A Treatise on Turning Tables, the Supernatural in General, and Spirits, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

French Protestants of our times. His family is of Italian origin, as the name sufficiently indicates, and came, if we have been rightly informed, into France from the Island of Corsica, more than a century ago. His father was a member of the Chamber of Peers in the reign of Louis Philippe, and for some years wasP refect of theD epartment of the Rhone. At one period he held the post of Minister of the I nterior. He was also a member of one of the five Academies which constitute the Institute ofF rance, and reckoned to be a man of highly respectable talents, and of extensive and solid attainments. Both father and son were warm supporters of the throne of Louis Philippe, and cherished for that monarch a very strong personal regard, which partook, we might say, of the nature of sincere friendship. Count Gasparin spent the earlier part of his life atP aris, where he received an education corresponding with the distinguished rank of his family. He is a scholar, in the highest and best sense of the word his acquirements being at once various and profound. He is the author of several interesting and important works, of which we may mention his Inter its Generav.x du Protestantisme Fraiiais, in one volume 8vo., and Christianisme ct Paganisme, in 2vols. 8vo., as possessing far more than ordinary value for intelligent Christian readers of all countries. To great advantages of personal appearance, Count Gasparin unites the grace of most refined and elegant manners. Few men, in any country, have associated more constantly or more intimately with elevated and cultivated society, than he has done from early childhood. And it has been justly remarked of him, that he unites the accomplishments of the courtier with the sincerity and benevolence of the Christian.
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