ABSTRACT
AS Monsieur Vaurien is a character of the first importance in this our veritable history, and as we are solicitous of affording our readers the self-flattering pleasure of discovering the character in the events, we are inclined to resist our own gratification, in this opportunity of attempting to adorn our narrative with the pointed sentences of a Tacitus, and the embellished periods of a Sallust. 214
