Excerpt from A New and General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 2: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; From the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period

Augufi 1682. The additions he continued to make in ereafid it at length to fuch a degree, thatitcontains thirty. Live folio volumes, all written in M. Bailler'a own hand. He wrote a Latin preface, which was publilhed: in this he promifes another index, or catalogue of all the authors in M. De Lamoignon's library. If you knew the fubject treat. Er! Of, but not the name of the author, you find it in the full index; if you knew the author's name, and not the {object he. Wrote. Upon, this was to be looked for in the fecond in. Der. When he had finiihed this laborious undertaking, he applied himfelf to his J ugemens des Savans. And hav ingcompleted the M four volumes, he gave them to the hookfeller, demanding nothing for them, except a few co pies for his friends. The bookfeller printed a veil num Repnb. Ber of them, which were all fold of? In a ve (hort time. L5 D' M. Baillet had written a plan of his dc xgn, but tho 5' Grit four volumes were printed without Mr. Bayle gave a very favourable account of the work but, not-r withflanding the ufefulneis thereof, and though the author Idiom {peaks his own opinion, relating chiefly the judg. Ment of others, yet the liberty he takes in giving not only what is favourable to authors, but What had been con feral. In them, raifed him many enemies. The friends of M. Menage, of whom M. Baillet had fpolte in a ludicrous runner, made a great clamour. F ather'commire wrote a, (hurt poem in Latin, entitled Afinus in Pamafl'o, in defence of M. Menage. There were Others who wrote all'o againfl: him; neverthelefs he went on with great alliduity to finiih the remainder of the work, and his five volumes on the poets Were accordingly publiihed in 1686.

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