[99] Roma Sotterrenea. Compiled from the Works of Commendatore Rossi. By J. S. Northcote, D.D., and Rev. W. Brownlow, M.A. London: Longman. 1 vol. 8vo.
[100] De l'Avenir du Protestantisme et du Catholicisme. Par M. l'Abbé Martin. Paris: Tobra et Haton. 1869. 8vo. pp. 608.
[101] The truth is frequently the very contrary of the reports current concerning men and things.
Posterity frequently does us the justice refused us by our contemporaries.
[102] Through the Latinization of Wansleben, Vanslebius, his name subsequently in France took the form of Vansleb, by which he became known as an author, and which he retained.
[103] He spent large sums in its preparation, and twelve thousand pounds in its publication, to say nothing of the sacrifice of his repose and health. The success of the work was far from commensurate with its merit, or with its author's sacrifices. After his death, five hundred copies of it were found abandoned in a garret, a prey to rain and to rats.
[104] At the same time Vansleb applied himself with all his power to the study of Ethiopian, and afterward, in order to perfect himself therein, undertook long and perilous voyages in various oriental countries.
[105] Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hand to God.
[106] To the learned German traveller Louis will be generous in favors, riches, and most excellent gifts.
[107] You bring with you from Egypt richer treasures than the Hebrews, led by Moses, took away.