Note 176 — Chapter XXIV
J. V. (Jedediah Vincent) Huntington translation
Mr. Franchère, not having the fear of the Abbé Gaume before his eyes, so wrote in his Journal of 1814; finding consolation in a thought savoring, we confess, more of Virgil than of the catechism. It is a classic term that calls to our mind rough Captain Thorn’s sailor-like contempt for his literary passengers so comically described by Mr. Irving. Half of the humor as well as of the real interest of Mr. Franchère’s charming narrative, is lost by one who has never read “Astoria.”—Huntington.