Leslie offers his congratulations to d’Adhemar for his doctorate and praise from the court of Bayreuth. He discusses bibliographical notes on Voltaire, La Beaumelle, and Mme de Maintenon, and concludes with his recommendation of the Marquis de Fussey.

Leslie begins by thanking d’Adhemar’s brother for sending him a copy of Voltaire’s Siècle de Louis XIV. He then laments the fate of Voltaire who, after his star shone in Europe for so long, can now hardly find asylum there.