‘Barber of Seville, The’ (Beaumarchais), 247-50, 261-2 Beaumarchais, Caron de, birth and early life, 236-7; first marriage, 238; at Court, 238-40; visits Spain, 240-1; produces ‘Eugénie,’ 241; second marriage, 241-2; the Goezman lawsuit and ‘Memoirs,’ 243-6; acts as secret agent, 246-7; produces ‘Barber of Seville,’ 247-50; edits Voltaire’s Works, 250; various employments, 251; advertises ‘Figaro,’ 252; produces it at Gennevilliers, 253-4; and at the Comédie, 254-60; imprisoned in St. Lazare, 261; sees ‘Barber of Seville’ at Trianon, 261-2; quarrels with Mirabeau, 263; third marriage, 263; his part in the Revolution, 263-6; produces ‘Guilty Mother,’ 266; death and character, 266-7 Beaumarchais, Madame (Mme. Francquet), 237-8 Beaumarchais, Madame (Mme. Lévêque), 241-2 Beaumarchais, Madame (Mlle. Willermaula), 263, 266 Beaumarchais, Mademoiselle Eugénie, 263, 266 Bergasse (lawyer), 263 Bernis, Cardinal de, 33, 269 Blache, Comte de la, 243, 244 ‘Blind, Letter on the’ (Diderot), 41, 42 Brienne, Loménie de, 208, 209, 210 Bueil, Comtesse de, 172, 173, 174 Buffon, Comte de, 127, 200 Cabanis, Doctor, 204, 295, 296 Catherine the Great, 18, 56-8, 158, 168-70, 171, 174 Charles Edward Stuart, Prince, 182-3 Châtelet, Madame du, 42, 180 Chaulnes, Duc de, 243 Choiseul, Duc de, 69, 70, 73, 83 ‘Christianity Unveiled’ (d’Holbach), 140-1 Cicé, Abbé de, 208, 209, 224 Clavijo, 240-1 ‘Clergy, The Mind of the’ (d’Holbach), 141 ‘Commentary on Horace’ (Galiani), 73, 94 ‘Commentary on Pascal’ (Condorcet), 272 Condorcet, Mademoiselle de, 277, 291-2, 296-7 Condorcet, Marquis de, 24, 25, 29, 30, 196, 199, 221-2; his position and birth, 268; education, 269-270; character, 270-1; visits Voltaire, 271-2; made Secretary of Academy of Sciences, 272-3; work with Turgot, 274; member of French Academy, 275; marriage, 275-7; as Women’s Rights champion, 277; as a politician, 278-9; at the trial of Louis XVI., 280-3; writes ‘Appeal’ and is proscribed, 284-6; in hiding, 286-292; writes ‘Progress of Human Mind,’ &c., 289-91; his wanderings, 292-5; arrest and death, 295; work and character, 297-8 Condorcet, Marquise de (Mlle. de Grouchy), 275-7, 285-6, 287-8, 289, 296-7 ‘Corn Trade, Dialogues on the’ (Galiani), 62, 68, 86-90, 226 ‘Corn Trade, Letters on the’ (Turgot), 226 ‘Counsels to a Young Man’ (Vauvenargues), 103, 111 Daubinière, Madame, 85, 93 Dazincourt (actor), 255, 261 Deffand, Madame du, 18-19, 195 Destouches, General, 3, 4, 6 ‘Destruction of the Jesuits, History of the’ (d’Alembert), 25, 133 Diderot, Angélique. _See_ Vandeul, Mme. de