[103] Hume, however, tells a story to the effect that Helvétius tried to dissuade Montesquieu from publishing his great book, as being altogether unworthy of his previous reputation.
[104] Barbier v. 57.
[105] Morellet, i. 71.
[106] Marmontel, ii, 116.
[107] Voyage à Bourbonne. Œuv., xvii. 344.
[108] Burton’s Hume, ii. 464.
[109] Morellet, i. 141. A peculiarly graphic account of Madame Helvétius in her later years is to be found in Mrs. Adam’s Letters, quoted in Parton’s Life of Franklin, ii. 429.
[110] Œuv., xix. 187.
[111] Corresp., iv. 119.
[112] Walpole’s Corresp., iv. 217.