CHAPTER VI

CONVERSATION

Art of conversation: its supreme rôle—Women’s triumph—Tone of conversation—Philosophical spirit—Variety of form—Subjects of conversation—French conversation—Quips and cranks—Conversational dallyings—Stories—Dissertations—Gaieties—Correspondence, its revival—Family letters—Letters in the grand style—Tone of letters—Some Italian letters. Pages 284-310

_BOOK III. THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN_