udition, was Wenceslaus Rzewuski, woiwode of Podolia,
and cotemporary with Zaluski, whom he surpassed however in critical
taste and productive powers. His translation of the Psalms is highly
esteemed. A still higher name as a patron of literature and the arts,
is the uncle of king Stanislaus Augustus, prince Adam Czartoryski. He
was marshal of the diet in 1764, when the ill-famed _liberum veto_ was
abolished, which gave to every deputy, singly, the right of
overthrowing the otherwise unanimous resolutions of the diet, and thus
was the principal cause of the lawless disorder which disgraced the
sessions of that body. His merits as a statesman and a Mecaenas are
equal. Several historical works, designed to advance the honour of
Poland, were published under his care and at his instigation. Amid all
his numerous avocations, he found time to write several pieces for the
national stage; which, as a promoter of the purity of the language,
was a subject of his particular care and attention.[50]

By the side of the name of Czartoryski, shines that of Potocki. More
than one member of this illustrious family had in former times
acquired the right of citizens in the republic of letters. Count Paul
Potocki and his grandson Anthony, in the seventeenth and beginning of
the eighteenth century, were both equally celebrated for their
talents. The works of the former were published by count Zaluski,
under the title of _Genealogia Potockiana_; the speeches and addresses
of the latter are partly printed in Daneykowicz' _Suada Polona_, and
were in their time considered as models. But the most elevated rank in
this family is occupied by the two brothers Ignatius and Stanislaus
Kostka Potocki, whether as patriots and statesmen, or as writers and
patrons of science. Ignatius, besides promoting several literary
undertakings, and bearing the expenses of more than one journey for
the purposes of science and learning, was himself a distinguished
writer. He translated Condillac's work on logic, and introduced it
into the Polish schools as a class book. His merits in respect to
public education were great; he was one of the most urgent promoters
of the emancipation of the serfs; and at his death in the year 1809,
he left behind the reputation of a true friend of the people. His
brother Stanislaus Kostka, although entertaining the same political
principles, did not take the same active part during the struggles of
the Poles for their expiring independ