Cailhava, his "Art de la Comédie,"
I. 154, n.
Calas, Jean, inquiry into the injustice
of the condemnation of, II. 80.
Calonne, administration of this financier,
II. 304.
Calvin, John, his reproof of Rabelais,
I. 31.
Castro, Guillen de, the "Cid" of, I.
45.
Catherine II., her correspondence
with M. de Voltaire, II. 107.
Caumartin, M. de, II. 10.
Cavoie, M. de, I. 281. 317.
Chamfort, his éloge of Molière, I.
148.
Champmélé, mademoiselle de, celebrated
actress, I. 307.
Charles VI., the emperor, death of,
II. 42.
Chapelain, French poet and critic,
I. 47. 48. Character of, 262. His
poem of "La Pucelle d'Orléans,"
262. 263, n. Other allusions to,
301.
Chapelle, poet, education of, I. 99.
His good-fellowship, 115. 131. 132.
Allusions to, 216.
Chateauneuf, the abbé de, II. 5. 6.
Chateauneuf, marquis de, II. 7.
Châteauroux, duchess of, II. 44. 47.
Châtelet, marquis du, his castle of
Cirey affords a refuge to Voltaire,
II. 24. 26.
Châtelet, madame du, Voltaire's
intimacy with, II. 21. She learns
English of Voltaire, 25. 26. Her
literary taste, 25. 29. She revisits
Paris with Voltaire, 42. Visits
Sceaux, 48. Her death, 52.
Châtillon, duchess of, I. 217.
Chaulnes, duke of, governor of Britany,
I. 248.
Chaulnes, duchess of, I. 243. 248. 252.
Chavigni, duke of, I. 82.
Chevreuse, duchess de, favourite of
Anne, regent of France, I. 64. 65.
66. Is banished, 67.
Chimène, or Ximena, part of, critique,
I. 45. 46.
Choiseul, duke of, II. 81. 82. 101.
"Cid," the, of Guillen de Castro, I.
45. 101.
"Cinna," tragedy of, by Corneille,
I. 49.
Cirey, château of the marquis du
Châtelet in Champagne, II. 24. 27.
Voltaire's mode of life there, 28.
Clairon, mademoiselle, actress, II. 44.
Clement VII., pope, I. 25.
Clement XI., I. 367.
Colbert, minister of Louis XIV., I.
163. 166. 222. 287, n. 301.
Colletet, French author, I. 43.
Comedy, French: Corneille's "Mélite,"
I. 42. His "Illusion," 44.
His "Le Menteur," 51. Racine's
"Les Plaideurs," 53. _See_ Theatre.
Condé, the great prince of, I. 53. 60.
Defeats the Spaniards at Rocroi,
67. Blockades Paris, 70. Is imprisoned,
70. And liberated by de
Retz and the Frondeurs, 73.
Joined by the Spaniards in the
south of France, 77. Quits Guienne
to join the forces of the duke of
Nemours, 78. Perilous journey,
79. Is opposed by Turenne, 80.
Contest between these great commanders
near Paris, 81. The Parisians
show great regard for him,
82. On occasion of a tumult and
partial massacre, he incurs their
hatred, 82. His admiration of
Molière, 113. 124. Further allusions
to, 278. 313. 327. 331.
Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine de
Caritat, marquis de, born in Picardy,
II. 175. His scientific works,
172. _et seq._ His examination of
the "Pensées de Pascal," 177.
Intimacy with men of science, 178.
Replies to Necker's book, 178. His
edition of Voltaire, and a life of
that author, 103. 178. Replies to
De Lolme on the English Constitution,
179. Character of Condorcet,
179. What share he had in the
French revolution, 180. Violent
speech of against monarchy, 182.
184. His political writings, 182.
184. 187. Supports in his speeches
the cause of liberty, 182. 184. 187.
Esteemed for his integrity, 184.
His metaphysical deductions, 185.
His enlarged views regarding
national education, 186. His vote
went to save Louis XVI., 188.
Denounced by Chabot, as an
accomplice of Brissot, 190. His
"Historical Sketch of the Progress
of the Human Mind," 190.
His views of human perfection,
191. His epistle in verse
to his wife, 192. He retires to
Chamont, 192. Is discovered, and
imprisoned at Bourg-la-Reine,
193. Dies of cold and hunger in
jail, 193. His character as given
by madame Roland, 193. His wife
escaped the dangers of the revolution,
194. She wrote some philosophical
works, 194.; and died
in 1822, 194. Mademoiselle de
Condorcet married Arthur
O'Connor, 194.
Conti, Armand de Bourbon, prince
of, I. 60. 68. Engaged in the civil
war on the side of the Fronde,
I. 60. 68. Holds out in Bordeaux
and Guienne for several years,
83, n. Educated in the college
of Clermont, 99. He patronizes
Molière at Pezenas, 105. 106. Allusions
to, 236.
Conti, the princess of, I. 286.
Conti, the prince of, entertains
J. J. Rousseau, II. 159. Affords
him a refuge, 162.
Corbinelli, M., account of, I. 256.
His wit, 237. His letters, 245.
Corneille, Pierre, the father of
French tragedy, I. 40. His parents,
40. His brother, Thomas
Corneille, also a dramatist of celebrity,
41. His sister Marthe,
mother of Fontenelle, 41. Taught
at Rouen by Jesuits, 41. His first
work, "Mélite," a comedy, 42.
Mediocrity of his first dramas,
42. Corrects the plays of Richelieu,
43. His associates in that
task, 43. He retires from Paris
to Rouen, 43. His poems to madame
Du Pont, 43. His "Medée"
unsuccessful, 44. "Illusion," a
comedy, 44. His genius fires with
the study of Spanish dramas, 44.
Reads the "Cid" of Guillen de
Castro, 45. Corneille's drama of
the "Cid," 45. 46. 101. Its plot
and action, 101. Its renown, 47.
Critique of the "Cid," by the Académie
Française, 47. 48. Richelieu's
observations thereon, 48.
Corneille's tragedy of "Horace,"
48. His tragedy of "Cinna,"
49. "Polyeucte," 50. His
comedy of "Le Menteur," 51.
"Rodogune," 52. Ill success of
"Don Sancho," "Theodore,"
and "Pertharite," 52. His "Essays
on the Theatre," 54. His
translation of the "Imitation of
Jesus Christ," 54. Tragedy of
"Œdipe," 54. Its success, 54. His
genius afterwards unequal to his
former fame, 54. Pension granted
him by Louis XIV., 55. 60. Character
of the great dramatist, 60.
His fruitless attempts in later
tragedies, 56. His "Agesilas
and Attila," 57. His wife and
sister described, 56. Is established
in Paris, 56. Parallel of Racine
and Corneille, 57. "Berenice,"
a subject treated by both poets,
58. Corneille less successful than
his rival, 59. "Pulchérie," and
"Suréna," his last plays, 59.
Death of Corneille, aged seventy-nine,
59. Unison of his character
with his works, 59. Public applause
of the poet, 60. Eloge of,
by Racine, 61. A great-niece of,
adopted by Voltaire, 61, n. II. 78.
His sons, I. 61. Allusions to, 262.
Corneille, Thomas, dramatic author,
I. 41. Success of his "Timocrates,"
56. "Le Comte d'Essex"
popular, 56. He and his
brother Pierre marry the demoiselles
de Lamperière, 56. Harmony
of the Corneille family, 56.
Some quotations from, 43, n. 55, n.
59, n.
Corneille, Marthe, the mother of
Fontenelle, I. 41. 56.
Cotin, l'Abbé, his death hastened
by critics and satirists, I. 147.
Molière's attack on, 153, 154. Boileau's
satire on, 263.
Coulanges, Marie de, baronne de
Chantal, mother of madame de
Sévigné, I. 215.
Coulanges, Christophe de, abbé de
Livry, takes charge of his orphan
niece, madame de Sévigné, I.
215. His consolations afforded her
on the death of the marquis her
husband, 218. His death, 251.
Coulanges, M. de, cousin of madame
de Sévigné, I. 232. Lawsuit
of, pleaded by himself, 232. Dialogue
in verse by, 232, n. Impromptu
by, 235. His death,
235.
Coulanges, madame de, I. 232. Celebrated
for wit and beauty, 234.
339.
Couvreur, mademoiselle, death and
mode of sepulture of this actress,
II. 23.
Crébillon, dramatic poet, II. 43. 50.
A rival of Voltaire, 51. 57.
Cuspidius, Lucius, will of, I. 37.