Note 257 — Chapter V · LITERARY ESTIMATE
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At the present writing there is no proof for, or against, a causal relation; it is possible that Boccalini influenced Marana, but in the absence of satisfactory evidence I do not wish to imply anything more than an interesting and suggestive analogy. Cf. P. Toldo. Dell’ Espion di Giovanni Paolo Marana e delle sue attinenze con le Lettres Persanes del Montesquieu, in Giornale Storico, Vol. XXIX., pp. 46–79; esp. 53; and Antonio Belloni, in Vol. VII. of Storia Litteraria d’Italia ... Il Seicento ... Milano, 1898–1899, p. 374.