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these, of a very distinguished order, M.
Diderot, and M. Rousseau.
With M. Diderot, I had the happiness
of conversing several times; and I was
pleased to find, that among all the sci-
ences which his extensive genius and
learning have investigated, there is no one
that he interests himself more about,
than music. Mademoiselle Diderot, his
daughter, is one of the finest harpsi-
chord-players in Paris, and, for a lady,
possessed of an uncommon portion of
knowledge in modulation; but though I
had the pleasure of hearing her for se-
veral hours, not a single French compo-
sition was played by her the whole time,
all was Italian and German; hence
it will not be difficult to form a judg-
ment of M. Diderot's taste in music.
He entered so zealously into my views
concerning the history of his favourite
art, that he presented me with a number
of his own MSS. sufficient for a volume
in folio on the subject. These, from such
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