Note 13 — Note to Sec. III. and Chap. I.

This journal gives the history of a young man whom the author knew to have died, in consequence of a very dissolute life, induced from a faulty education, and from which the most important deductions may be made, respecting publick education, and the duty of parents. The same Mr. de la Blancherie has, since the publication of this work, digested and carried into execution in Paris, the plan of a Bureau de correspondence générale et gratuite pour les Sciences et les Arts, where men of all nations, and every class, should find, as in a living Encyclopedia, (to use the happy expression of His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester) the means of communication and instruction, and every good office relative to the Sciences and the Arts. For twelve years past he has contended with all possible obstacles, in order to persuade mankind to pursue their true interests, by a reciprocation of good offices. Mr. de la Blancherie is at present, and will remain some time in England, to acquire connexions useful to this grand view.