Miscellany essays upon philosophy, history, poetry, morality, humanity, gallantry &c. / by Monsieur de St. Evremont ; done into English by Mr. Brown.

Preface.

I Had designed to have made some Critical Remarks and Observations upon those Chapters in the Second Volume of Monsieur de St. Evremont, where the occasion Naturally required them.

But the Book happening to swell larger by several Sheets than was expected, I have no room here to insert them. Mr. Dryden indeed, who in his excellent Pre∣face before the first Volume, has given us a very good account of our inimitable Author, seems to have spared me this la∣bour; but however, he has not so ex∣hausted the Subject, but that there is still a very ample Field for those that come after him to Cultivate.

I shall here take no notice of what our Author, both in his Discourse to the Mareschal de Crequi, and in his Let∣ter to Monsieur Justel, the late Learned Library-keeper at St. James's, has ad∣vanced upon the Score of Religion. For besides that he has managed the Contro∣versie like a Gentleman, and not en Theologue; 'tis certain he drew his Character of the Reformed from the Huguenots of France, a sort of Peo∣ple whom we are not obliged to justify.

The first Volume will speedily be Re∣printed, with great Amendments, and Ad∣ditions; where I shall have a proper op∣portunity to prefix Dissertation, which I am forced for want of room here to o∣mit.