The Friends of Voltaire

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                                  THE

                          FRIENDS OF VOLTAIRE

                [Illustration: JEAN-LEROND D’ALEMBERT.

                   _From an Engraving after Pujos._]

                                  THE

                          FRIENDS OF VOLTAIRE

                          BY S. G. TALLENTYRE

    AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE,” “THE WOMEN OF THE SALONS,” ETC.

     “Il faut que les âmes pensantes se frottent l’une contre l’autre
     pour faire jaillir de la lumiere.”

     Voltaire: _Letter to the Duc d’Uzès, December 4, 1751_.

                                LONDON

                   JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.

                                 1906

                         _All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

                                                                    PAGE

   I. D’ALEMBERT: THE THINKER (1717-1783)                              1

  II. DIDEROT: THE TALKER (1713-1784)                                 32

 III. GALIANI: THE WIT (1728-1787)                                    62

  IV. VAUVENARGUES: THE APHORIST (1715-1747)                          96

   V. D’HOLBACH: THE HOST (1723-1789)                                118

  VI. GRIMM: THE JOURNALIST (1723-1807)                              150

 VII. HELVÉTIUS: THE CONTRADICTION (1715-1771)                       176

VIII. TURGOT: THE STATESMAN (1727-1781)                              206

  IX. BEAUMARCHAIS: THE PLAYWRIGHT (1732-1799)                       236

   X. CONDORCET: THE ARISTOCRAT (1743-1794)                          268

      INDEX                                                          299

PORTRAITS

D’ALEMBERT                                                 _Frontispiece_

_From an Engraving after Pujos._

DIDEROT                                               _To face_  _p._ 32

_From an Engraving by Henriquez, after the Portrait by
Vanloo._

GALIANI                                                            "   62

_From a Print._

VAUVENARGUES                                                        "  96

_From a Print in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris._

D’HOLBACH                                                           " 118

_From a Portrait in the Musée Condé, Chantilly._

GRIMM                                                               " 150

_From an Engraving, after Carmontelle, in the Bibliothèque
Nationale, Paris._

HELVÉTIUS                                                           " 176

_From an Engraving by St. Aubin, after the Portrait by
Vanloo._

TURGOT                                                              " 206

_From an Engraving by Le Beau, after the Portrait by
Troy._

BEAUMARCHAIS                                                        " 236