Southwark, May 19. 1851.
_Count Xavier de Maistre_ (Vol. iii., p. 227.).--I notice a slight
inaccuracy in MR. SINGER'S reference to the author of _Voyage autour de
ma Chambre_. He gives the name as "Jean Xavier Maitre;" whereas the
correct designation is "Count Xavier de Maistre;" the _s_ in the
patronymic being distinctly pronounced. Such trifling errors are only
worth noticing because they appear in a work, one of the main features
of which is the correctness of its references to authors and books. No
doubt it is his extensive acquaintance with both that induced MR.
SINGER, on this occasion, to trust to his memory, rather than turn to a
biographical dictionary.