Composed shortly after the author's return from England; an English translation by Sarah
Austin was published by Hunt and Clarke in 1827.
REFERENCES TO:
Sydney Smith to Sarah Austin, 24 April 1827 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a
Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin. 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855).