CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
SOME SOURCES OF INFORMATION
CHAPTER I THE BOYHOOD
CHAPTER II EPIGRAMS AND THE BASTILLE
CHAPTER III "OEDIPE," AND THE JOURNEY TO HOLLAND
CHAPTER IV THE "HENRIADE," AND A VISIT TO COURT
CHAPTER V ENGLAND, AND THE "ENGLISH LETTERS"
CHAPTER VI PLAYS, A BURLESQUE, AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE "LETTERS"
CHAPTER VII MADAME DU CHaTELET
CHAPTER VIII A YEAR OF STORMS
CHAPTER IX WORK AT CIREY
CHAPTER X PLEASURE AT CIREY
CHAPTER XI THE AFFAIR DESFONTAINES
CHAPTER XII FLYING VISITS TO FREDERICK
CHAPTER XIII TWO PLAYS AND A FAILURE
CHAPTER XIV VOLTAIRE AS DIPLOMATIST AND COURTIER
CHAPTER XV THE POPE, THE POMPADOUR, AND "THE TEMPLE OF GLORY"
CHAPTER XVI THE ACADEMY, AND A VISIT
CHAPTER XVII COURT DISFAVOUR, AND HIDING AT SCEAUX
CHAPTER XVIII THE MARQUIS DE SAINT-LAMBERT
CHAPTER XIX THE DEATH OF MADAME DU CHaTELET
CHAPTER XX PARIS, "ORESTE" AND "ROME SAUVEE"
CHAPTER XXI GLAMOUR
CHAPTER XXII THE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE
CHAPTER XXIII THE QUARREL WITH MAUPERTUIS
CHAPTER XXIV THE FLIGHT FROM PRUSSIA
CHAPTER XXV THE COMEDY OF FRANKFORT
CHAPTER XXVI THE "ESSAY ON THE MANNERS AND MIND OF NATIONS"
CHAPTER XXVII THE ARRIVAL IN SWITZERLAND
CHAPTER XXVIII THE DELICES, AND THE "POEM ON THE DISASTER OF LISBON"
CHAPTER XXIX "NATURAL LAW," THE VISIT OF D'ALEMBERT, AND THE AFFAIR OF BYNG
CHAPTER XXX THE INTERFERENCE IN THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR, THE "GENEVA" ARTICLE, AND LIFE AT DELICES
CHAPTER XXXI "THE LITERARY WAR," AND THE PURCHASE OF FERNEY AND TOURNEY
CHAPTER XXXII FERNEY
CHAPTER XXXIII "CANDIDE," AND "ECRASEZ L'INFaME"
CHAPTER XXXIV THE BATTLE OF PARTICLES, AND THE BATTLE OF COMEDIES
CHAPTER XXXV BUILDING A CHURCH, AND ENDOWING A DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XXXVI THE AFFAIR OF CALAS
CHAPTER XXXVII THE "TREATISE ON TOLERANCE"
CHAPTER XXXVIII THE SIRVENS AND LA BARRE
CHAPTER XXXIX VOLTAIRE AND GENEVA: VOLTAIRE AND LA HARPE
CHAPTER XL THE COLONY OF WATCHMAKERS AND WEAVERS
CHAPTER XLI THE PIGALLE STATUE, AND THE VINDICATION OF LALLY
CHAPTER XLII LATTER DAYS
CHAPTER XLIII THE LAST VISIT
CHAPTER XLIV THE END
INDEX
Contents.
List of Illustrations
(In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers] clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.)
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
(etext transcriber's note)
