_Pollux writes_:
“In the country of Westphalia… lived a youth whom Nature had endowed with a most sweet disposition. His face was the true index of his mind. He had a solid judgment joined to the most unaffected simplicity; and hence, I presume, he had his name of Candide.”
With these words, Voltaire pays tribute to his creation. The New York Public Library is now featuring an online “exhibition”:http://candide.nypl.org/?hpfeature=3 for Voltaire’s _Candide_ in which you can pay your own tribute to this 18th century work.
It’s not just any online gallery. This exhibition is calling all artists and readers to contribute their own visions, tributes, and adaptations of _Candide_. “Here”:http://candide.nypl.org/content/do-it-yourself-emcandideem is the link for Do-It-Yourself-Candide. Have fun!