<I>Letters on England</i> gathers together Voltaire's essays about his time in England between 1726 and 1728. Comparable to Alexis De Tocqueville's <i>Democracy in America</i>, Voltaire looks at English culture as an outsider, giving its culture, society and governing institutions a favorable comparison to their French counterparts.
Letter XVII On Infinites in Geometry, and Sir Isaac Newton's ChronologyLetter XVIII On Tragedy; Letter XIX On Comedy; Letter XX On Such of the Nobility as Cultivate the Belles Lettres; Letter XXI On the Earl of Rochester and Mr. Waller; Letter XXII On Mr. Pope and Some Other Famous Poets; Letter XXIII On the Regard that Ought to Be Shown to Men of Letters; Letter XXIV On the Royal Society and Other Academies.
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