[628] Christian Hermann Weisse (1801 -1866), author of the System der Ästhetik (1830) and other philosophical works.—T.
[629] Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803), the German critic and poet.—T.
[630] The Chef-d'œuvre d'un inconnu, poème heureusement découvert et mis au jour par le docteur Mathanasius is an amusing satire by Hyacinthe Cordonnier (1684-1746), known as Thémiseuil de Saint-Hyacinthe, published in 1714, in the midst of the "quarrel of the ancients and moderns." Its success was maintained throughout the eighteenth century.—T.
[631] La Fontaine, Le Rat et l'huître:
"Here stand the Apennines and here the Caucasus."
Cf. Johnson: "Survey mankind from China to Peru."—T.