Excerpt from Historical and Critical Memoirs of the Life and Writings of M. De Voltaire: Interspersed With Numerous Anecdotes, Poetical Pieces, Epigrams and Bon Mots, Little Known, and Never Before Published in English, Relative to the Literati of France, Particularly the Life of the Celebrated J. B. Rousseau, as Written by Voltaire A long preface were fuperfluous, at the head of a' work of which fo extraordinary a man is the fubjeét: his name, alone, is a recommendation, to the curious reader, and the impartiality of the following anec dotes will enfure the approbation of the equitable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.