Volume VI Part 109 (1/2)

But Opiz replied:

”As the father of a family, I do not feel myself authorized to dispose of ests

and no offer of yours could h that Opiz, for all his interest in Casanova, had not the qualities of true friendshi+p

On the 6th September 1793, Casanova wrote:

”I will have my Reveries printed at Dresden, and I will be pleased to send you a copy I laughed a little at your fear that I would take offense because you did not wantme the ridiculous sum I named to you This refusal, my dear friend, did not offendcharacter

Add to this that infrom the event Your systes oryou, for I think that your action followed only your inclination and consequently your greatest pleasure”

On the insistence of Opiz, Casanova continued his correspondence, but he passed over nothing more, neither in exact quotations fros He even reproached hi at the philanthropic and amiable senti his purse-strings tight A nu letters followed, after which the correspondence came to an end One of Casanova's last letters, that of the 2nd February 1794, concludes: ”One day M de Bragadin said to me: 'Jacques, be careful never to convince a quibbler, for he will becoism, which tended toward conviction But in spite of this you have beco the Casanovahis final co about a quarrel, Casanova nevertheless admits that he himself may not be blameless, but lays this to his carelessness ”I have a bad habit,” he writes, ”of not reading overthose I wrote to M Opiz, I had found them bitter, I would have burned them” Probably Casanova struck the root of the matter in his remark, ”Perfect accord is the first charm of a reciprocal friendshi+p” The two men were primarily of so different a teree even on subjects on which they were most in accord

The complete correspondence is of very considerable interest

V -- PUBLICATIONS

In 1786, Casanova published 'Le soliloque d'un penseur', in which he speaks of Saint-Geruri wrote Casanova that Cagliostro was in prison at San Leo ”Twenty years ago, I told Cagliostro not to set his foot in Rome, and if he had followed this advice he would not have died miserably in a Roman prison”

In January 1788, appeared 'Icosameron' a romance in five volumes, dedicated to Count Waldstein, which he describes as ”translated frolish” This fanciful roical discussions, was the original work of Casanova and not a translation It was criticized in 1789 by a literary journal at Jena

Preserved at Dux were several manuscripts with variants of 'Icosameron'

and also an unpublished reply to the criticism

In 1788 Casanova published the history of his faht from ”The Leads” An article on this book appeared in the Ger', 29th June 1789: ”As soon as the history was published and while it was exciting hbors, it was seen that other atteht from prisons would ; all prisoners awake our compassion, particularly when they are enclosed in a severe prison and are possibly innocentThe history hich we are concerned has all the appearances of truth; many Venetians have testified to it, and the principal character, M Casanova, brother of the celebrated painter, actually lives at Dux in Boheuardian of his important library”

In July 1789 there was discovered, a the papers of the Bastille, the letter which Casanova wrote fro in May 1767 to Prince Charles of Courlande on the subject of fabricating gold Carrel published this letter at once in the third volume of his 'Memoirs authentiques et historiques sur la Bastille' Casanova kept a copy of this letter and includes it in the Memoirs

In October 1789, Casanova wrote M Opiz that he riting to a professor ofletter in Italian, on the duplication of the cube, which he wished to publish

In August 1790, Casanova published his 'Solution du Probleme Deliaque demontree and Deux corollaires a la duplication de hexadre' On the subject of his pretended solution of this probleed with M Opiz in a heated technical discussion between the 16th Septeht vainly to convince Opiz of the correctness of his solution

Finally, M Opiz, tired of the pole on a six-weeks tour of inspection and that he would not be able to occupy himself with the duplication of the cube for some time to come

On the 1st November, Casanova wished hiainst the cold because ”health is the soul of life”

In 1797, appeared the last book published during Casanova's lifetie, docteur en droit de l'Universite de Goettingue, Jacques Casanova, docteur en droit de l'Universite de Padoue' This was a careful criticisisms introduced into French by the Revolution In reference to Casanova's title of ”Doctor,” researches by M Favoro at the University of Padua had failed to establish this claih, in the Me enough to prepare ree, which I intended to take the following year” With this devil of a man, it is always prudent to look twice before pere the truth of his statement And in fact, the record of Casanova's nor Bruno Brunelli