VOLTAIRE AND FERNEY.
The showman’s work is very profitable at the country-house of Voltaire, at Ferney, near Geneva. A Genevese, an excellent calculator, as are all his countrymen, many years ago valued as follows the yearly profit derived by the above functionary from his situation:—
| Francs. | |
| 8000 busts of Voltaire, made with earth of Ferney, at a franc a-piece | 8,000 |
| 1200 autograph letters, at 20 francs | 24,000 |
| 500 walking canes of Voltaire, at 50 francs each | 25,000 |
| 300 veritable wigs of Voltaire, at 100 francs | 30,000 |
| In all | 87,000 |