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the reality, depicted not only in his “Confessions,” in hisletters, and in his “Promenades d’un Solitaire”'—-these,as written hy himself, might he open to suspicion — hutto accounts afforded by impartial persons. Among these,the comte d’Escherney gives an interesting narration ofhis intercourse. A little distrust was shown on one occa-sion by the persecuted philosopher, hut their friendship,except on this one occasion, was unclouded. The comtehabitually dined with Rousseau : he praises his simpletable, and the excellent cooking of Therese; whom, atthe same time, he blames severely for the mischief shedid by her unbridled and malicious tongue, — excitingagainst herself, and consequently against Rousseau , aspirit of dislike in the neighbourhood. He felt this —and at one time wished to remove ; but did not put hisdesire in execution. While at Motiers he addictedhimself sedulously to botany. In his herborising expe-ditions, he was accompanied by M. du Peyrou, an Ame-rican settled at Bie — an excellent and respectable man,who became his fast friend; by the colonel De Puri,father-in-law of M.du Peyrou—both good botanists; andby the comte — who was obliged to learn the science,not to be thrown out entirely in conversation. Some ofthese expeditions were extensive; and the comte, after thelapse of years, speaks of them with pleasure, and dwellson the charm thro%vn over them hy the conversation,the genius, the kind heart of Rousseau . The latter hadmany other friends in the neighbourhood, whom hetenderly loved. He remained at Motiers-Travers threeyears : he might have spent his life there, honoured,happy, and independent. When we relate the circum-stances that drove him from it, we leave to impartialjudges to decide whether he were in fault or his perse-cutors —who, for the most part, soi-disant philosophersand free thinkers, excited the spirit of bigotry againsthim, and did not hesitate hypocritically to assume thelanguage of religion to destroy him.

Of what was he guilty? The accusations againsthim are few. The first, that he desired to attain noto-