Written "au chatau de Tournay par Geneve."
Part of a collection of letters from Voltaire to the philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius. Letters in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Informing him that he received his packet; saying that he wished Helvétius had taken the precaution to choose a publisher outside France so as to avoid potential trouble with bigots; proposing to edit parts of Helvétius' work in order to ward off criticism; saying that he will review his poem [Le Bonheur]; disapproving of the play Philosophes; recommending that he read Le Pauvre Diable, Le Russe à Paris and the Epitre d'un frere de la doctrine chretienne [La Vanité, par un frère de la doctrine chrétienne].