Letters of Prosper Merimee to Panizzi Volume 2 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: abode of King Mausolus. He will, no doubt, ask you for a letter of introduction to Sir Richard Mayne. As he is a man of observation and a great traveller, and is very fond of knowing whafs what, he would like, in company with as solid a policeman as you can find, to see the nocturnal curiosities of London, and to ascertain the utility of helmets. Good-bye. I will write to you before starting. CLXVIII. Paris, September 22, 1864. Mi Dear Panizzi, What do you think of the Treaty, the existence of which has just been revealed to us ? To judge by the fury of the clericals, it has displeased them mightily. The Treaty has several things against it, among others the fact that neither France nor Italy can carry it out in its entirety. The good feature in it is its being in reality neither more nor less than a notice to the Holy Father to pack up. At all events, the priest's party look upon it in that light. The Italian Legation asserts that it is favourably regarded on the other side of the mountains. The coincidence of this affair with the Schwal- bach excursion has led to the remarkErgo propter hoc. I do not believe it. The excursion, in all probability, was connected with internal disorder, very annoying, but not affecting politics in the least. You know the situation; the most lamentable part of it is that the demands of the idlers are enough to wear out the patience of one who, of a surety, is the most patient man of this century. X. is at Schwalback; rumour has it that he is going to marry Mademoiselle, who is too dainty a morsel for a boy of his age. All the Spaniards I meet guarantee, not a mere disturbance, but a regular revolution, in a very short time. Narvaez appears to be pushing matters to the last extremity, and to be making a direct attack on...