Sallengre, Albert Henry De

, an ingenious and laborious writer, was born at the Hague in 1694. His father was receiver-general of Walloon Flanders, and of an ancient and considerable family. He was educated with great care, and sent at a proper age to Leyden; where he studied history under Perizonius, philosophy under Bernard, and law under Voetius and Noodt. Having finished his academical studies with honour, he returned to his parents at the Hague, and was admitted an advocate in the | court of Holland. After the peace of Utrecht in 1713 r he went to France; and spent some time at Paris in visiting libraries, and in cultivating friendships with learned men. In 1716, he was made counsellor to the princess of Nassau; and, the year after, commissary of the finances of the States General. He went again to France in 1717; and two years after to England, where he was elected fellow of the Royal Society, in the list of which he is called ** Auditor-Surveyor of the Bank of Holland." He was author of several publications, which shewed parts, learning, and industry; and without doubt would, if he had lived, have been of great use and ornament to the republic of letters; but, catching the small-pox, he died in 1723, in his thirtieth year.

He was for some time editor of the “Literary Journal,” which began at the Hague in 1713. His part consists of four volumes, 1715 1717. The continuation was by Desmolets and Gouget. In 1714, he published “L'Eloge de PYvresse,” a piece of much spirit and gaiety in 1715, “Histoire de Pierre de Montmaur,” 2 vols. 8vo, a collection of all the pieces written against that singular character *. ' In 1716, “Commentaires sur les Epitres d'Ovide par M. de Meziriac,” with a discourse upon the life and works of Meziriac; the same year, “Poesies de M. de la Monnoye;” in 1716, 1718, 1719, “Novus Thesaurus Anti<|uitatum Romanarum,” a Supplement to Graevius’s collection, in 3 vols. folio; in 1718, " Huetii de rebus ad

* Pettr de Montmanr was a Jesuit dounded ranch to the credit of either Vf the seventeenth century, who was party. Among other expedients they sent in early life by his order to Rome, accused Montmaur of having killed the and there he taught grammar with ere- porter of the college of Boncourt, on dit during three years. He afterwards which he was sent to prison, and scarce left the Jesuits, and set up as a drug- cleared of this imaginary crime, before gist at Avignon, which situation proved they accused him of others more infavery protirahle t him. Then going to nious. Various attempts xvere also Paris, he attended the bar, which he made to render him ridiculous. Mequitted to devote himself to poetry, nage set the fashion by a fictitious displaying his taste chiefly in ana- “Life of Montmaur,” which he pubgrams, and puns. This did not, how- lished in Latin, 1636, under the name ever, prevent his succeeding Goulu as of “Gargilius Mamurra.” Others foU regius professor of Greek, from whence lowed his example, and M. de Sallenhe was surnamedMontmaur the Grecian, gre published the work above-menHis constant practice was to ridicule tioned, which forms a curious and enmen of learning by satires and sar- tertaining collection. Montmaur was casms, frequently making allusions to certainly a bad poet, but in other re* their names, taken from Greek and spects was not so despicable as most. Latin, which were called Montmaur- authors represent hinv He died ija isms. Hence a warfare commenced 1648, aged seventy-four, which does not appear to have | recum pertinentibus Commentarius,“with a preface written by himself. About the time of his death he was engaged in writing” A History of the United Provinces from 1609, to the conclusion of the peace of Munster in 1648,“which was published at the Hague in 1728, with this title,” Essai d‘une Histoire des Provinces Unies pour I’ann^e 1621, ou la Treve finit, et le Guerre recommence avec PEspagne," 4to. ¹