Madame de Graffigny describes Émilie du Châtelet’s personality, before turning to matters concerning Voltaire. She gives her opinion on his Le Petit Boursoufle, and gives an update on Voltaire’s health. She further discusses the Abbé Desfontaines and Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, especially with reference to Voltaire. The letter is incomplete; Devaux was tasked with returning the letter to Cirey so that Madame de Graffigny could burn the first pages, which it appears that she did.

The poems are chosen from the works of Jean de Rotrou, François de Malherbe, Honorat de Bueil, marquis de Racan, François Maynard, Antoine Godeau, évêque de Vence, Robert Arnauld d’Andilly, Pierre Corneille, Louis Racine, Étienne Pavillon; Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau,  and Voltaire.

The poems are chosen from the works of Jean Rotrou, François de Malherbe, Honorat de Bueil, marquis de Racan, François de Maynard, Antoine Godeau, évêque de Vence, Robert Arnauld d’Andilly, Pierre Corneille, Louis Racine, Étienne Pavillon; Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, and Voltaire.