Part 4

(From a letter to her daughter, dated Paris, May 6,1672)

ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE--(Born in 1668, died in 1747.)

I In the Service of Dr. Sangrado.

(From "Gil Blas." Translated by Tobias Smollett)

II As an Archbishop's Favorite.

(From "Gil Blas." Translated by Tobias Smollett)

DUC DE SAINT-SIMON--(Born in 1675, died in 1755.)

I The Death of the Dauphin.

(From the "Memoirs." Translated by Bayle St. John)

II The Public Watching the King and Madame.

(From the "Memoirs." Translated by Bayle St. John)

BARON DE MONTESQUIEU--(Born in 1689, died in 1755.)

I Of the Causes Which Destroyed Rome.

(From the "Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans")

II Of the Relation of Laws to Human Beings.

(From the "Spirit of Laws." Translated by Thomas Nugent)

FRANÇOIS AROUET VOLTAIRE--(Born in Paris in 1694, died in 1778.)

I Of Bacon's Greatness.

(From the "Letters on England")

II England's Regard for Men of Letters.

(From the "Letters on England")

JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU--(Born in 1712, died in 1778.)

I Of Christ and Socrates

II Of the Management of Children.

(From the "New Héloïse")

MADAME DE STAËL--(Born in 1763, died in 1817.)

Of Napoleon Bonaparte.

(From "Considerations on the French Revolution")