shrillness of pale rage presiding over the scene. But we hope it
was only once in the quarter, or seldomer: after which the element
would be clearer for some time. A lonesome literary man, who has
got a Brood Phoenix to preside over him, and fly at the face of
gods and men for him in that manner, ought to be grateful.

"Perhaps we shall one day glance, personally, as it were, into
Cirey with our readers;"--Not with this Editor or his! "It will
turn out beyond the reader's expectation. Tolerable illicit
resting-place, so far as the illicit can be tolerable, for a
lonesome Man of Letters, who goes into the illicit. Helpfulness,
affection, or the flattering image of such, are by no means
wanting: squalls of infirm temper are not more frequent than in
the most licit establishments of a similar sort. Madame, about
this time, has a swift Palfrey, 'ROSSIGNOL (Nightingale)' the name
of him; and gallops fairy-like through the winding valleys;
being an ardent rider, and well-looking on horseback. Voltaire's
study is inlaid with--the Grafigny knows all what:--mere china
tiles, gilt sculptures, marble slabs, and the supreme of taste and
expense: study fit for the Phoebus Apollo of France, so far as
Madame could contrive it. Takes coffee with Madame, in the
Gallery, about noon. And his bedroom, I expressly discern,
[ Letters of Voltaire. ] looks out upon a
running brook, the murmur of which is pleasant to one."

Enough, enough. We can perceive what kind of Voltaire it was to
whom the Crown-Prince now addressed himself; and how luminous an
object, shining afar out of the solitudes of Champagne upon the
ardent young man, still so capable of admiration. Model Epic,
HENRIADE; model History, CHARLES DOUZE; sublime Tragedies, CISAR,