Note 1 — NOTICE
Reading edition
In a recent number of the “Quarterly Review,” the writer of an article upon the correspondence of Louis the XVIII. quotes me as saying that Massena had one hundred and thirty-five thousand men under his orders, as if he had invaded Portugal with an army of that amount, whereas I have expressly said that he invaded Portugal with sixty-five thousand, the rest being extended as far as Biscay. The assertion of the Reviewer is therefore essentially false with the appearance of truth. The same writer, while rebuking the Editor of the Correspondence for ignorance, asserts, that the battle of Busaco was fought between the 9th of October and the 5th of November! It was fought on the 27th of September.
Another writer in the same No. treating of Professor Drumann’s work, speaks of “following an impulse which is from behind,” a figure of speech which must appear singularly felicitous to those who have watched a puppy dog chasing his own tail; but your Quarterly Reviewers are your only men for accuracy of fact and expression!