CHAPTER XIV.

1764-1765. ÆT. 53-54.

The French and English Society of Hume's day--Reasons of his warm reception in France--Society in which he moved--Mixture of lettered men with the Aristocracy--Madame Geoffrin--Madame Du Page de Boccage--Madame Du Deffand--Mademoiselle De L'Espinasse--D'Alembert--Turgot--The Prince of Conti--Notices of Hume among the Parisians--Walpole in Paris--Resumption of the Correspondence--Hume undertakes the management of Elliot's sons--Reminiscences of home--Mrs. Cockburn--Adam Smith--Madame De Boufflers and the Prince of Conti--Correspondence with Lord Elibank. 207