Excerpt from The Scourge, or Literary, Theatrical and Miscellaneous Magazine, Vol. 7: January 1, 1814Professor Frost throws himself on British gratitude, under a consciousness of having deserved it, by refus ing the splendid offers of the French emperor, previous to his advance into Russia, for a disclosure of this impor tant and invaluable discovery.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.