[Footnote 15: Bibliotheque Orientale, par M. D'Herbelot, in
folio, Paris, 1697. For the character of the respectable
author, consult his friend Thevenot, (Voyages du Levant,
part i. chap. 1.) His work is an agreeable miscellany, which
must gratify every taste; but I never can digest the
alphabetical order; and I find him more satisfactory in the
Persian than the Arabic history. The recent supplement from
the papers of Mm. Visdelou, and Galland, (in folio, La Haye,
1779,) is of a different cast, a medley of tales, proverbs,
and Chinese antiquities.]