FRANCESCO ALGARO`TTI

FRANCESCO ALGARO`TTI (1712-1764), a clever Italian author, born at Venice, whom, for his wit, Frederick the Great was attached to and patronised, "one of the first 'beaux esprits' of the age," according to Wilhelmina, Frederick's sister. Except his wit, it does not appear Frederick got much good out of him, for the want of the due practical faculty, all thefaculty h e had having evaporated in talk.