[CHAPTER I.]
Montmorency—The New Heloïsa.
Conditions preceding the composition of the New Heloïsa [1]
The Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg [2]
Rousseau and his patrician acquaintances [4]
Peaceful life at Montmorency [9]
Equivocal prudence occasionally shown by Rousseau [12]
His want of gratitude for commonplace service [13]
Bad health, and thoughts of suicide [16]
Episode of Madame Latour de Franqueville [17]