Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-364) and index.
Contents
Sermon for the Feast of Epiphany on the vocation of the Gentiles -- Fables. Number I : an old queen and a young peasant ; Number IX : patience and education ; Number XXIV : nightingale and warbler ; Number XXI : young Bacchus and the faun ; Number XXXII : indiscreet prayer of Neleus -- The dialogues of the dead. Dialogue XXVIII : Dionysius and Diogenes ; Dialogue L : Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius ; Dialogue LVIII : Louis XI and Cardinal Balue -- The adventures of Telemachus. Chapter one -- Letters of spiritual direction. Letter XL : on character ; Letter I : on the use of time ; Letter II : on diversions ; Letter III : chains of gold ; Letter XXXVII : on pure love ; Letter VIII : fidelity in small things ; Letter LXVI : to the Chevalier Colbert on return to faith ; Letter LXVIII : to Chevalier Colbert on spiritual reading ; Letter to the Duc de Bourgogne on the occasion of his first communion ; Letter to Louis XIV -- The maxims of the saints. Preface ; Exposition of various types of love by which one can love God ; Articles I-XLV ; Conclusion.