Boileau sells his House at Auteuil 292 His Piety and strict Observances 293 Prepares a complete Edition of his Works 293 His "Dialogue on the Romances" 293 1711. Ætat. 75. His Death 293 His Character for Wit 294 The "Lutrin" his best Poem 295 RACINE. 1639-1699. 1639. Birth of Jean Racine 297 His Education at Beauvais 297 1655. Ætat. 16. Received as a Pupil at Port Royal 298 Rivalry of the Jesuits and Jansenists 298 His Enthusiasm for the Tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides 299 1660. Marriage of Louis XIV. 300 Racine on this Occasion writes the Ode "Nymphes de la Seine" 301 Chapelain recommends him to the Minister Colbert 301 Racine resides with his Uncle le Père Sconin at Uzès, in Provence 302 His Poem, "The Bath of Venus" 304 Returned to Paris, and employed by Molière in Dramatic Composition 304 1664. Ætat. 25. His "Alexandre" 305, 306 He teaches the celebrated Champmélé to recite 307 He replies to M. Nicole 307 His Tragedies of "Andromach" and "Britannicus" 308 He writes "Bérénice" in rivalry of Corneille on the same Subject 309 Henrietta of England, Duchess of Orléans 309 Partisans of Corneille 309 Racine's Comedy of "Les Plaideurs" 310 1673. He is admitted of the French Academy 312 Duke of Montauzier 312 Racine's "Iphigénie," "Bajazet," and "Mithridate" 312 "Phèdre," and Madame des Houlières' Sonnet on that Tragedy 312 Racine and Boileau, supposed to have written a Reply to Madame des Houlières, are threatened by the Duke of Nevers 313 Racine resolves on renouncing the Tragic Muse 313 1677. Ætat. 38. He meditates becoming Chartreux, but is counselled by his Confessor to marry 313 Character of Madame Racine 314