T H E L I F E
OF
V O L T A I R E

BY
S. G. TALLENTYRE
AUTHOR OF “THE WOMEN OF THE SALONS,” ETC.
“Je n’ai point de sceptre, mais j’ai une plume.”—Voltaire
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
THIRD EDITION
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press

CHAPTER		PAGE
[I.]	[THE BOYHOOD]	[1]
[II.]	[EPIGRAMS AND THE BASTILLE]	[16]
[III.]	[“ŒDIPE,” AND THE JOURNEY TO HOLLAND]	[25]
[IV.]	[THE “HENRIADE,” AND A VISIT TO COURT]	[37]
[V.]	[ENGLAND, AND THE “ENGLISH LETTERS”]	[48]
[VI.]	[PLAYS, A BURLESQUE, AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE “LETTERS”]	[60]
[VII.]	[MADAME DU CHÂTELET]	[74]
[VIII.]	[A YEAR OF STORMS]	[86]
[IX.]	[WORK AT CIREY]	[96]
[X.]	[PLEASURE AT CIREY]	[106]
[XI.]	[THE AFFAIR DESFONTAINES]	[117]
[XII.]	[FLYING VISITS TO FREDERICK]	[127]
[XIII.]	[TWO PLAYS AND A FAILURE]	[137]
[XIV.]	[VOLTAIRE AS DIPLOMATIST AND COURTIER]	[149]
[XV.]	[THE POPE, THE POMPADOUR, AND “THE TEMPLE OF GLORY”]	[159]
[XVI.]	[THE ACADEMY, AND A VISIT]	[167]
[XVII.]	[COURT DISFAVOUR, AND HIDING AT SCEAUX][vi]	[175]
[XVIII.]	[THE MARQUIS DE SAINT-LAMBERT]	[183]
[XIX.]	[THE DEATH OF MADAME DU CHÂTELET]	[194]
[XX.]	[PARIS, “ORESTE” AND “ROME SAUVÉE”]	[206]
[XXI.]	[GLAMOUR]	[221]
[XXII.]	[THE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE]	[233]
[XXIII.]	[THE QUARREL WITH MAUPERTUIS]	[249]
[XXIV.]	[THE FLIGHT FROM PRUSSIA]	[265]
[XXV.]	[THE COMEDY OF FRANKFORT]	[274]
[XXVI.]	[THE “ESSAY ON THE MANNERS AND MIND OF NATIONS”]	[286]
[XXVII.]	[THE ARRIVAL IN SWITZERLAND]	[296]
[XXVIII.]	[THE DÉLICES, AND THE “POEM ON THE DISASTER OF LISBON”]	[307]
[XXIX.]	[“NATURAL LAW,” THE VISIT OF D’ALEMBERT, AND THE AFFAIR OF BYNG]	[318]
[XXX.]	[ THE INTERFERENCE IN THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR, THE “GENEVA” ARTICLE, AND LIFE AT DÉLICES]	[329]
[XXXI.]	[“THE LITERARY WAR,” AND THE PURCHASE OF FERNEY AND TOURNEY]	[344]
[XXXII.]	[FERNEY]	[356]
[XXXIII.]	[“CANDIDE,” AND “ÉCRASEZ L’INFÂME”]	[369]
[XXXIV.]	[THE BATTLE OF PARTICLES, AND THE BATTLE OF COMEDIES]	[384]
[XXXV.]	[BUILDING A CHURCH, AND ENDOWING A DAUGHTER]	[401]
[XXXVI.]	[THE AFFAIR OF CALAS]	[413]
[XXXVII.]	[THE “TREATISE ON TOLERANCE”]	[429]
[XXXVIII.]	[THE SIRVENS AND LA BARRE][vii]	[446]
[XXXIX.]	[VOLTAIRE AND GENEVA: VOLTAIRE AND LA HARPE]	[463]
[XL.]	[THE COLONY OF WATCHMAKERS AND WEAVERS]	[481]
[XLI.]	[THE PIGALLE STATUE, AND THE VINDICATION OF LALLY]	[497]
[XLII.]	[LATTER DAYS]	[514]
[XLIII.]	[THE LAST VISIT]	[530]
[XLIV.]	[THE END]	[553]
[INDEX]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[W],[X],[Y],[Z]		[573]

ILLUSTRATIONS

	FACING PAGE
[VOLTAIRE]	[Frontispiece]
From the Statue by Houdon at the Comédie Française.
[NINON DE L’ENCLOS]	[6]
From an original Picture given by herself to the Countess of Sandwich.
[J. B. ROUSSEAU]	[32]
From an Engraving after a Picture by J. Aved.
[LOUIS XV.]	[40]
From the Picture by Carle Van Loo in the Museum at Versailles.
[MADAME DU CHÂTELET]	[70]
From an Engraving after Marianne Loir.
[MADAME DE POMPADOUR]	[152]
From the Painting by François Boucher in the possession, and by kind permission, of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild.
[MARIA LECZINSKA]	[172]
From the Picture by Carle Van Loo in the Louvre.
[FREDERICK THE GREAT]	[210]
From an Engraving by Cunejo, after the Painting by Cunningham.
[MOREAU DE MAUPERTUIS]	[238]
From an Engraving after a Painting by Tourmere.
[LEKAIN]	[292]
From an Engraving after a Painting by S. B. Le Noir.
[THE CHÂTEAU OF FERNEY]	[334]
From an Engraving.
[VOLTAIRE]	[370]
From the Bust by Houdon.
[MADEMOISELLE CLAIRON]	[426]
[x]From an Engraving after a Picture by Carle Van Loo.
[VOLTAIRE]	[486]
From the Etching by Denon.
[LOUIS XVI.]	[496]
From the Portrait by Callet in the Petit Trianon.
[VOLTAIRE’S DECLARATION OF FAITH]	[506]
From the Original in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
[“TRIOMPHE DE VOLTAIRE”]	[530]
From a Contemporary Print.

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