CHAPTER XII. MADAME GEOFFRIN AND THE PHILOSOPHERS
Cradles of the New Philosophy--Noted Salons of this Period--
Character of Mme. Geoffrin--Her Practical Education--Anecdotes
of her Husband--Composition of her Salon--Its Insidious
Influence--Her Journey to Warsaw--Her Death

CHAPTER XIII. ULTRA PHILOSOPHICAL SALONS--MADAME D'EPINAY
Mme. De Graffigny--Baron D'Holbach--Mme. D'Epinay's Portrait of
Herself--Mlle. Quinault--Rousseau--La Chevrette--Grimm--Diderot--
The Abbe Galiani--Estimate of Mme. D'Epinay

CHAPTER XIV. SALONS OF THE NOBLESSE--MADAME DU DEFFAND
La Marechale de Luxenbourg--The Temple--Comtesse de Boufflers--Mme.
Du Dufand--Her Convent Salon--Rupture with Mlle. De Lespinasse--Her
Friendship with Horace Walpole--Her Brilliancy
and her Ennui

CHAPTER XV. MADEMOISELLE DE LESPINASSE
A Romantic Career--Companion of Mme. Du Deffand--Rival Salons--
Association with the Encyclopedists--D'Alembert--A Heart Tragedy--
Impassioned Letters--A Type Unique in her Age

CHAPTER XVI. THE SALON HELVETIQUE
The Swiss Pastor's Daughter--Her Social Ambition--Her Friends
Mme. De Marchais--Mme. D'Houdetot--Duchesse de Lauzun--Character of
Mme. Necker--Death at Coppet--Close of the Most Brilliant Period of
the Salons

CHAPTER XVII. SALONS OF THE REVOLUTION--MADAME ROLAND
Change in the Character of the Salons--Mme. De Condorcet--Mme.