[225] Madame d'Epinay's Mém., i. 443.
[226] Corr., i. 317. Sept. 14, 1756.
[227] Letter to Madame de Créqui, 1752. Corr., i. 171.
[228] Conf,., vii. 104.
[229] The Devin du Village was played at Fontainebleau on October 18, 1752, and at the Opera in Paris in March 1753. Madame de Pompadour took a part in it in a private performance. See Rousseau's note to her, Corr., i. 178.
[230] Conf., viii. 190.
[231] Conf., viii. 183.
[232] Conf., viii. 202; and Musset-Pathay, ii. 439. When in Strasburg, in 1765, he could not bring himself to be present at its representation. Oeuv. et Corr. Inéd., p. 434.
[233] Madame de Staël insisted that her father said this, and Necker insisted that it was his daughter's.
[234] Corr., i. 176. Feb. 13, 1753.