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a writer, I regard as invaluable; "Here,
" take them, says he, I know not what
" they contain; if any materials for your
" purpose, use them in the course of
" your work, as your own property; if
" not, throw them into the fire." But
notwithstanding such a legal transfer, I
shall look upon myself as accountable for
these papers, not only to M. Diderot, but
to the public.
I regarded the meeting with M. Rous-
seau at Paris, as a singularly fortunate
completion of my personal intercourse
with the learned and ingenious on the
continent: I was so happy as to converse
for a considerable time with him upon
music, a subject which has received such
embellishments from his pen, that the
dryest parts of it are rendered interesting
by his manner of treating them, both in
the Encyclopedie, and in his Musical
Dictionary. He read over my plan very
attentively, and gave me his opinion of
it, article by article; after which he
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