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THROUGH SWEDEN. | mop
was not one German produétion fo much as mentioned, not even
Emilia Galotti. I was greatly furprifed to find that not the
{malleft notice was taken of Lefling, a name that it would feem
difficult, on the fubject of the drama, not to recolle@ with high
efteem. But afterwards the myftery came out. I was informed
that the Swedifh academicians profeffed a contempt for German
literature ; and that to entertain and own any refpect for it, was
the fure way to incur difpleafure. One might apply to thefe
Swedifh /ages what Rouffeau faid to the academicians of Paris—
«¢ In your own imaginations you give leffons to and form the tafte
‘‘ of all France: but three fourths of the people of France do not
‘“‘ fo much as know of your exiftence’’—for they feem to be -ac-
tuated by the fame fort of vanity. They flatter themfelves that
their partiality will remain unobferved, and their decifions pafs
current from the mere weight of their name. This is probably
too much the cafe; yet I am well affured, and it reflects no {mall
degree of honour on the Swedifh nation, that pieces rejected by
the academy are neverthelefs often read and approved of through-
out the provinces.
The members of the Swedifh academy are, Count Oxenftierna,
mentioned among the members of the academy of belles lettres ;
Count Gyllenborg, mentioned aboye; Count Clafs Fleming.
When Clafs Fleming took his feat among the Swedifh academi-
cians, a wag obferved, that their number amounted now to juft
170. How fo? it was afked. Becaufe, replied he, aren acy-
pher is added to the number 17, the amount is 170.
1B C. J. Leopold,
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