lence. This Gentleman in his Perſian Letters, many of which are written on the moſt important Subjects in Ethics, Politics, and Philoſophy, hath condeſcended to introduce two or three Novels: in theſe they will find that inimitable Writer very judiciouſly changing the Style which he uſes on other Occaſions, where the Subjects of his Letters require the Air and Style of Converſation; to preſerve which, in relating Stories that run to any length, would be faulty in the Writer, and tireſome to the Reader.
To conclude this Point, I know not of any eſſential Difference between this, and any other way of writing Novels, ſave only, that by making uſe of Letters, the Writer is freed from the regular Beginnings and Concluſions of Stories, with ſome other Formalities, in which the Reader of Taſte finds no leſs Eaſe and Advantage, than the Author himſelf.
As to the Matter contained in the following Volumes, I am not perhaps at Liberty to declare my Opinion: Relation and Friendſhip to the Writer may draw upon me the Cenſure of Partiality, if I ſhould be as warm as I am inclined to be in their Commendation.
