A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 07

One hundred and sixty-eight designs, comprising reproductions of rare old engravings, steel plates, photogravures, and curious fac-similes VOLUME XI E.R. DuMONT PARIS--LONDON--NEW YORK--CHICAGO _The WORKS of VOLTAIRE_ _ "Between two servants of Humanity, who appeared eighteen hundred years apart, there is a mysterious relation. * * * * Let us say it with a sentiment of profound respect: JESUS WEPT: VOLTAIRE SMILED. Of that divine tear and of that human smile is composed the sweetness of the present civilization."_ _VICTOR HUGO_. LIST OF PLATES--Vol. VII OLD ROUEN--frontispiece MONTESQUIEU THE DREAM OF HUMAN LIFE ANCIENT ROME * * * * * VOLTAIRE A PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY. IN TEN VOLUMES VOL. VII JOSEPH-MISSION * * * * * JOSEPH. The history of Joseph, considering it merely as an object of curiosity and literature, is one of the most precious monuments of antiquity which has reached us. It appears to be the model of all the Oriental writers; it is more affecting than the "Odyssey"; for a hero who pardons is more touching than one who avenges.