ILLUSTRATIONS.

[Voltaire, by Houdon]Frontispiece.[Preservers of Ancient Customs]
[Voltaire, at seventy][Dancing a Tambourin]
[Ancient Writing implements, from Pompeii][Clio, the Muse of History]
[Voltaire in early manhood][The Tax Collector]
[The White Bull][Barefooted Carmelites]
[Apis][Entering the Convent]
[Silence][The Rack]
[Amasidia][The Priory Entrance]
[The Witch of Endor][The Huron Identified]
[The Serpent][Baptism of Hercules]
[Nebuchadnezzar][The Separation]
[Lot and his Family][The Confessional]
[Daniel, Ezekiel & Jeremiah][Father Tout-à-Tous]
[Egyptian Priests][The Meeting]
[Winged Bull][Death of Miss St. Yves]
[The Scape Goat][A Medieval Exploring Vessel]
[Caravan approaching Babylon][Micromegas captures a Ship]
[The Cup][The Spiritual Rulers of Persepolis]
[Egyptian Archer][Burying the Dead in Churches]
[The Funeral Pyre][Good and Evil Genii]
[Oannes—The Fish God][Young Memnon]
[Almona][Memnon and the Distressed Ninevite]
[Zadig and the Brigand][Des Touches and Croutef]
[The Basilisk][Boodh supported by Serpents]
[Zadig and the Queen][The Fakir]
[Cador concealing Astarte][The Sphinx]
[The Combats][The Study of Nature]
[The Hermit][The Poor Clergyman]
[Freind and his wayward Son][Kwan-yin, Burmese, Buddha, and Chinese Ivory Figure]
[Don Jeronimo Bueno Caracurador][The Birth of Minerva and Eve—Androgynous Deities]
[Condemned by the Inquisition][Bacchus and Ariadne]
[Epictetus the Slave][Envy]
[Grand Entrance to Palace][Plato]
[The Phœnix][Visiting Seignor Pococurante]
[The King of Scythia rescued from the Lion][The "Yawning Oysters"]
[The Shrine at Bassora][The School at Issoire]
[Consulting the Oracle][Jeannot and Colin]
[Religious Wars in Albion][Brahma, Vishna, and Siva]
[The Old Man of the Seven Mountains][The happy Bigot]
[Kissing an Old Man's Toe][The Winged Dragon]
[Gaiety and Frivolity]