. ~ as, EfRss .H wv manu1aeiufti tbe docn.
s X altN n. y state that III" Existence os
1. th,nt ,n,snaas n,co da p<ftons seemed
rjons. ~. tnn.n ,"em ELL. ~ ons.ns !nelf s.pe
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esrts.a inquiries saa e ..,oet rs's4a.lep.fs
ou.t r. ~" s"1sMas.to 1;n y uentsea me 70
tsgnrM rna h aTe!et M o! foaee 70 tato s.afss %
Tourt r. m 'e1s m. 1t,1fe s , ca u 'nSy se m
niTaEu' ,,si " m1 9e stInste Fesals o. tnese "a.
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.aSe hor. snu Ne e1amaaoa @ &, OF nls
!t !as.eh.un M y. tnS utHiaa.s ~ Hh!en nAh - yet
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snmlr nnr he nts,nef ae IT, 1 70 nsae M s r.
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1o,n ~ -, ane ~, To % 70
S.se sny m from Count Dc % Ssnoa % a is,s t, NV ~hiea @
oihess ftnm The cabinet Of y. Le WELLER. but that
Eencalosy, which Nerc doubtless hedd In la6H.
He at1n4c1. therefore, that be naH forged
tainIs, which he asd sold ne eince ISL, md that
ne nso @ Hnds % ne ths viet.m o. @ ~ f.aaaa .;.,
aided could comiose soct nj iH@ense nutnn.r Of
:iorumen1s mon Iii eorts AZ annit<ts. ret those
submitted 10 tic academy vere oujy nortion OF
thusu be delivered 10 me. IndependeniIv Of the
numrfous wr,tiur, Of Calico. msssi Louis XIV.
Dc I.hr7I!cne A. no., of n,hsrs nossss. M.
letters Of Ra5ea,s, large number purportihg 10
CsrdaD, Toftoea. Csisip, Lniher, sesi,ssf, aacni.
aseiIi. Michel Aureio. RaphneL Cnsries V. snd
o,hers, ali addressed 10 HAbelals; many
let,tr. nddrs.ei tn clement Nar,,r nnmernns
unnuhtshett mysJ-rfes AMI nie,rS ri nn.frT A.
tT1bGtetj 10 Mnrgaret dAnruuirme. nnmernus
letters and piece. OF poetry, together with advice
10 Francis L: nluue-uus letter. anl portical
pieces said 10 be Written By May Stuart, serer1i
shsksresrst zen. addressed 70 LIFiyay. Pniilinpe.
perppstcn and NlJc. de Goufray, betldes jetlHts
and other Nteruly PRODUCTIONS Of CervAntes Ron
,ara Ta'i9 ana Other Going ,scf 10 9e1od 70,
latee number OF vnred contributions assigned
10 Dante, Rene d'Au)op, Pesratca, Boccaccio,
Kings there wert letters the authorship Of WHICH
was plAced to the credit OF Philip Augustus St
Louis, Philippe lie Bel, Charles ", VI. And VIII.
saa . q y
been possible to hu1pect that the sane person
could compose, In addition to tho numerous pa-
m1s aeqesia1sd, II The lsseis sad poet,cI
pieces afttooteA to Dante and Brzntnus, ekpectAl-
x !. came. fo1 moment o PRETENDED @ .nsaa "a.
q ps:seh aq,a .1a ,n 1.aG 13'1.ct; rss
isa them Il ~ A1iFaon. 4 re dates ass,Sned % tne
h saHna o1so, hseh nurnort r. hevs heeu
~t,t,.n o ~ tps commencsmrnt I'M NJ the ssnT1sr,sn
er.' and even Al an esrlIcT Iiate: soodly nnmoeI
mn rr,nrr ,,.o ~ fns Anost;es md IA IL.
naa E1,pssu!s ~ ais9 ~ tnS g. st1s,;rs ~ Ss.re
R.sne Nd Hsny ei The assosios.an ksas. AZ A.;
eesunH ~ ~ aoSuoT ,hs aa IN, 'a " 1s,r
.oess s .ch n ~, anS1men,. sod 1.,e M
| selJ tSu - w ssns 1ltn - ~ .s,.st ~.
81 ~ tue a 1ts,z "nd ,har to,et11
i.;.l Who ros m euthuttsst Ia such matters. AZ
rho vas tsill further stlmnlAted IN NJ Ieseasshe