de suite à l'Histoire de la Religion avant Jésus Christ, par l'auteur de la "Doctrine Chrétienne." Paris, 1787. Seconde édition, Paris, 1782. Troisième édition, Paris, 1801, 12mo.

"The three works mentioned in this title have each obtained deserved reputation; but the Histoire de l'Eglise has gone through the greatest number of editions. L'Abbé L'homond died in 1795, so that he could only revise the two first editions. In that which is called the third, are given twenty new chap-' ters; these are entirely opposed to the pacific spirit of the author; whilst the chapter on Investitures is entirely omitted." -Barbier's Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymes, vol. 2.

P. 56.

LLORENTE (J. A.

Histoire Critique de l'Inquisition d'Espagne, depuis son établissement jusq'au règne de Ferdinand VII, traduite de l'Espagnol, sur le manuscrit de l'auteur, par Alexis Pellier. Paris, 1817-18, 4 vols. 8vo.

"The fact that Dom Llorente had been for some time secretary to the Inquisition at Madrid, gave his book a character of authenticity which procured it a popularity proved by its being translated into several languages. The spirit of candour which pervades the whole work, and the precision with which the author details the horrible mysteries of the Holy Office," have procured him the name of the Suetonius of the Inquisition."-Revue Ency. vol. 1, p. 314.

-Portraits Politiques des des papes, considérés comme Princes temporels et comme Chefs de l'Eglise, depuis l'Etablissement du SaintSiège à Rome jusqu'en 1822. Paris, 1823, 2 vols. 8vo.

"Immediately upon the appearance of this work, last Decem ber (1822) its author received an order from the French Minister, to leave France in 24 hours. Of course the natural supposition was, that his exile was occasioned by these Portraits. Llorente died soon after his arrival at Madrid. His death was supposed to be occasioned by the fatigue he had undergone. Of the work itself, it must be admitted that it is not sufficiently correct, and that it is written without sufficient reflection or caution."-Revue Ency. vol. 18, p. 58.

LONGUEVAL (Le Père Jacques).

Histoire de l'Eglise Gallicane, depuis l'an de J. C. 150, jusqu'en 1559, continuée par les P. P. Fontenay, Brumoy, et Berthier. Paris, 1730-49, 18 vols. 4to.

"Longueval published his Histoire de l'Eglise Gallicane, in conjunction with De Fontenay, Brumoy, and Berthier, (all four being learned Jesuits) in 1730, in 18 vols. 4to., and such was the labour attending the work, that they each in succession fell victims to it. Longueval lived to see the first 8 volumes complete, and Fontenay the ninth and tenth, with a great part of the eleventh volume. The end of the eleventh and the whole of the twelfth were the achievement of Brumoy; the rest are the production of Father Berthier, the worthy successor of Longueval, of whom he possessed the spirit, the erudition, and the good taste."---Dibdin's Library Companion, p. 98.

MASSILLON (J. B.)

Œuvres. Paris, Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1810, 13 vols. 8vo. with plates.

Renouard in his Catalogue gives the following account of this edition:---"It has been publicly asserted that this edition was mutilated and imperfect; that the Censorship under the Imperial Dynasty had made many alterations in the text. have as publicly contradicted the assertion in all the Journals of the day, and in advertisements affixed to upwards of 70,000 volumes sold by me since 1814. This, one would suppose, was enough to set the public right on the subject; but nevertheless one of the editors of the Journal de Paris, having repeated the same story, viz. that under Bonaparte's control, an edition of Massillon had been published, abridged, adapted to the use of slaves and of tyrants, I, two days after the appearance of this paragraph, inserted a letter in the same journal, offering the sum of ten louis, not only for every passage, but for every word either suppressed, altered or softened down from the edition of 1745. None, however, applied for the fulfilment of my offer. This public avowal went not only to prove the correctness of my edition of Massillon, but also to certify that however vexatious or tyrannous the Imperial Censorship might be, it never exacted the least alteration or suppression in the text of any old French works. It confined its operations to the works of living authors. In a pamphlet called Buonaparte et les Bourbons, it is asserted That in the new editions of French Classics, the Imperial Censorship struck out the passages that went against conquerors, slaves, or tyrants." Nothing could be more unjust than this assertion. In another pamphlet is transcribed a long passage from Massillon, which is said to have been suppressed, by command, in an edition of the Petit Carême. I have made those enquiries on the subject

which put the matter beyond all doubt, that no such mutilated edition ever existed. It is of the highest importance that such erroneous impressions should be removed, as they would operate against a vast number of classics, printed under the Imperial Regime."

Mr. Dibdin in his Library Companion, (p. 92.) speaks thus of the style of Massillon :

"Massillon stirs up all the gentle charities of our nature, which he treats with the skill of a consummate spiritual physician, He makes our heart reprove, admonish and comfort us. This is indeed one of the peculiar charms of his writings; his style being the most eloquent and mellifluous imaginable. In his Petit Carême, in which he seems to have outdone himself, there is such a tone of tenderness, united with such sublimity of sentiment, clearness of reasoning, and eloquence of expression, that one hardly knows what to compare with it exactly, in the whole compass of hortatory divinity."

"The person of Massillon is still present to many. It seems, say his admirers, that he is yet in the pulpit with that air of simplicity, that modest demeanour, those eyes humbly declining, those careless gestures, that passionate tone, that mild countenance of a man penetrated with his subject, and conveying to the mind the most brilliant light, and to the heart the most tender emotions."-Curiosities of Literature, vol. 1, p. 473.

"Voltaire had usually on his table the Athalie of Racine, and the Petit Carême of Massillon; the tragedies of the one were the finest model of French verse, the sermons of the other of French prose."-Second Series of Curiosities of Literature, vol. 3, p. 123.

MATTER (Jacques).

Histoire Critique du Gnosticisme et de son Influ ence sur les Sectes Religieuses, &c. Paris, 1828, 2 vols. 8vo.

"One of the most curious works published in Paris within the last month, and distinguished for its learned research, is the Critical History of Gnosticism, &c.' by M. Matter. His work, which forms two volumes, Svo. and which has been rewarded by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, is divided into three sections. In the first, after taking a rapid survey of the writers, ancient and modern, who have treated of the Gnostic Philosophers, the author shews the origin of their brilliant speculations, by bringing to view some of the most celebrated doctrines of antiquity. The second section is devoted to the comparative examination of the divers systems established by the three grand schools of Gnosticism-those of Syria, Egypt, and Asia Minor. In the third section he inquires into the influence which the Gnostic doctrines, in their conciliatory position, between the other schools of Christianity and Paganism, have exercised over both parties. The work is accompanied by plates, and terminates with a general estimate of the labours of Gnosticism." London Magazine, June, 1828.

MONTARGON (Le Père Hyacinthe de).

Dictionnaire Apostolique à l'usage de ceux qui se destinent à la Chaire. Paris, 1752, 13 vols. "The plan of Richard (Dictionnaire Moral, &c.) was com pleted by the author of this Dictionnary. It is a learned and well-written work.”—Barbier's Bibl. d'un Homme de Goût, vol. 2, p. 483. This book, Barbier recommends in preference to .the Bibliothèque des Prédicateurs, by Père Houdry.

NEUVILLE (Le Père).

Sermons. Paris, 1776, 8 vols. 12mo.

"To a delicately refined mind, this Jesuit added all the re