AND WORKS ***




Produced by David Widger.




               *VOLTAIRE: A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS*

                  _WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS_

                                  _By_

                     *J. M. Wheeler & G. W. Foote.*


                                _London_

                                 _1891_




CONTENTS


    INTRODUCTION
    PREFACE
    EARLY LIFE
    HEGIRA TO ENGLAND
    EXAMPLES FROM ENGLAND
    AT CIREY
    "CANDIDE"
    THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA
    LAST DAYS
    HIS CHARACTER AND SERVICES
    TRIBUTES TO VOLTAIRE
    SELECTIONS FROM VOLTAIRE'S WORKS
    History
    Wars
    Politics
    The Population Question
    Nature's Way
    Prayer
    Doubt and Speculation
    Dr. Pangloss and the Dervish
    Motives for Conduct
    Self-Love
    Go From Your Village
    Religious Prejudices
    Sacred History
    Dupe And Rogue
    "Delenda Est Carthago"
    Jesus and Mohammed
    How Faiths Spread
    Superstition
    The Bible
    Transubstantiation
    Dreams and Ghosts
    Mortifying the Flesh
    Heaven
    Magic
    DETACHED THOUGHTS




INTRODUCTION


My share in this little book on Voltaire is a very minor one. My old
friend and colleague, Mr. J. M. Wheeler, had written the greater part of
the following pages before he brought the enterprise to my attention. I
went through his copy with him, and assisted him in making some
alterations and additions. I also read the printer's proofs, and
suggested some further improvements--if I may call them so without
egotism. This