Delphi Collected Works of Voltaire (Series Six Book 5)

The Philosophical Fiction
ZADIG
	CONTENTS
	ZADIG; OR FATE.
	EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO THE SULTANA SERAA.
	I.
	II.
	III.
	IV.
	V.
	VI.
	VII.
	VIII.
	IX.
	X.
	XI.
	XII.
	XIII.
	XIII.(1)
	XIII.(2)
	XIV.
	XV.
	XVI.
	XVII.
	XVIII.
	XIX.
MICROMEGAS
	CONTENTS
	MICROMEGAS:
	I.
	II.
	III.
	IV.
	V.
	VI.
CANDIDE; OR, THE OPTIMIST
	CONTENTS
	INTRODUCTION
	I. HOW CANDIDE WAS BROUGHT UP IN A MAGNIFICENT CASTLE, AND HOW HE WAS EXPELLED THENCE.
	II. WHAT BECAME OF CANDIDE AMONG THE BULGARIANS.
	III. HOW CANDIDE MADE HIS ESCAPE FROM THE BULGARIANS, AND WHAT AFTERWARDS BECAME OF HIM.
	IV. HOW CANDIDE FOUND HIS OLD MASTER PANGLOSS, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.
	V. TEMPEST, SHIPWRECK, EARTHQUAKE, AND WHAT BECAME OF DOCTOR PANGLOSS, CANDIDE, AND JAMES THE ANABAPTIST.
	VI. HOW THE PORTUGUESE MADE A BEAUTIFUL AUTO-DA-FÉ, TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER EARTHQUAKES; AND HOW CANDIDE WAS PUBLICLY WHIPPED.
	VII. HOW THE OLD WOMAN TOOK CARE OF CANDIDE, AND HOW HE FOUND THE OBJECT HE LOVED.
	VIII. THE HISTORY OF CUNEGONDE.
	IX. WHAT BECAME OF CUNEGONDE, CANDIDE, THE GRAND INQUISITOR, AND THE JEW.
	X. IN WHAT DISTRESS CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, AND THE OLD WOMAN ARRIVED AT CADIZ; AND OF THEIR EMBARKATION.
	XI. HISTORY OF THE OLD WOMAN.
	XII. THE ADVENTURES OF THE OLD WOMAN CONTINUED.
	XIII. HOW CANDIDE WAS FORCED AWAY FROM HIS FAIR CUNEGONDE AND THE OLD WOMAN.
	XIV. HOW CANDIDE AND CACAMBO WERE RECEIVED BY THE JESUITS OF PARAGUAY.
	XV. HOW CANDIDE KILLED THE BROTHER OF HIS DEAR CUNEGONDE.
	XVI. ADVENTURES OF THE TWO TRAVELLERS, WITH TWO GIRLS, TWO MONKEYS, AND THE SAVAGES CALLED OREILLONS.
	XVII. ARRIVAL OF CANDIDE AND HIS VALET AT EL DORADO, AND WHAT THEY SAW THERE.
	XVIII. WHAT THEY SAW IN THE COUNTRY OF EL DORADO.
	XIX. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM AT SURINAM AND HOW CANDIDE GOT ACQUAINTED WITH MARTIN.
	XX. WHAT HAPPENED AT SEA TO CANDIDE AND MARTIN.
	XXI. CANDIDE AND MARTIN, REASONING, DRAW NEAR THE COAST OF FRANCE.
	XXII. WHAT HAPPENED IN FRANCE TO CANDIDE AND MARTIN.
	XXIII. CANDIDE AND MARTIN TOUCHED UPON THE COAST OF ENGLAND, AND WHAT THEY SAW THERE.
	XXIV. OF PAQUETTE AND FRIAR GIROFLÉE.
	XXV. THE VISIT TO LORD POCOCURANTE, A NOBLE VENETIAN.
	XXVI. OF A SUPPER WHICH CANDIDE AND MARTIN TOOK WITH SIX STRANGERS, AND WHO THEY WERE.
	XXVII. CANDIDE’S VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE.
	XXVIII. WHAT HAPPENED TO CANDIDE, CUNEGONDE, PANGLOSS, MARTIN, ETC.
	XXIX. HOW CANDIDE FOUND CUNEGONDE AND THE OLD WOMAN AGAIN.
	XXX. THE CONCLUSION.
L’INGÉNU
	CHAPTER I.
	CHAPTER II.
	CHAPTER III.
	CHAPTER IV.
	CHAPTER V.
	CHAPTER VI.
	CHAPTER VII.
	CHAPTER VIII.
	CHAPTER IX.
	CHAPTER X.
	CHAPTER XI.
	CHAPTER XII.
	CHAPTER XIII.
	CHAPTER XIV.
	CHAPTER XV.
	CHAPTER XVI.
	CHAPTER XVII.
	CHAPTER XVIII.
	CHAPTER XIX.
	CHAPTER XX.
THE MAN OF FORTY CROWNS
	CONTENTS
	I.
	II.
	III.
	IV.
	V.
	VI.
	VII.
	VIII.
	IX.
	X.
	XI.
	XII.
OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL TALES
	CONTENTS
	TAURUS.
	THE WHITE BULL.
	CHAPTER I.
	CHAPTER II.
	CHAPTER III.
	CHAPTER IV.
	CHAPTER V.
	CHAPTER VI.
	CHAPTER VII.
	CHAPTER VIII.
	CHAPTER IX.
	CHAPTER X.
	CHAPTER XI.
	THE SAGE AND THE ATHEIST.
	INTRODUCTION.
	CHAPTER I.
	CHAPTER II.
	CHAPTER III.
	CHAPTER IV.
	CHAPTER V.
	CHAPTER VI.
	CHAPTER VII.
	CHAPTER VIII.
	CHAPTER IX.
	CHAPTER X.
	CHAPTER XI.
	PRINCESS OF BABYLON
	CHAPTER I.
	CHAPTER II.
	CHAPTER III.
	CHAPTER IV.
	CHAPTER V.
	CHAPTER VI.
	CHAPTER VII.
	CHAPTER VIII.
	CHAPTER IX.
	CHAPTER X.
	CHAPTER XI.
	THE WORLD AS IT GOES.
	THE BLACK AND THE WHITE.
	MEMNON THE PHILOSOPHER.
	ANDRÉ DES TOUCHES AT SIAM.
	THE BLIND PENSIONERS AT QUINZE VINGT.
	BABABEC.
	RELIGIOUS ZEAL.
	THE STUDY OF NATURE.
	CHAPTER I.
	CHAPTER II.
	CHAPTER III.
	CHAPTER IV.
	A CONVERSATION WITH A CHINESE.
	ANDROGYNOUS DEITIES.
	PLATO’S DREAM.
	PLEASURE IN HAVING NO PLEASURE.
	AN ADVENTURE IN INDIA.
	JEANNOT AND COLIN.
	THE HISTORY OF THE TRAVELS OF SCARMENTADO.
	THE GOOD BRAMIN.
	THE TWO COMFORTERS.
	ANCIENT FAITH AND FABLE.
The Plays
OEDIPUS
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
MARIAMNE
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
ZAIRE
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	AN EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO MR. FALKENER, AN ENGLISH MERCHANT, SINCE AMBASSADOR AT CONSTANTINOPLE, WITH THE TRAGEDY OF ZAÏRE.
	A SECOND LETTER TO MR. FALKENER, THEN AMBASSADOR TO CONSTANTINOPLE.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
CAESAR
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
THE PRODIGIAL
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
MEROPE
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	A LETTER TO THE MARQUIS SCIPIO MAFFEI, AUTHOR OF THE ITALIAN MÉROPE, AND MANY OTHER CELEBRATED PERFORMANCES.
	A LETTER FROM M. DE LA LINDELLE TO M. DE VOLTAIRE.
	THE ANSWER OF M. DE VOLTAIRE TO M. DE LA LINDELLE.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
OLYMPIA
	CONTENTS
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
THE ORPHAN OF CHINA
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	TO THE MOST NOBLE DUKE OF RICHELIEU, MARSHAL AND PEER OF FRANCE, FIRST GENTLEMAN OF THE CHAMBER TO HIS MAJESTY, GOVERNOR OF LANGUEDOC, AND MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
BRUTUS
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
MAHOMET
	TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
	A LETTER FROM M. DE VOLTAIRE TO POPE BENEDICT XIV.
	THE ANSWER OF POPE BENEDICT XIV. TO M. DE VOLTAIRE.
	A LETTER OF THANKS FROM M. DE VOLTAIRE TO THE POPE.
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
AMELIA
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
SOCRATES
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
ALZIRE
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
ORESTES
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
SÉMIRAMIS
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
CATILINE
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
PANDORA
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
THE SCOTCH WOMAN
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
NANINE
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
THE PRUDE
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
	ACT II.
	ACT III.
	ACT IV.
	ACT V.
THE TATLER
	CONTENTS
	DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
	ACT I.
PREFACES TO PLAYS
	CONTENTS
	PREFACE TO MARIAMNE.
	PREFACE TO ORESTES.
	A LETTER TO HER MOST SERENE HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF MAINE.
	PREFACE TO CATILINE.
	PREFACE TO MÉROPE.
	A LETTER FROM THE JESUIT TOURNEMINE TO FATHER BRUMOY, ON THE TRAGEDY OF MÉROPE.
	PREFACE TO THE PRODIGAL.
	PREFACE TO NANINE.
	PREFACE TO SOCRATES.
	NOTE ON MAHOMET.
	PREFACE TO JULIUS CÆSAR.
	A LETTER FROM SIGNOR ALGAROTTI, TO SIGNOR FRANCHINI, ENVOY AT FLORENCE.
The Poetry
THE HENRIADE
	CONTENTS
	INTRODUCTION.
	CANTO I.
	CANTO II.
	CANTO III.
	CANTO IV.
	CANTO V.
	CANTO VI.
	CANTO VII.
	CANTO VIII.
	CANTO IX.
	CANTO X.
THE MAID OF ORLEANS
	CONTENTS
	NOTE
	AUX QUARANTE DE L’ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE FRANCE.
	EPISTOLARY PREFACE.
	LETTER OF MONSIEUR VOLTAIRE TO THE FRENCH ACADEMY.
	ANSWER OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY.
	CANTO I.
	CANTO II.
	CANTO III
	CANTO IV.
	CANTO V.
	CANTO VI.
	CANTO VII.
	CANTO VIII.
	CANTO IX.
	CANTO X.
	PREFACE OF THE EDITORS OF KEHL, TO THE EDITION OF THE PUCELLE D’ORLÉANS, OF MONSIEUR DE VOLTAIRE.
	PREFACE OF DON APULEIUS RISORIUS, THE BENEDICTINE.
	HISTORICAL PROBLEM RESPECTING THE EXECUTION OF LA PUCELLE D’ORLÉANS.
	CANTO XI.
	CANTO XII.
	CANTO XIII.
	CANTO XIV.
	CANTO XV.
	CANTO XVI.
	CANTO XVII.
	CANTO XVIII.
	CANTO XIX.
	CANTO XX.
	CANTO XXI.
	ADDITIONAL NOTES.
THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE AND OTHER POEMS
	CONTENTS
	AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE.
	THE LISBON EARTHQUAKE.
	AN INQUIRY INTO THE MAXIM, “WHATEVER IS, IS RIGHT.”
	PREFACE TO THE POEM ON THE LAW OF NATURE.
	THE LAW OF NATURE.
	PRAYER.
	THE TEMPLE OF TASTE.
	THE TEMPLE OF FRIENDSHIP.
	THOUGHTS ON THE NEWTONIAN PHILOSOPHY, ADDRESSED TO THE MARCHIONESS DU CHÂTELET.
	ON THE DEATH OF ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR, A CELEBRATED ACTRESS.
	TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA ON HIS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE.
	FROM LOVE TO FRIENDSHIP.
	THE WORLDLING.
	ON CALUMNY.
	THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO M. VOLTAIRE.
	ON THE ENGLISH GENIUS.
	WHAT PLEASES THE LADIES.
	THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE.
	THE EDUCATION OF A DAUGHTER.
	THE THREE MANNERS.
	TEONE.
	APAMIS.
	THELEMA AND MACAREUS.
	AZOLAN.
	THE ORIGIN OF TRADES.
	THE BATTLE OF FONTENOY.
	THE MAN OF THE WORLD.
	THE PADLOCK.
	IN CAMP BEFORE PHILIPPSBURG, JULY 3, 1734.
	ANSWER TO A LADY, OR A PERSON WHO WROTE TO VOLTAIRE AS SUCH.
	ENVY.
	THE NATURE OF VIRTUE.
	TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
	TO M. DE FONTENELLE.
	TO COUNT ALGAROTTI AT THE COURT OF SAXONY.
	TO CARDINAL QUIRINI.
	TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE PRINCESS OF .
	TO M. DE CIDEVILLE.
	TO -- .
	EPISTLE XIII.
	TO THE DUKE OF RICHELIEU, MARSHAL OF FRANCE, IN WHOSE HONOR THE SENATE OF GENOA HAD JUST BEFORE CAUSED A STATUE TO BE ERECTED.
	TO MADAM DE , ON THE MANNER OF LIVING AT PARIS AND VERSAILLES.
	TO THE PRINCE OF VENDôME.
	TO MADAM DE GONDOIN, AFTERWARD COUNTESS OF TOULOUSE, ON THE DANGER SHE HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO IN PASSING THE LOIRE IN 1719.
	TO THE DUKE DELAFEUILLADE.
	TO MARSHAL VILLARS.
	TO MONSIEUR GENONVILLE.
	TO THE COUNTESS OF FONTAINE-MARTEL.
	WRITTEN FROM PLOMBIÉRES TO M. PALLU, INTENDANT OF LYONS.
	THE NATURE OF PLEASURE.
	THE UTILITY OF SCIENCES TO PRINCES.
	EPISTLE IN ANSWER TO A LETTER, WITH WHICH, UPON HIS ACCESSION TO THE THRONE, THE KING OF PRUSSIA HONORED THE AUTHOR.
	EPISTLE TO THE KING, PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY AT THE CAMP BEFORE FREIBURG.
	ON THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES.
	TO THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY.
	INSCRIBED TO THE GENTLEMEN OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WHO SAILED TO THE POLAR CIRCLE AND THE EQUATOR, IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THE FIGURE OF THE EARTH.
	TO M. DE GERVASI, THE PHYSICIAN.
	THE REQUISITES TO HAPPINESS.
	TO A LADY, VERY WELL KNOWN TO THE WHOLE TOWN.
	FANATICISM.
	ON PEACE CONCLUDED IN 1736.
	TO ABBÉ CHAULIEU.
	PARIS
	ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING.
	TO PRESIDENT HÉNAULT, AUTHOR OF AN EXCELLENT WORK UPON THE HISTORY OF FRANCE.
	CANTO OF AN EPIC POEM.
	EPISTLE ON THE NEWTONIAN PHILOSOPHY. TO THE MARCHIONESS OF CHÂTELET.
The Philosophical Works
LETTERS ON ENGLAND
	CONTENTS
	INTRODUCTION
	LETTER I. - ON THE QUAKERS
	LETTER II. - ON THE QUAKERS
	LETTER III. - ON THE QUAKERS
	LETTER IV. - ON THE QUAKERS
	LETTER V. - ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
	LETTER VI. - ON THE PRESBYTERIANS
	LETTER VII. - ON THE SOCINIANS, OR ARIANS, OR ANTITRINITARIANS
	LETTER VIII. - ON THE PARLIAMENT
	LETTER IX. - ON THE GOVERNMENT
	LETTER X. - ON TRADE
	LETTER XI. - ON INOCULATION
	LETTER XII. - ON THE LORD BACON
	LETTER XIII. - ON MR. LOCKE
	LETTER XIV. - ON DESCARTES AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON
	LETTER XV. - ON ATTRACTION
	LETTER XVI. - ON SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S OPTICS
	LETTER XVII. - ON INFINITES IN GEOMETRY, AND SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S CHRONOLOGY
	LETTER XVIII. - ON TRAGEDY
	LETTER XIX. - ON COMEDY
	LETTER XX. - ON SUCH OF THE NOBILITY AS CULTIVATE THE BELLES LETTRES
	LETTER XXI. - ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER AND MR. WALLER
	LETTER XXII. - ON MR. POPE AND SOME OTHER FAMOUS POETS
	LETTER XXIII. - ON THE REGARD THAT OUGHT TO BE SHOWN TO MEN OF LETTERS
	LETTER XXIV. - ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND OTHER ACADEMIES
PHILOSOPHICAL LETTERS
	CONTENTS
	THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
	THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
	ENGLISH COMMERCE.
	INOCULATION.
	CHANCELLOR BACON.
	LOCKE.
	SUICIDE.
	ENGLISH TRAGEDY.
	ON THE ENGLISH COMEDY.
	THE COMEDY OF THE SCOTCH-WOMAN.
	TO THE GENTLEMEN OF PARIS.
	ON COURTIERS WHO HAVE CULTIVATED LEARNING.
	THE EARL OF ROCHESTER AND MR. WALLER.
	PRIOR; THAT SINGULAR POEM CALLED “HUDIBRAS”; AND DEAN SWIFT.
	ON POPE.
	THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND ACADEMIES.
	ON CROMWELL.
	THE MISFORTUNES OF CHARLES I.
	OLIVER CROMWELL.
	ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES II.
	THE ENGLISH THEATRE.
	PLAN OF THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET.
	PLAN OF “THE ORPHAN.”
	SHORT REFLECTIONS.
	THE SEVERAL REVOLUTIONS IN THE TRAGIC ART.
	PARALLEL BETWEEN HORACE, BOILEAU, AND POPE.
	A DISCOURSE ON TRAGEDY.
	THE RELIGION OF THE QUAKERS.
	THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
	THE PRESBYTERIANS.
	THE SOCINIANS, OR ARIANS, OR ANTITRINITARIANS.
	THE PEOPLING OF AMERICA.
	FERNANDO CORTÉS.
	THE CONQUEST OF PERU.
	THE NEGRO.
	THE FRENCH IN AMERICA.
	THE FRENCH ISLANDS, AND THE BUCCANEERS, OR FREEBOOTERS.
	POSSESSIONS OF THE ENGLISH AND DUTCH IN AMERICA.
	ON PARAGUAY.
	THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR GLOBE.
A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY
	CONTENTS
	A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY.
	A, B, C - APPARITION
	A.
	A, B, C, OR ALPHABET.
	ABBÉ.
	ABBEY - ABBOT.
	ABLE - ABILITY.
	ABRAHAM.
	ABUSE.
	ABUSE OF WORDS.
	ACADEMY.
	ADAM.
	ADORATION.
	ADULTERY.
	AFFIRMATION OR OATH.
	AGAR, OR HAGAR.
	ALCHEMY.
	ALKORAN; OR, MORE PROPERLY, THE KORAN.
	ALEXANDER.
	ALEXANDRIA.
	ALGIERS.
	ALLEGORIES.
	ALMANAC.
	ALTARS, TEMPLES, RITES, SACRIFICES, ETC.
	AMAZONS.
	AMBIGUITY - EQUIVOCATION.
	AMERICA.
	AMPLIFICATION.
	ANCIENTS AND MODERNS.
	ANECDOTES.
	ANGELS.
	ANNALS.
	ANNATS.
	ANTHROPOMORPHITES.
	ANTI-LUCRETIUS.
	ANTIQUITY.
	APIS.
	APOCALYPSE.
	ANTI-TRINITARIANS.
	APOCRYPHA - APOCRYPHAL.
	APOSTATE.
	APOSTLES.
	APPARITION.
	APPEARANCE.
	APROPOS.
	ARABS; AND, OCCASIONALLY, ON THE BOOK OF JOB.
	ARARAT.
	ARIANISM.
	ARISTEAS.
	ARISTOTLE.
	ARMS - ARMIES.
	AROT AND MAROT.
	ART OF POETRY.
	ARTS - FINE ARTS.
	ASMODEUS.
	ASPHALTUS.
	ASS.
	ASSASSIN - ASSASSINATION.
	ASTROLOGY.
	ASTRONOMY,
	ATHEISM.
	ATHEIST.
	ATOMS.
	AVARICE.
	AUGURY.
	AUGUSTINE.
	AUGUSTUS (OCTAVIUS).
	AVIGNON.
	AUSTERITIES.
	AUTHORS.
	AUTHORITY.
	AXIS.
	BACCHUS.
	BACON (ROGER).
	BANISHMENT.
	BAPTISM.
	BARUCH, OR BARAK, AND DEBORAH;
	BATTALION.
	BAYLE.
	BDELLIUM.
	BEARD.
	BEASTS.
	BEAUTIFUL (THE).
	BEES.
	BEGGAR - MENDICANT
	BEKKER,
	BETHSHEMESH.
	BILHAH - BASTARDS
	BISHOP.
	BLASPHEMY.
	BODY.
	BOOKS.
	BOURGES.
	BRACHMANS - BRAHMINS.
	BREAD-TREE.
	BUFFOONERY - BURLESQUE - LOW COMEDY.
	BULGARIANS.
	BULL.
	BULL (PAPAL).
	CÆSAR.
	CALENDS.
	CANNIBALS.
	CASTING (IN METAL).
	CATO.
	CELTS.
	CEREMONIES - TITLES - PRECEDENCE.
	CERTAIN - CERTAINTY.
	CHAIN OF CREATED BEINGS.
	CHAIN OR GENERATION OF EVENTS.
	CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE GLOBE.
	CHARACTER.
	CHARITY.
	CHARLES IX.
	CHINA.
	CHRISTIANITY.
	CHRISTMAS.
	CHRONOLOGY.
	CHURCH.
	CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
	CHURCH PROPERTY.
	CICERO.
	CIRCUMCISION.
	CLERK - CLERGY.
	CLIMATE.
	COHERENCE - COHESION - ADHESION.
	COMMERCE.
	COMMON SENSE.
	CONFESSION.
	CONFISCATION.
	CONSCIENCE.
	CONSEQUENCE.
	CONSTANTINE.
	CONTRADICTIONS.
	CONTRAST.
	CONVULSIONARIES.
	CORN.
	COUNCILS.
	COUNTRY.
	CRIMES OR OFFENCES.
	CRIMINAL.
	CROMWELL.
	CUISSAGE.
	CURATE (OF THE COUNTRY).
	CURIOSITY.
	CUSTOMS - USAGES.
	CYRUS.
	DANTE.
	DECRETALS.
	DELUGE (UNIVERSAL).
	DEMOCRACY.
	DEMONIACS.
	DESTINY.
	DEVOTEE.
	DICTIONARY.
	DIOCLETIAN.
	DIONYSIUS, ST. (THE AREOPAGITE), AND THE FAMOUS ECLIPSE.
	DIODORUS OF SICILY, AND HERODOTUS.
	DIRECTOR.
	DISPUTES.
	DISTANCE.
	DIVINITY OF JESUS.
	DIVORCE.
	DOG.
	DOGMAS.
	DONATIONS.
	DRINKING HEALTHS.
	THE DRUIDS.
	EASE.
	ECLIPSE.
	ECONOMY (RURAL).
	ECONOMY OF SPEECH -
	ELEGANCE.
	ELIAS OR ELIJAH, AND ENOCH.
	ELOQUENCE.
	EMBLEMS.
	ENCHANTMENT.
	END OF THE WORLD.
	ENTHUSIASM.
	ENVY.
	EPIC POETRY.
	EPIPHANY.
	EQUALITY.
	ESSENIANS.
	ETERNITY.
	EUCHARIST.
	EXECUTION.
	EXECUTIONER.
	EXPIATION.
	EXTREME.
	EZEKIEL.
	FACTION.
	FACULTY.
	FAITH.
	FALSITY.
	FALSITY OF HUMAN VIRTUES.
	FANATICISM.
	FANCY.
	FASTI.
	FATHERS - MOTHERS - CHILDREN.
	FAVOR.
	FAVORITE.
	FEASTS.
	FERRARA.
	FEVER.
	FICTION.
	FIERTÉ.
	FIGURE.
	FIGURED - FIGURATIVE.
	FIGURE IN THEOLOGY.
	FINAL CAUSES.
	FINESSE, FINENESS, ETC.
	FIRE.
	FIRMNESS.
	FLATTERY.
	FORCE (PHYSICAL).
	FORCE - STRENGTH.
	FRANCHISE.
	FRANCIS XAVIER.
	FRANKS - FRANCE - FRENCH
	FRAUD.
	FREE-WILL.
	FRENCH LANGUAGE.
	FRIENDSHIP.
	FRIVOLITY.
	GALLANT.
	GARGANTUA.
	GAZETTE.
	GENEALOGY.
	GENESIS.
	GENII.
	GENIUS.
	GEOGRAPHY.
	GLORY - GLORIOUS.
	GOAT - SORCERY.
	GOD - GODS.
	GOOD - THE SOVEREIGN GOOD, A CHIMERA.
	GOOD.
	GOSPEL.
	GOVERNMENT.
	GOURD OR CALABASH.
	GRACE.
	GRACE (OF).
	GRAVE - GRAVITY.
	GREAT - GREATNESS.
	GREEK.
	GUARANTEE.
	GREGORY VII.
	HAPPY - HAPPILY.
	HEAVEN (CIEL MATÉRIEL).
	HEAVEN OF THE ANCIENTS.
	HELL.
	HELL (DESCENT INTO).
	HERESY.
	HERMES.
	HISTORIOGRAPHER.
	HISTORY.
	HONOR.
	HUMILITY.
	HYPATIA.
	IDENTITY.
	IDOL - IDOLATER - IDOLATRY.
	IGNATIUS LOYOLA.
	IGNORANCE.
	IMAGINATION.
	IMPIOUS.
	IMPOST.
	IMPOTENCE.
	INALIENATION - INALIENABLE.
	INCEST.
	INCUBUS.
	INFINITY.
	INFLUENCE.
	INITIATION.
	INNOCENTS.
	INQUISITION.
	INSTINCT.
	INTEREST.
	INTOLERANCE.
	INUNDATION.
	JEHOVAH.
	JEPHTHAH.
	JESUITS; OR PRIDE.
	JEWS.
	JOB.
	JOSEPH.
	JUDÆA.
	JULIAN.
	JUST AND UNJUST.
	JUSTICE.
	KING.
	KISS.
	LAUGHTER.
	LAW (NATURAL).
	LAW (SALIC).
	LAW (CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL).
	LAWS.
	LAWS (SPIRIT OF).
	LENT.
	LEPROSY, ETC.
	LETTERS (MEN OF).
	LIBERTY.
	LIBERTY OF OPINION.
	LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
	LOVE.
	LOVE OF GOD.
	LOVE (SOCRATIC LOVE).
	LUXURY.
	MADNESS.
	MAGIC.
	MALADY - MEDICINE.
	MAN.
	MARRIAGE.
	MARY MAGDALEN.
	MARTYRS.
	MASS.
	MASSACRES.
	MASTER.
	MATTER.
	MEETINGS (PUBLIC).
	MESSIAH.
	METAMORPHOSIS.
	METAPHYSICS.
	MIND (LIMITS OF THE HUMAN).
	MIRACLES.
	MISSION.
	MONEY.
	MONSTERS.
	MORALITY.
	MOSES.
	MOTION.
	MOUNTAIN.
	NAIL.
	NATURE.
	NECESSARY - NECESSITY.
	NEW - NOVELTIES.
	NUDITY.
	NUMBER.
	NUMBERING.
	OCCULT QUALITIES.
	OFFENCES (LOCAL).
	ONAN.
	OPINION.
	OPTIMISM.
	ORACLES.
	ORDEAL.
	ORDINATION.
	ORIGINAL SIN.
	OVID.
	PARADISE.
	PASSIONS.
	PAUL.
	PERSECUTION.
	PETER (SAINT).
	PETER THE GREAT AND J.J. ROUSSEAU.
	PHILOSOPHER.
	PHILOSOPHY.
	PHYSICIANS.
	PIRATES OR BUCCANEERS.
	PLAGIARISM.
	PLATO.
	POETS.
	POISONINGS.
	POLICY.
	POLYPUS.
	POLYTHEISM.
	POPERY.
	POPULATION.
	POSSESSED.
	POST.
	POWER - OMNIPOTENCE.
	POWER.
	PRAYER (PUBLIC), THANKSGIVING, ETC.
	PREJUDICE.
	PRESBYTERIAN.
	PRETENSIONS.
	PRIDE.
	PRIESTS.
	PRIESTS OF THE PAGANS.
	PRIOR, BUTLER, AND SWIFT.
	PRIVILEGE - PRIVILEGED CASES.
	PROPERTY.
	PROPHECIES.
	PROPHETS.
	PROVIDENCE.
	PURGATORY.
	QUACK (OR CHARLATAN).
	RAVAILLAC.
	REASONABLE, OR RIGHT.
	RELICS.
	RELIGION.
	RHYME.
	RESURRECTION.
	RIGHTS.
	CANONICAL RIGHTS - OR LAW.
	RIVERS.
	ROADS.
	ROD.
	ROME (COURT OF).
	SAMOTHRACE.
	SAMSON.
	SATURN’S RING.
	SCANDAL.
	SCHISM.
	SCROFULA.
	SECT.
	SELF-LOVE.
	SENSATION.
	SENTENCES (REMARKABLE).
	SENTENCES OF DEATH.
	SERPENTS.
	SHEKEL.
	SIBYL.
	SINGING.
	SLAVES.
	SLEEPERS (THE SEVEN).
	SLOW BELLIES (VENTRES PARESSEUX).
	SOCIETY (ROYAL) OF LONDON, AND ACADEMIES.
	SOCRATES.
	SOLOMON.
	SOMNAMBULISTS AND DREAMERS.
	SOPHIST.
	SOUL.
	SPACE.
	STAGE (POLICE OF THE).
	STATES - GOVERNMENTS.
	STATES-GENERAL.
	STYLE.
	VARIOUS STYLES DISTINGUISHED.
	SUPERSTITION.
	SYMBOL, OR CREDO.
	SYSTEM.
	TABOR, OR THABOR.
	TALISMAN.
	TARTUFFE - TARTUFERIE.
	TASTE.
	TAUROBOLIUM.
	TAX - FEE.
	TEARS.
	TERELAS.
	TESTES.
	THEISM.
	THEIST.
	THEOCRACY.
	THEODOSIUS.
	THEOLOGIAN.
	THUNDER.
	TOLERATION.
	TOPHET.
	TORTURE.
	TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
	TRINITY.
	TRUTH.
	TYRANNY.
	TYRANT.
	UNIVERSITY.
	USAGES.
	VAMPIRES.
	VELETRI.
	VENALITY.
	VENICE.
	VERSE.
	VIANDS.
	VIRTUE.
	VISION.
	VISION OF CONSTANTINE.
	VOWS.
	VOYAGE OF ST. PETER TO ROME.
	WALLER.
	WAR.
	WEAKNESS ON BOTH SIDES.
	WHYS (THE).
	WICKED.
	WILL.
	WIT, SPIRIT, INTELLECT.
	WOMEN.
	XENOPHANES.
	XENOPHON, AND THE RETREAT OF THE TEN THOUSAND.
	YVETOT.
	ZEAL.
	ZOROASTER.
	DECLARATION OF THE AMATEURS, IN-QUIRERS, AND DOUBTERS,
TOLERATION AND OTHER ESSAYS
	CONTENTS
	INTRODUCTION
	ON TOLERATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF JEAN CALAS
	SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF JEAN CALAS
	CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXECUTION OF JEAN CALAS
	THE IDEA OF THE REFORMATION
	WHETHER TOLERATION IS DANGEROUS, AND AMONG WHAT PEOPLES IT IS FOUND
	HOW TOLERATION MAY BE ADMITTED
	WHETHER INTOLERANCE IS OF NATURAL AND HUMAN LAW
	WHETHER INTOLERANCE WAS KNOWN TO THE GREEKS
	WHETHER THE ROMANS WERE TOLERANT
	THE MARTYRS
	OF THE DANGER OF FALSE LEGENDS, AND OF PERSECUTION
	ABUSES OF INTOLERANCE
	WHETHER INTOLERANCE WAS OF DIVINE RIGHT IN JUDAISM, AND WHETHER IT WAS ALWAYS PRACTISED.
	EXTREME TOLERANCE OF THE JEWS
	WHETHER INTOLERANCE WAS TAUGHT BY CHRIST
	THE ONLY CASES IN WHICH INTOLERANCE IS HUMANLY LAWFUL
	ACCOUNT OF A CONTROVERSIAL DISPUTE IN CHINA
	WHETHER IT IS USEFUL TO MAINTAIN THE PEOPLE IN SUPERSTITION
	VIRTUE BETTER THAN SCIENCE
	OF UNIVERSAL TOLERATION
	ON SUPERSTITION
	ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
	ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
	EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS (Translated from the Italian of Count de Corbera)
	ARTICLE I.
	ARTICLE II.
	ARTICLE III.
	ARTICLE IV.
	ARTICLE V.
	ARTICLE VI.
	ARTICLE VII.
	ARTICLE VIII.
	First Imposture
	Second Chief Imposture
	Third Chief Imposture (which contains several)
	Fourth Imposture
	Fifth Imposture
	Sixth Chief Imposture
	Seventh Chief Imposture On the Supposed Pontificate of Simon Barjona, Called Peter
	Eighth Imposture
	Ninth Imposture
	ARTICLE IX.
	THE SERMON OF THE FIFTY
	PRAYER
	SERMON
	First Point
	Second Point
	Third Point
	THE QUESTIONS OF ZAPATA
	WE MUST TAKE SIDES; Or, the Principle of Action
	INTRODUCTION
	I: OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ACTION
	II: OF THE NECESSARY AND ETERNAL PRINCIPLE OF ACTION
	III: WHAT IS THIS PRINCIPLE?
	IV: WHERE IS THE FIRST PRINCIPLE? IS IT INFINITE?
	V: THAT ALL THE WORKS OF THE ETERNAL BEING ARE ETERNAL
	VI: THAT THE ETERNAL BEING, AND FIRST PRINCIPLE, HAS ARRANGED ALL THINGS VOLUNTARILY
	VII: THAT ALL BEINGS, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, ARE SUBJECT TO ETERNAL LAWS
	VIII: THAT MAN IS ESSENTIALLY SUBJECT IN EVERYTHING TO THE ETERNAL LAWS OF THE FIRST PRINCIPLE
	IX: OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ACTION IN SENTIENT BEINGS
	X: OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ACTION CALLED THE SOUL
	XI: EXAMINATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ACTION CALLED THE SOUL
	XII: WHETHER THE PRINCIPLE OF ACTION IN ANIMALS IS FREE
	XIII: OF THE LIBERTY OF MAN, AND OF DESTINY
	XIV: ABSURDITY OF WHAT IS CALLED LIBERTY OF INDIFFERENCE
	XV: OF EVIL AND, IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE DESTRUCTION OF BEASTS
	XVI: OF EVIL IN THE ANIMAL CALLED MAN
	XVII: ROMANCES INVENTED TO EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN OF EVIL
	XVIII: OF THE SAME ROMANCES, IMITATED BY BARBARIC NATIONS
	XIX: DISCOURSE OF AN ATHEIST ON ALL THIS
	XX: DISCOURSE OF A MANICHÆAN
	XXI: DISCOURSE OF A PAGAN
	XXII: DISCOURSE OF A JEW
	XXIII: DISCOURSE OF A TURK
	XXIV: DISCOURSE OF A THEIST
	XXV: DISCOURSE OF A CITIZEN
	POEM ON THE LISBON DISASTER; Or an Examination of the Axiom, “All is Well”
AN ESSAY ON CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
	CONTENTS
	PREFACE OF THE TRANSLATOR.
	INTRODUCTION.
	CHAPTER I. OF THE ORIGIN OF PUNISHMENTS.
	CHAPTER II. OF THE RIGHT TO PUNISH.
	CHAPTER III. CONSEQUENCES OF THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES.
	CHAPTER IV. OF THE INTERPRETATION OF LAWS.
	CHAPTER V. OF THE OBSCURITY OF LAWS.
	CHAPTER VI. OF THE PROPORTION BETWEEN CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.
	CHAPTER VII. OF ESTIMATING THE DEGREE OF CRIMES.
	CHAPTER VIII. OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMES.
	CHAPTER IX. OF HONOUR.
	CHAPTER X. OF DUELLING.
	CHAPTER XI. OF CRIMES WHICH DISTURB THE PUBLIC TRANQUILLITY.
	CHAPTER XII. OF THE INTENT OF PUNISHMENTS.
	CHAPTER XIII. OF THE CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES.
	CHAPTER XIV. OF EVIDENCE AND THE PROOFS OF A CRIME, AND OF THE FORM OF JUDGMENT.
	CHAPTER XV. OF SECRET ACCUSATIONS.
	CHAPTER XVI. OF TORTURE.
	CHAPTER XVII. OF PECUNIARY PUNISHMENTS.
	CHAPTER XVIII. OF OATHS.
	CHAPTER XIX. OF THE ADVANTAGE OF IMMEDIATE PUNISHMENT.
	CHAPTER XX. OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
	CHAPTER XXI. OF THE PUNISHMENT OF THE NOBLES.
	CHAPTER XXII. OF ROBBERY.
	CHAPTER XXIII. OF INFAMY, CONSIDERED AS A PUNISHMENT.
	CHAPTER XXIV. OF IDLENESS.
	CHAPTER XXV. OF BANISHMENT, AND CONFISCATION.
	CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE SPIRIT OF FAMILY IN STATES.
	CHAPTER XXVII. OF THE MILDNESS OF PUNISHMENTS.
	CHAPTER XXVIII. OF THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
	CHAPTER XXIX. OF IMPRISONMENT.
	CHAPTER XXX. OF PROSECUTION AND PRESCRIPTION.
	CHAPTER XXXI. OF CRIMES OF DIFFICULT PROOF.
	CHAPTER XXXII. OF SUICIDE.
	CHAPTER XXXIII. OF SMUGGLING.
	CHAPTER XXXIV. OF BANKRUPTS.
	CHAPTER XXXV. OF SANCTUARIES.
	CHAPTER XXXVI. OF REWARDS FOR APPREHENDING, OR KILLING CRIMINALS.
	CHAPTER XXXVII. OF ATTEMPTS. ACCOMPLICES AND PARDON.
	CHAPTER XXXVIII. OF SUGGESTIVE INTERROGATIONS.
	CHAPTER XXXIX. OF A PARTICULAR KIND OF CRIMES.
	CHAPTER XL. OF FALSE IDEAS OF UTILITY.
	CHAPTER XLI. OF THE MEANS OF PREVENTING CRIMES.
	CHAPTER XLII. OF THE SCIENCES.
	CHAPTER XLIII. OF MAGISTRATES.
	CHAPTER XLIV. OF REWARDS.
	CHAPTER XLV. OF EDUCATION.
	CHAPTER XLVI. OF PARDONS.
	CHAPTER XLVII. CONCLUSION.
	A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.
	CHAPTER I. THE OCCASION OF THIS COMMENTARY.
	CHAPTER II. OF PUNISHMENTS.
	CHAPTER III. ON THE PUNISHMENT OF HERETICS.
	CHAPTER IV. ON THE EXTIRPATION OF HERESY.
	CHAPTER V. OF PROFANATION.
	CHAPTER VI. OF THE INDULGENCE OF THE ROMANS IN MATTERS OF RELIGION.
	CHAPTER VII. ON THE CRIME OF PREACHING; AND OF ANTHONY.
	CHAPTER VIII. THE HISTORY OF SIMON MORIN.
	CHAPTER IX. OF WITCHES.
	CHAPTER X. ON THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
	CHAPTER XI. ON DEATH WARRANTS.
	CHAPTER XII. ON TORTURE.
	CHAPTER XIII. OF CERTAIN SANGUINARY TRIBUNALS.
	CHAPTER XIV. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POLITICAL AND NATURAL LAWS.
	CHAPTER XV. ON THE CRIME OF HIGH-TREASON. ON TITUS OATES, AND ON THE DEATH OF AUGUSTIN DE THOU.
	CHAPTER XVI. OF RELIGIOUS CONFESSION.
	CHAPTER XVII. OF FALSE MONEY.
	CHAPTER XVIII. ON DOMESTIC THEFT.
	CHAPTER XIX. ON SUICIDE.
	CHAPTER XX. ON A CERTAIN SPECIES OF MUTILATION.
	CHAPTER XXI. ON CONFISCATION.
	CHAPTER XXII. ON CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, AND OTHER FORMS.
	CHAPTER XXIII. THE IDEA OF REFORMATION.
The Historical Works
AGE OF LOUIS XIV
	CONTENTS
	INTRODUCTION TO THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV.
	CHAPTER I. THE STATES OF EUROPE BEFORE LOUIS XIV.
	CHAPTER II. MINORITY OF LOUIS XIV. - THE VICTORIES OF THE FRENCH UNDER THE GREAT CONDE, THEN DUKE OF ENGHIEN.
	CHAPTER III. THE CIVIL WAR.
	CHAPTER IV. CONTINUATION OF THE CIVIL WAR, TILL THE END OF THE REBELLION IN 1654.
	CHAPTER V. FRANCE, TILL THE DEATH OF CARDINAL MAZARIN, 1661.
	CHAPTER VI. LOUIS XIV. GOVERNS ALONE - HE OBLIGES THE SPANISH BRANCH OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA TO YIELD HIM THE PRECEDENCY EVERYWHERE, AND THE COURT OF ROME TO GIVE HIM SATISFACTION - HE PURCHASES DUNKIRK, SENDS AID TO THE EMPEROR, THE DUTCH, AND THE PORTUGUESE, AND RENDERS HIS KINGDOM POWERFUL AND FLOURISHING.
	CHAPTER VII. THE CONQUEST OF FLANDERS.
	CHAPTER VIII. CONQUEST OF FRANCHE-COMTÉ - PEACE OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.
	CHAPTER IX. MAGNIFICENCE OF LOUIS XIV. - CONQUEST OF HOLLAND.
	CHAPTER X. HOLLAND EVACUATED - FRANCHÉ-COMTE CONQUERED A SECOND TIME.
	CHAPTER XI. THE GLORIOUS CAMPAIGN AND DEATH OF MARSHAL TURENNE.
	CHAPTER XII. FROM THE DEATH OF TURENNE TILL THE PEACE OF NIMEGUEN, IN 1678.
	CHAPTER XIII. THE TAKING OF STRASBURG - THE BOMBARDING OF ALGIERS - THE SUBMISSION OF THE GENOESE - THE EMBASSY FROM THE EMPEROR OF SIAM - THE POPE BRAVED IN ROME - THE SUCCESSION TO THE ELECTORATE OF COLOGNE DISPUTED.
	CHAPTER XIV. JAMES II. OF ENGLAND DETHRONED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW, WILLIAM III., AND PROTECTED BY LOUIS XIV.
	CHAPTER XV. THE CONTINENT WHILE WILLIAM III. WAS INVADING ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, TILL THE YEAR 1697 - BURNING OF THE PALATINATE - VICTORIES OF MARSHALS CATINAT AND LUXEMBOURG.
	CHAPTER XVI. TREATY WITH SAVOY - MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY - PEACE OF RYSWICK - STATE OF FRANCE AND EUROPE - DEATH AND LAST WILL OF CHARLES II., KING OF SPAIN.
	CHAPTER XVII. THE WAR OF 1701 - CONDUCT OF PRINCE EUGENE, MARSHAL VILLEROI, THE DUKE OF VENDÔME, THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, AND MARSHAL VILLARS; UNTIL THE YEAR 1703.
	CHAPTER XVIII. LOSS OF THE BATTLE OF HÖCHSTÄDT, OR BLENHEIM.
	CHAPTER XIX. LOSSES IN SPAIN - THE BATTLES OF RAMILLIES AND TURIN, AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES.
	CHAPTER XX. LOSSES OF THE FRENCH AND SPANIARDS CONTINUED - LOUIS XIV. HUMBLED; HIS PERSEVERANCE AND RESOURCES - BATTLE OF MALPLAQUET.
	CHAPTER XXI. LOUIS XIV. CONTINUES TO SOLICIT PEACE, AND TO DEFEND HIMSELF - THE DUKE OF VENDÔME SECURES THE KING OF SPAIN ON HIS THRONE.
	CHAPTER XXII. VICTORY GAINED BY MARSHAL VILLARS AT DENAIN - THE AFFAIRS OF FRANCE RETRIEVED - THE GENERAL PEACE.
	CHAPTER XXIII. PRIVATE ANECDOTES OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV.
	CHAPTER XXIV. ANECDOTES CONTINUED.
	CHAPTER XXV. ADDITIONAL MEMOIRS.
	CHAPTER XXVI. LAST YEARS OF LOUIS XIV.
	CHAPTER XXVII. GOVERNMENT, COMMERCE, LAWS, MILITARY DISCIPLINE, UNDER LOUIS XIV.
	CHAPTER XXVIII. FINANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV.
	CHAPTER XXIX. PROGRESS OF THE SCIENCES.
	CHAPTER XXX. THE POLITE ARTS IN EUROPE AT THE TIME OF LOUIS XIV.
	CHAPTER XXXI. THE CHILDREN OF LOUIS XIV. - THE SOVEREIGN PRINCES CONTEMPORARY WITH HIM - HIS GENERALS AND MINISTERS.
	CHAPTER XXXII. CELEBRATED ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS.
THE HISTORY OF PETER THE GREAT, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA
	CONTENTS
	CHAPTER I.
	CHAPTER II.
	CHAPTER III.
	CHAPTER IV.
	CHAPTER V.
	CHAPTER VI.
	CHAPTER VII.
	CHAPTER VIII.
	CHAPTER IX.
	CHAPTER X.
	CHAPTER XI.
	CHAPTER XII.
	CHAPTER XIII.
	CHAPTER XIV.
	CHAPTER XV.
	CHAPTER XVI.
	CHAPTER XVII.
	CHAPTER XVIII.
	CHAPTER XIX.
	CHAPTER XX.
	CHAPTER XXI.
	CHAPTER XXII.
	CHAPTER XXIII.
	CHAPTER XXIV.
	CHAPTER XXV.
	CHAPTER XXVI.
	CHAPTER XXVII.
	CHAPTER XXVIII.
	CHAPTER XXIX.
	CHAPTER XXX.
	CHAPTER XXXI.
	CHAPTER XXXII.
	CHAPTER XXXIII.
	CHAPTER XXXIV.
	CHAPTER XXXV.
	CHAPTER XXXVI.
HISTORY OF CHARLES XII
	CONTENTS
	A DISCOURSE ON THE HISTORY OF CHARLES XII.
	CHAPTER I.
	CHAPTER II.
	CHAPTER III.
	CHAPTER IV.
	CHAPTER V.
	CHAPTER VI.
	CHAPTER VII.
	CHAPTER VIII.
The Criticism
VOLTAIRE by John Cowper Powys
VOLTAIRE’S TRAGEDIES by Lytton Strachey
VOLTAIRE AND FREDERICK THE GREAT by Lytton Strachey
INGERSOLL’S LECTURE ON VOLTAIRE by Robert Green Ingersoll
VOLTAIRE AND KING STANISLAS by Henry W. Wolff
VOLTAIRE IN THE NETHERLANDS by C. A. Van Sypesteyn
The Biographies
VOLTAIRE by John Morley
	CONTENTS
	NOTE.
	CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY.
	CHAPTER II. ENGLISH INFLUENCES.
	CHAPTER III. LITERATURE.
	CHAPTER IV. BERLIN.
	CHAPTER V. RELIGION.
VOLTAIRE: A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS by G. W. Foote and J. M. Wheeler
	CONTENTS
	INTRODUCTION
	PREFACE
	EARLY LIFE
	HEGIRA TO ENGLAND
	EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND
	AT CIREY
	“CANDIDE”
	THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA
	LAST DAYS
	HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES
	TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE
	SELECTIONS FROM VOLTAIRE’S WORKS
	History
	Wars
	Politics
	The Population Question
	Nature’s Way
	Prayer
	Doubt and Speculation
	Dr. Pangloss and the Dervish
	Motives for Conduct
	Self-Love
	Go From Your Village
	Religious Prejudices
	Sacred History
	Dupe And Rogue
	“Delenda Est Carthago”
	Jesus and Mohammed
	How Faiths Spread
	Superstition
	The Bible
	Transubstantiation
	Dreams and Ghosts
	Mortifying the Flesh
	Heaven
	Magic
	DETACHED THOUGHTS
VOLTAIRE: BRIEF BIOGRAPHY by George Saintsbury