VOL. I.
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1905
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
| Born | 1712 |
| Fled from Geneva | March, 1728 |
| Changes religion at Turin | April, " |
| With Madame de Warens, including various intervals, until | April, 1740 |
| Goes to Paris with musical schemes | 1741 |
| Secretary at Venice | Spring, 1743 |
| Paris, first as secretary to M. Francueil, then | { 1744 |
| as composer, and copyist | { to |
| { 1756 | |
| The Hermitage | April 9, 1756 |
| Montmorency | Dec. 15, 1757 |
| Yverdun | June 14, 1762 |
| Motiers-Travers | July 10, 1762 |
| Isle of St. Peter | Sept., 1765 |
| Strasburg | Nov., " |
| Paris | December, " |
| Arrives in England | Jan. 13, 1766 |
| Leaves Dover | May 22, 1767 |
| Fleury | June, " |
| Trye | July, " |
| Dauphiny | Aug., 1768 |
| Paris | June, 1770 |
| Death | July 2, 1778 |
PRINCIPAL WRITINGS.
| Discourse on the Influence of Learning and Art | Published 1750 |
| Discourse on Inequality | " 1754 |
| Letter to D'Alembert | " 1758 |
| New Heloïsa (began 1757, finished in winter of 1759-60 | " 1761 |
| Social Contract | " 1762 |
| Emilius | " 1762 |
| Letters from the Mountain | " 1764 |
| Confessions (written 1766-70) | { Pt. I 1781 |
| { Pt. II 1788 | |
| Rêveries (written 1777-78). |
Comme dans les étangs assoupis sous les bois,
Dans plus d'une âme on voit deux choses à la fois:
Le ciel, qui teint les eaux à peine remuées
Avec tous ses rayons et toutes ses nueés;
Et la vase, fond morne, affreux, sombre et dormant,
Où des reptiles noirs fourmillent vaguement.
Hugo.