[279] Besides the many hints of reference to this in the Confessions, see the phrenetic Letters to Sarah, printed in the Mélanges, pp. 347-360.

[280] Conf., ix. 337.

[281] Corr., i. 398. Sept. 4, 1757.

[282] To Madame d'Houdetot. Corr., i. 376-387. June 1757.

[283] Saint Lambert to Rousseau, from Wolfenbuttel, Oct. 11, 1757. Streckeisen-Moultou, i. 415.

[284] These letters are given in M. Streckeisen-Moultou's first volume (pp. 354-414). The thirty-second of them (Jan. 10, 1758) is perhaps the one best worth turning to.

[285] Streckeisen-Moultou, i. 412. May 6, 1768. Conf., x. 15.

[286] Ib. x. 22.

[287] Ib. x. 18. Streckeisen, i. 422.

[288] Conf., x. 24.