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Doc. 313.] 1011
CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT.
do not commonly merit any particular attention, but as this gentle
man’s character and pretension are of so very singular and extra
ordinary nature, we thought that something more than a general
account was suitable to the nature of our own work and would be
acceptable to our readers ; for which reason we shall add the follow
ing marvellous relation of what is said to have passed in one of
the strange reveries of our learned visionary." Here follows the
"Memorable Relation" contained in no. 19 of the work. The
reviewer concludes thus, "The reader will make his own reflections
on this wonderful narrative. The writer of the preface says what
can be said in defence of his author, and hopes that his discoveries
may be useful to check that propensity to materialism which it is
to be feared too much prevails at present, but we apprehend will
require some different methods to prevent its progress and growth."
The first German translation of this work appeared in 1772 under
the title, "Emanuel Swedenborg’s Tractat von der Verbindung der
Seele mit dem Körper ;
" a second edition was published at Jena in
1776, and in the same year another edition was issued from Frank
fort and Leipzig.
A French translation of this little work appeared in London in
1785 under the title : Du Commerce établi entre l’âme et le corps,
ou Traité de la Liaison qui subsiste entre le spirituel et le materiel.
"
This edition also was enriched by a French translation of Mr. Hart
ley’s preface.
In 1843 Dr. Im Tafel published a second edition of the origi
nal Latin.
A notice of this little work from the pen of Prof. J. H. Lidén258
appeared in Stockholm in the "Almänna Tidningar
" for July 5, 1770;
see Document 282, p. 702. He says in this connection, "I am curious
as to what the English journalists will say about these ’ Sweden
borgiana. The author has presented a sufficient number of copies
.
to the Royal Society, to Sion College, the bishops, and the univer
sities. He has also promised to send some copies for the libraries
in Upsal and Stockholm."
1769. (141.) Responsum ad Epistolam ab amico ad me
scriptam (An answer to a letter written to me by a friend).
London, 1769, pp. 3, 4to.
This letter which Swedenborg addressed to the Rev. T. Hartley in
August, 1769, was published by the latter gentleman during that
year in the Latin and English languages. It constitutes Docu
ment 2 in the present collection, where further particulars respecting
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