Note 116 — CALAMITIES OF AUTHORS: (continued 4)

One of these philosophical conferences has been preserved by Beausobre, who was indeed the party concerned. He inserted it in the “Bibliothèque Germanique,” a curious literary journal, in 50 volumes, written by L’Enfant, Beausobre, and Formey. It is very copious, and very curious, and is preserved in the General Dictionary, art. Toland. The parties, after a warm contest, were very wisely interrupted by the Queen, when she discovered they had exhausted their learning, and were beginning to rail at each other.