Bolingbroke, a historical study

Front matter

BOLINGBROKE

A HISTORICAL STUDY

YOLTAIEE IN ENGLAIS^D

Contents

XI

Date of his Arrival 193, 194

First Impressions . 195, 196

Section II

Scrap-book of Voltaire : a Clew to his Familiarity with English Life 216, 217

His Study of Newton's Works, of Locke's, of Bacon's, and

of Berkeley's 217-219

Sympathy with the Free-thought Movement as Inaugurated

by Collins and Woolston 220

His Literary Productions in the English Language 221-224

Preparations for the Publication of the " Heuriade" 224-226

Issue of the Work '. 226

Its Immense Success 227, 228

Piratical Publishers '. 228, 229

Domestic Troubles 230

Alterations of the Manuscript 231

Comments of the Press 231, 232

L^ntoward Incident: Voltaire's Clever Escape 233

British National Self-complacency strikingly Illustrated, . . 233, 234