New-York tribune., 1869-05-26
LITERARY ITEMS.

The next two numbers of The Yale College
Co,,rapt viii contain articles by President Woolsey OH
"The Alabama Claims"
The question of the authenticity OF the MIL
ton and Calico letters presented TO the french institute
by NJ Chases and translated In THE TRIBUNE ie" u"yS
ago seems be closed by recent communication iio
"sV" TO The London .Ddly Nel0s. The letters arc un
doubedly fOrgeries, as wo said they "ouu pioDaO' ~
proye TO be- We quote the greater part OF s VS. eter
'For uyself Sir was perfectly convinced, after nav
ing read few lines Of OF the documents that
In the seventeenth century could have made use Oh suc
extraordinary French phraeeoogy. NJ Ellie de Beaumont
Is an eminent geoogt but he recognizes IN these e
ters the style the grand steele he must have very super
fetal knowledge OF his own mother tongue began my
studies by the supposed eter Of Milton to Louis XIV
having first ascertaned that all the facts concerning Mil
toms travels In France and In Italy had been borrowed
from the account given by him. sefdefense IN the au
nirabe tract translated from Latin into English py hop
ert Fellows M under the title Of TThe Second Delehse
of the People OF England stopped, pondered ana ao
nired when came TO the Following passage of Mtons
supposed letter to Louis XIV, which give mere at Iu
length:
outlay done Florence pour dc Ia rendre asienne
on ie restay peu De Ia jlay Rome, o4 e fus paria%e %
ne1t accuei de tous les scavans ct prncpaemeht uo
Monsegneur e Cardinal Barberinl qu madnet.ati
ISonora Je fus teement charme de ses chants CT m @
beaut6 que je may pu mempecher de da1s la capt
dams un sonnet apes seiOur assez long uans " sf.
tale du monde Chrten 10 men allay p,s Nap1 do villa
Jy hs cOnnaissance du tres-lIusue u't,irsiaste oi
yieard plen despTit, ingeDie9X et -. ,t oerpjt
avoit este Fanny ct fadmirateur du Iasse es 9u od
de INV avee ceite abundance de souvenirs que Ils1
pairenent dams Ia m6mOire IIntmte u un
ct malheureux Je sentis CONNIE inspire en- es0Oun'
les beaux recits de Get amy du Iusse
..Eow Sir this is!very geOd.very pure very elegah'
reneb but IL is not French Of the seventeenth century,
nor sueb "a Milton or any French writer could have
then pepned It struck that had read something OF
the kind before and suddenly by one OF those happy ana
upaccountabe effects of memory, recolected the Io
lowing passage Of NJ. Villemain's Notice sur Milton
published In his Melanges and in the new edition OF
the Geographic Universene de Mchaud'
Milton vista Rome -. ou II Iut Tres
ACKNOWLEDGMENT acCuelll par 10 Cardnal baIDCiiu OV
Admis ses concerts on entendlt Leohora @
Iameuse don't il c6ebTe la yOiX ct la 0eaute uahs que
nues yers Anglais ct dams un sonnet italeh' :,
Mais son ambition etait de pOi sa langue
. IL etait des lOrs t0urnehte iespeIanoe
d6lever ouelOue grand monument Ia gOlre de son pay
Naples il fOrtiha cette pensee par les enrelleus Y'
emf Yeo e MARQUIS de Va veiard ngenieuX ct enthOu
Saste 0ui await cOnnu ct beaucOup anne 10 lase St q
aTat de lui avec cette abundance dc souvenirs que I
dans Ia m6moire Pntimit6 dun hOmme ilustre ct mar
heureux Milton sentat inspire en- ecoutaht ann oe
Hasse'
After having thus detected the impudent forger "a
nam dams sac as our witty neighboTs say, need not
besto any more time on worthless documents nor
tnfict another letter you and your readers nope
that NJ Chasles VIII at last open his eyes and recover
from that nfatuaton which makes him, with such unac
sountable creduy and literary ignorance, persist In
believing in the authenticity Of documents on the origin
Of which he st obstnatey refuses to give any expana
lion to the French Institute. 1 am, &C. s. v