F. J. BAST TO SCHÜTZ.

Vienna, Feb. 15, 1797.

I was much gratified that you were so polite as to print my review of Xenophon, of Ephesus, without delay, and to send me two copies of the article. The editor of the work, to whom I delivered one of them, was highly pleased, and directed me to convey to you the expression of his particular respect. As you may not, perhaps, have a copy of this edition of Xenophon,—for the price is unreasonably high,—the Baron will wait on you with one at Easter. This Locella is one of the most excellent men of my acquaintance, and is a miracle of learning and of various knowledge. He never had a teacher in Greek, but commenced the study in 1778, because he met with Greek passages in Lessing which he could not understand, and which no one in this land of the Phæacians could explain.

I will, with the greatest pleasure, accept your invitation to contribute to your literary journal. In reply to your inquiry, I would say, that, in this place, where there are so many rich libraries, I can easily find all the editions which have appeared from the Bodoni press since 1785. Be so good as to mention those which have not yet been reviewed. I will soon send you a list of the philological works which have appeared here and in Italy. * * Were it not for the present war in Italy, Bodoni would, notwithstanding all my remonstrances, commence printing my Plato, and send the proof-sheets to this place for correction. * * * I will cheerfully comply with your request to examine the Vienna manuscripts of Eschylus.

F. SCHÖLL TO SCHÜTZ.

Paris, Nov. 16, 1811.

I feel it incumbent on me to convey to the teacher and friend of my friend, intelligence which will deeply affect him both as a man and a scholar. Our friend Bast is no more. On the evening of the 13th instant, after dining sparingly with a friend, he was seized, in the street, with the apoplexy, and instantly fell lifeless to the ground. When medical aid had arrived, no sign of life was to be discovered. Before that time, he appeared to enjoy excellent health. Yesterday we followed him to his grave, with a procession of the diplomatic body, and of the Institute. He had been laboring a year, without relaxation, upon his apparatus to Plato, for which he had collated all the manuscripts in Vienna and Paris. This apparatus is destined for the edition of Heindorf and Böckh.. His papers are left in the finest order, and are neatly copied out. He was born in 1771, in Buchsweiler, in Lower Alsatia, where his father was for fifty years rector of the gymnasium. He died as counsellor to the Hessian Legation, knight of the Hessian Order, and corresponding member of the Institute. Be so kind as to publish this. account in an improved form.

IMMANUEL BEKKER TO SCHÜTZ.

Berlin, June 8, 1816..

I am, dear sir, under the greatest obligations to you for the friendly interest you take in my labors. The Plato does, indeed, belong to me alone. Wolf desires to wait for the edition of Weigel, that of Gaisford, and who knows how many others, before he,-as beseems the prince of critics,-caps the climax. That will he do, as certainly as he will finish his Homer, and his Hesiod, and his Cicero, and his Tacitus, and whatever else he

begun and promised. But I never expect to see that day; and must, therefore, cast in my mite, without delay, little concerned about the ostentatious announcement, which was made without my knowledge, when I was in Paris. The second part is more than half finished, and the third begun. The plan of the whole is so arranged, that the eight volumes, which are to contain the text, may be out within the space of about a year. To justify the text, or, at least, to enable the reader to form a correct opinion respecting it, I hope, in about as long a space after that, to publish my apparatus, which is now nearly ready, and which will consist of various readings, scholia, and extracts from unpublished commentaries, with precious little of my own.

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AUGUSTUS BÖCKH TO SCHÜTZ.

Heidelberg, Oct. 10, 1808. In order to revive in you the recollection of your friend, I send you a copy of my work on the Tragedians, which has just appeared. I desire that it may find the same favor with you which you were pleased to show to my first production. To me, at least, it seems to deserve equal regard, though I place, as I think, a moderate estimate upon it, and the more so, perhaps, because the printing has proceeded so slowly, that a great part of it has slipped from my memory. You will find, I hope, in the perusal, that I have every where taken pains not to carry my doubts to an extreme, and that I have always drawn the line distinctly between what is certain and what is mere conjecture, and what is still, and, unless new documents shall be discovered, must for ever remain undecided. You will get out of it very little to the purpose for your Æschylus. What I have said of him, especially the chronological discussions, must from the nature of the case, appear intricate; and I fear most readers will be weary

before reaching the end. My specimen of an edition of Timaeus, which I sent without any letter, through the booksellers, has, I hope, already reached you. How is it with your promised edition of Aristophanes, which interests me the more, as I design to interpret that writer in my lectures the coming winter. Do not delay too long, lest he should have the same reason to complain as Eschylus.

BÖCKH TO SCHÜTZ.

Berlin, Oct. 9, 1812.

I ought long ago, my honored sir, to have acknowledged my obligations to you for the number of your Journal, containing a notice of my Simon Socraticus and other Platonic writings. I must now resort to your paper to expose the intrigue of a jealous reviewer, who has attacked me personally, in consequence, probably, of the projected edition of Plato, and who seems to have some ulterior ends in view. If the contents were not so wretched, I should suspect the author to be Wolf, who, in this, as well as in other things, is acting a shabby part, and whose unbridled selfishness will allow nothing good to rise, except what he originates. He has a special grudge against Heindorf and myself, on account of our Plato; and the injustice, which he has done Heindorf, in a miserable article upon his Phaedo, deserves exposure. With me he is the more displeased, because the direction of the Philological Seminary has not fallen to him. But as he withdraws from all actual duties, and will not even act as an ordinary member of the Academy, the result is no more than might have been expected.

In a few months, when the printing is finished, I shall take the liberty to send you a copy of my Pindar, as a token of the high respect, which your kind intercourse with me, from Halle to this place, inspired, and which I

shall never cease to cherish. I beg the continuance of your friendship, and the liberty to call myself,

Yours, etc.

K. A. BÖTTIGER TO SCHÜTZ.

Weimar, Aug. 17, 1803.

Being compelled, by private business, to go to Dresden next week, it is impossible for me, my respected friend, to call upon you in Jena.

Great things are going on respecting you and your establishment. As Bertuch, who has just returned from Cassel, is in Rudolstadt, I do not know which way the scale will turn; whether in favor of Halle or of Würzburg. If I could look into the Amalthean scroll of Jupiter, I would cast my vote in favor of the fair Würzburg. Still, the Prussian eagle may lay before you such inducements, that you will prefer Halle. In that event, remember me, my dear friend, for Würzburg;-confer with Paulus, and do what you think proper. I need not say, that this is a confidential intimation, committed to the bosom of a friend, and that I shall be far from offering myself any where. But is it not as allowable for me, as it was for Cicero, to desire "to be where I shall hear neither of the name, nor of the deeds of the Pelopidae "?

BÖTTIGER TO SCHÜTZ.

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Dresden, Dec. 28, 1806.

My dear friend, only three words. The excellent Reinhard says, "Assure your sensible and excellent friend," these are the very words of Reinhard," that the project, of uniting the Leipsic paper with his, will be favored in every possible manner, provided good proposals can be made." * * The great apocalypse must soon be unsealed, and the destiny of Prussia decided.