Printed for J. NEWBERY, R. BALDWIN, S. CROWDER M.DCC.LXII. f?.e.3 This VOLUME contains A LETTER to her Moft Serene Highness the DuT CHESS of MAINE. ORESTES. A Tragedy. PREFACE to the PRODIGAL, a Comedy. The PRODIGAL. A Comedy. A LETTER from the Jefuit TOURNEMINE to Father BRUMOY, on the Tragedy of MEROPE. A LETTER to the Marquis SCIPIO MAFFEI, Author of the Italian MEROPE, and many other celebrated Performances. A LETTER from Mr. de la LINDELLE to Mr. de VOLTAIRE. The ANSWER of Mr. de VOLTAIRE to Mr. de la LINDELLE. MADAM, You OU have seen that noble age, which is at once the model and the reproach of the prefent, and will be fo of future generations, and have yourfelf made a part of its glory, by your tafte and by your example: thofe illuftrious times, when your ancestors, the Condés, crowned with laurels, cultivated the polite arts; when a Boffuet immortalifed heroes, and instructedki ngs; when a Fenelon, the fecond of mankind in eloquence, and the first in the art of making virtue amiable, taught justice and humanity VOL. III. B in |