Our collection here is based on the translation by S. G. Tallentyre, Voltaire in his Letters, being a Selection from His Correspondence (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919). (The titles are those provided by Tallentyre.)

12 August 1726, On the Advantages of Living in England, to M. Thieriot

14 April 1732 On Writing Contemporary History, to M. Bertin de Rocheret

20 June 1733, On the Liberty of the Press: And of Theatres, to a First Commissioner

24 August 1735 On the Pucelle and the Century of Louis XIV, to the Abbé d'Olivet

October 1737 On God, the Soul, and Innate Mortality, to Frederick, Prince Royal of Prussia

25 February 1739 How to Write Verse, to M. Helvetius

12 October 1749 On the Death of Mme. Du Châtelet, to Mme. du Boccage

29 October 1751 The Peel of an Orange, to Madame Denis

1 January 1753 Farewell, To Frederick the Great

3 October 1753 On Inoculation, to the Comte d'Argental

30 August 1755 On the Advantages of Civilisation and Literature, to J. J. Rousseau

24 November 1755 On the Earthquake of Lisbon, to M. Tronchin of Lyons

December 1756 On the Case of the Admiral Byng, 3 letters to the Duke of Richelieu and the Admiral Byng

29 January 1758 On the Great Encyclopaedia, to M. d'Alembert

15 July 1759 A Letter on the subject of Candide, to the Journal encyclopédique

1760 Social Conditions in 1760, to M. de Bastide

1 March 1765 The Case of Calas and of the Sirvens, to M. Damilaville

18 July 1766 The Chevalier de La Barre, to M. d'Alembert

21 May 1770 On a Statue by Pigalle, to Mme. Necker

25 February 1776 A Plea for the Poor, to M. de Farges

21 February 1778 A Dying Testimony, to the Abbé Gaultier

26 May 1778 The Last Letter, to the Comte de Lally-Tollendal