The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-22
Eight Page Document Believed
to Have Been Writ
ten in 1926.
DISCOVERED IN RUSSIA
Author Went to England After
Release From Dastille and
Probably Wrote Notes There.
Special coryeseosdesce to THs srs.


LONDON. Feb. ia literary treasure
Of the very highest interest Ia given to
the world In the current number Of the
English Revtep. This ID nothing less than
q notebook OF voitaire written In Eng
iish
An editorial note explains that the
document WINS recently discovered In st.
Petersburg and Is printed exactly As II
was found. two paragraphs being omitted
owing to their obscenity.
II wns In 1875 that voltaire came to
England on being released from the Bas-
tile. and II Is to this sojourn In Eng
land that the newly discovered notebook
owes its origin There are only eight
pages OF It. written In queer and quantity
misspelled but perfectly Ineligible Eng
lish. Every page flashes with the sparkle
OF Its authors wit or gives some example
Of his crystal clear understanding. as
may be seen from the following extracts |:
England Is meeting Of all religions.
as the royal exchange Is the rendez-v ous
of all foreigners"
when I see Christians cursing Jews.
MEETINGS l see children beating their
fathers"
Jewish religion Is the mother Of (the)
Christianity. and grandmother Of the
mahometism"
Theatre In England ID bound,ess"
"The stage In England 10 boundless and
temerarious without decency etc"
English tongue barren and barbarous
In It's origin Ii now plentiful and sweet,
like q garden full of exotiks plants"
in England every body Is publik
spirited"
IN France every body IL concern'd In
his own interest only"
The English IL full OF faughts. french
all In miens. compliments. SWEET words.
and curious Of engaging outside over
flowing In words. obseQuious with pride
and very much self concernd under the
appearance OF q pleasant modesty."
The English IL sparing Of words.
openly proud and unconccrned he gives
the most quick birth as he can TO his
taughts. for fear OF ioosirx his time 4"
"Malboroug despisead French because
he had conquered 'em. wsw despisd 'em
also because he had cheated them
I'VE are commonly unconcerned and
careless OF all things which deserve our
search and admiration. But for to make
amends. We admire the most common
objects and the les whorthy OF attention
OF a wise man. How very few are wise
enough to admire the daily birth OF light
and the new creation Of all things wich
tare) horn every day with light: the
everlasting regulation OF s'ars. the per.
petual miracle OF generation. effects OF
load stone. OF lime burning with water.
how very few crud hxe their eys upon
these usual prodises. whereof the use II
30 trivial. and the cause 30 absconded."
''Ra-a est concord!afratru
seldom brothers agree together. t'is
for this reason sovereinGs of Europe are
stiied brothers to each other. they pur.
sue. they deceive. they betrsy. they hate
one another like true brothers. and after
having fight with the utmost fury. and
having lay vast respectively their king
doms. they take q solemn mourning upon
the death one Of another
Mature. purity. perspicuity. simplicity
never walk In the clouds. They are OBJ
vious TO all capacities and where they
are not evident they don't exist"
Nicer bashfulness without merit In
awkward. merit without modesty inso-
lent. But modest merit has double
claim to acceptance and generally meets
with as many patrons as heholders"
Cromwell built nothinr-there IL no
monument remaining OF him
From the rubishes Of the roman en-