Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume · Voltaire
PETER ECKLER.
_New York, Jan. 28, 1885._ [1] This work, says Prof. F.C. Schlosser in his _History of the Eighteenth Century_, (vol. ii, p. 122.) "was sent to the pope, and very favorably received by him; although it could not possibly escape the notice of the pope, that the piece was indebted for its chief effect upon the public, to the vehement expressions against religious fanaticism which it contained. The pope felt himself flattered by the transmission of the _Mahomet_, and notified his approbation, of which Voltaire cunningly enough availed himself, for the advantage of his new principles." [2] _Critical and Historical Essays_, page 553. [3] Vol. iv, No. 39. [4] _Men of Letters of the time of George III._ [5] _Critical & Historical Essays_, p. 553. [6] _Lectures on the Romish Church._ [7] _History of the Girondists_, vol. i, p. 152. [8] _History of the Girondists_, vol. i, p. 152. [9] _Critical and Historical Essays_, p. 553. [10] _History of the Eighteenth Century_, vol. i, pp. 263-269. [11] _History of the Girondists_, vol. i, pp. 15, 154, 155, 156. [12] _History of European Morals_, vol. i, page iii. * * * * * The illustrations in this work and a few notes have been added by the publisher. The head of Voltaire in the frontispiece is from a bust by Houdon, and is copied from an engraving published by Messrs. J. & H.L. Hunt, London, 1824. It represents the gifted author as he appeared in his eighty-third year. The full-length portrait of Voltaire on page iii, shows him in his seventieth year, and the remaining portrait, on page xii, gives his likeness in early manhood; it is from a French edition of his works published in 1746.
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