Introduction / William F. Bottiglia -- Duplicity and protective lying / Norman L. Torrey -- The real Voltaire through his letters / Theodore Besterman -- Voltaire and Madame du Chatelet / Ira O. Wade -- Voltaire and the English deists / Norman L. Torrey -- Voltaire historian / J.H. Brumfitt -- Candide's garden / William F. Bottiglia -- Voltaire's politics : France and constitutional absolutism / Peter Gay -- Voltaire's religion / Rene Pomeau -- Voltaire's wisdom / Raymond Naves.