_"Les Lettres Juives"_ (Vol. viii., p. 541.).--The author of _Les Lettres
Juives_ was Jean Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, one of the most
prolific and amusing writers of the eighteenth century. {161} His principal
works are, _Histoire de l'Esprit Humain_, _Les Lettres Juives_, _Les
Lettres Chinoises_, _Les Lettres Cabalistiques_, and his _Philosophie du
bons Sens_. Perhaps your correspondent may be interested to learn that a
reply to the _Lettres Juives_ was published in 1739, La Haye, three vols.
in twelve, by Aubert de la Chenaye Des-Bois under the title of
_Correspondence historique, philosophique et critique, pour servir de
réponse aux Lettres Juives_.