Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de, observations of, I. 30. His pillage of Rabelais, 34. His Commentary on the "Cid," 45, n. 61. Patronises a lady descended from the daughter of Corneille, 61. His observation on the duke of Rochefoucauld's "Maxims," 63. His opinion of Molière, 146. On Pascal, 203, n. Of madame de Sévigné, 255. His censure of Boileau, 264, n. His "Siècle de Louis XIV.," 345, n. His letters, II. 1. His infidel principles, 2. Distinction between Christianity and that religion known as the church of Rome, 2. His birth in 1694, 4. Educated in the college of Louis-le-Grand, 5. Introduced to Parisian society, 6. His love for mademoiselle du Noyer, 8. His reconciliation with his father, M. Arouet, 9. Is placed as pupil with M. Alain, attorney, 9. Is enamoured with madame de Villars, 9. He visits M. de Caumartin, 10. His return to Paris, the duke of Orléans being regent, 11. Is sent to the Bastille for verses imputed to him, 11. Liberated on the mistake being proved, 11. Writes the "Henriade," 12. Its interest, 14. His tragedy of "Œdipus." 15. 19. His mode of life, 16. Visits the châteaux of the nobility, 16. Has the small-pox, 16. His tragedy of "Mariamne," 16. Visits Holland, 17. His quarrel with J. J. Rousseau, 17. Is insulted by Chev. de Rohan, challenges him; but is sent to the Bastille, banished, and visits England, 18. Studies Locke and Newton, 18. An edition of the "Henriade," in London, enriches him, 19. 20. Returns to Paris, 19. Success of his tragedies, 19. The priests detest him, 19. Acquires some wealth by his pen and by inheritance, 20. Purchases the estate of Voltaire, and assumes that name, 21. His attachment for madame du Châtelet, 21. His "Brutus" and "Eryphile" unsuccessful tragedies, 22. Pathos of his "Zaire," 22. Rapidly composed, 22. Its success, 22. Increase of his fame, 22. His "Charles XII.," 23. "Siècle de Louis XIV.," 23. 25. 30. 60. 64. Is constrained to withdraw into Normandy, having offended the clergy, 64. His "Lettres sur les Anglais," 64. Lettre de cachet issued against him for that publication, 24. 32. Conceals himself at the marquis du Châtelet's in Champagne, 32. His "Mérope," "Mahomet," &c., 25. He acts in a private theatre, 25. Writes the "Pucelle d'Orléans," 25. 28. 33. Revisits Cirey and the marquis du Châtelet, 26. 28. His conduct towards madame de Graffigny, 33. His "Correspondence" with Frederic the Great, 35. 37. The poet and king flatter and quarrel, 36. Visits Frederic in Germany, 39. "Mahomet" performed at Lille, 43. Desires a seat in the French Academy, 44. 56. Cabal to oppose him, 45. Success of his "Mérope," 45. Is sent to the Hague and to Berlin as an envoy from Louis XV., 46. He returns to France, 47. Visits the duchess du Maine, and writes "Zadig," 48. Acts at Sceaux the part of Cicero in his "Rome Sauvée," 48. He visits king Stanislas at Luneville, 49. 51. His "Semiramis," 49. Ill of fever at Chalons, 50. "Catiline," 51. He settles in Paris, and receives his niece madame