Volume Ii

London

T. FISHER UNWIN

PATERNOSTER SQUARE

NEW YORK: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS

MDCCCXC

CONTENTS.

1764-1795.

81. TO MANN, Dec. 20, 1764.--Madame de Boufflers at Strawberry--The French Opinion of the English Character--Richardson's Novels--Madame de Beaumont

82. TO THE EARL OF HERTFORD, Feb. 12, 1765.--Debate on American Taxes--Petition of the Periwig-Makers--Female Head-dresses--Lord Byron's Duel--Opening of Almack's--No. 45

83. TO COLE, March 9, 1765.--His "Castle of Otranto"--Bishop Percy's Collection of Old Ballads

84. TO THE EARL OF HERTFORD, March 26, 1765.--Illness of the King--French and English Actors and Actresses: Clairon, Garrick, Quin, Mrs. Clive

85. TO MANN, May 25, 1765.--Riots of Weavers--Ministerial Changes--Factious Conduct of Mr. Pitt

86. TO MONTAGU, July 28, 1765.--Prospects of Old Age when joined to Gout

87. TO LADY HERVEY, Sept. 14, 1765.--Has reached Paris--The French Opera--Illness of the Dauphin--Popularity of Mr. Hume

88. TO MONTAGU, Sept. 22, 1765.--Is Making New Friends in Paris--Decay of the French Stage--Le Kain--Dumenil--New French inclination for Philosophy and Free-Thinking--General Admiration of Hume's History and Richardson's Novels

89. TO CHUTE, Oct. 3, 1765.--His Presentation at Court--Illness of the Dauphin--Description of his Three Sons

90. TO CONWAY, Jan. 12, 1766.--Supper Parties at Paris--Walpole Writes a Letter from Le Roi de Prusse à Monsieur Rousseau

91. TO GRAY, Jan. 25, 1766.--A Constant Round of Amusements--A Gallery of Female Portraits--Madame Geoffrin--Madame du Deffand--Madame de Mirepoix--Madame de Boufflers--Madame de Rochfort--The Maréchale de Luxemburg--The Duchesse de Choiseul--An old French Dandy--M. de Maurepas--Popularity of his Letter to Rousseau

92. TO MANN, Feb. 29, 1766.--Situation of Affairs in England--Cardinal York--Death of Stanilaus Leczinski, Ex-King of Poland

93. TO CONWAY, April 8, 1766.--Singular Riot in Madrid--Changes in the French Ministry--Insurrections in the Provinces

94. TO MONTAGU, June 20, 1766.--The Bath Guide--Swift's Correspondence

95. TO CHUTE, Oct. 10, 1766.--Bath--Wesley

96. TO MANN, July 20, 1767.--Ministerial Difficulties--Return of Lord Clive

97. TO THE SAME, Sept. 27, 1767.--Death of Charles Townshend and of the Duke of York--Whist the New Fashion in France

98. TO GRAY, Feb. 18, 1768.--Some New Poems of Gray--Walpole's "Historic Doubts"--Boswell's "Corsica"

99. TO MANN, March 31, 1768.--Wilkes is returned M.P. for Middlesex--Riots in London--Violence of the Mob

100. TO MONTAGU, April 15, 1768.--Fleeting Fame of Witticisms--"The Mysterious Mother"

101. TO MANN, June 9, 1768.--Case of Wilkes

102. TO MONTAGU, June 15, 1768.--The English Climate

103. TO VOLTAIRE, July 27, 1768.--Voltaire's Criticisms on Shakespeare--Parnell's "Hermit"

104. TO THE EARL OF STRAFFORD, Aug. 16, 1768.--Arrival of the King of Denmark--His Popularity with the Mob

105. TO MANN, Jan. 31, 1769.--Wilkes's Election--The Comtesse de Barri--The Duc de Choiseul's Indiscretion

106. TO MONTAGU, May 11, 1769.--A Garden Party at Strawberry--A Ridotto at Vauxhall

107. TO MANN, June 14, 1769.--Paoli--Ambassadorial Etiquette

108. TO CHUTE, Aug. 30, 1765.--His Return to Paris--Madame Deffand--A Translation of "Hamlet"--Madame Dumenil--Voltaire's "Mérope" and "Les Guèbres"

109. TO MONTAGU, Sept. 17, 1769.--The French Court--The Young Princes--St. Cyr--Madame de Mailly

110. TO MANN, Feb. 27, 1770.--A Masquerade--State of Russia

111. TO THE SAME, May 6, 1770.--Wilkes--Burke's Pamphlet--Prediction of American Republics--Extravagance in England

112. TO MONTAGU, May 6, 1770.--Masquerades in Fashion--A Lady's Club

113. TO MANN, June 15, 1770,--The Princess of Wales is gone to Germany--Terrible Accident in Paris

114. TO THE SAME, Dec. 29, 1770.--Fall of the Duc de Choiseul's Ministry

115. TO THE SAME, Feb. 22, 1771.--Peace with Spain--Banishment of the French Parliament--Mrs. Cornelys's Establishment--The Queen of Denmark 116. TO THE SAME, April 26, 1771.--Quarrel of the House of Commons with the City--Dissensions in the French Court and Royal Family--Extravagance in England

117. TO CONWAY, July 30, 1771.--Great Distress at the French Court

118. TO CHUTE, August 5, 1771.--English Gardening in France--Anglomanie--He is weary of Paris--Death of Gray

119. TO COLE, Jan. 28, 1772.--Scantiness of the Relics of Gray--Garrick's Prologues, &c.--Wilkes's Squint

120. TO MANN, April 9, 1772.--Marriage of the Pretender--The Princess Louise, and her Protection of the Clergy--Fox's Eloquence

121. TO COLE, Jan. 8, 1773.--An Answer to his "Historic Doubts"--His Edition of Grammont

122. TO MANN, July10, 1774.--Popularity of Louis XVI.--Death of Lord Holland--Bruce's "Travels"

123. TO THE SAME, Oct. 6, 1774.--Discontent in America--Mr. Grenville's Act for the Trial of Election Petitions--Highway Robberies

124. TO THE SAME, Oct. 22, 1774.--The Pope's Death--Wilkes is returned for Middlesex--A Quaker at Versailles

125. TO THE COUNTESS OF AILESBURY, Nov. 7, 1774.--Burke's Election at Bristol--Resemblance of one House of Commons to Another--Comfort of Old Age

126. TO MANN, Nov. 24, 1774.--Death of Lord Clive--Restoration of the French Parliament--Prediction of Great Men to arise in America--The King's Speech

127. TO CONWAY AND LADY AYLESBURY, Jan. 15, 1775.--Riots at Boston--A Literary Coterie at Bath-Easton

128. TO GEM, April 4, 1776.--Opposition of the French Parliaments to Turgot's Measures

129. TO CONWAY, June 20, 1776.--His Decorations at "Strawberry"--His Estimate of himself, and his Admiration of Conway

130. TO MANN, Dec. 1, 1776.--Anglomanie in Paris--Horse-Racing

131. TO COLE, June 19, 1777.--Ossian--Chatterton

132. TO MANN, Oct. 26, 1777.--Affairs in America--The Czarina and the Emperor of China

133. TO THE SAME, May 31, 1778.--Death of Lord Chatham--Thurlow becomes Lord Chancellor

134. TO COLE, June 3, 1778.--Exultation of France at our Disasters in America--Franklin--Necker--Chatterton

135. TO MANN, July 7, 1778.--Admiral Keppel's Success--Threats of Invasion--Funeral of Lord Chatham

136. TO CONWAY, July 8, 1778.--Suggestion of Negotiations with France--Partition of Poland

137. TO MANN, Oct. 8, 1778.--Unsuccessful Cruise of Keppel--Character of Lord Chatham

138. TO THE SAME, March 22, 1779.--Capture of Pondicherry--Changes in the Ministry--La Fayette in America

139. TO THE SAME, July 7, 1779.--Divisions in the Ministry--Character of the Italians and of the French

140. TO THE SAME, Sept. 16, 1779.--Eruption of Vesuvius--Death of Lord Temple

141. TO THE SAME, Jan. 13, 1780.--Chances of War with Holland--His Father's Policy--Pope--Character of Bolingbroke

142. TO THE SAME, Feb. 6, 1780.--Political Excitement--Lord G. Gordon--Extraordinary Gambling Affairs in India

143. TO THE SAME, March 3, 1780.--Rodney's Victory--Walpole inclines to Withdraw from Amusements

144. TO THE SAME, June 5, 1780.--The Gordon Riots

145. TO DALRYMPLE, Dec. 11, 1780.--Hogarth--Colonel Charteris--Archbishop Blackburne--Jervas--Richardson's Poetry

146. TO MANN, Dec. 31, 1780.--The Prince of Wales--Hurricane at Barbadoes--A "Voice from St. Helena"

147. TO THE SAME, Sept. 7, 1781.--Naval Movements--Siege of Gibraltar--Female Fashions

148. TO THE SAME, Nov. 29, 1781.--Capitulation of Lord Cornwallis--Pitt and Fox

149. TO COLE, April 13, 1782.--The Language proper for Inscriptions in England--Fall of Lord North's Ministry--Bryant

150. TO MANN, Sept. 8, 1782.--Highwaymen and Footpads

151. TO THE SAME, Dec. 2, 1783.--Fox's India Bill--Balloons

152. TO CONWAY, Oct. 15, 1784.--Balloons

153. TO PINKERTON, June 22, 1785.--His Letters on Literature--Disadvantage of Modern Writers--Comparison of Lady Mary Wortley with Madame de Sévigné

154. TO THE SAME, June 26, 1785.--Criticism on various Authors: Greek, Latin, French, and English--Humour of Addison, and of Fielding--Waller--Milton--Boileau's "Lutrin"--"The Rape of the Lock"--Madame de Sévigné

155. TO MANN, Aug. 26, 1785.--Ministerial Difficulties--The Affair of the Necklace in Paris--Fluctuating Unpopularity of Statesmen--Fallacies of History

156. TO THE SAME, Oct. 4, 1785.--Brevity of Modern Addresses--The old Duchess of Marlborough

157. TO THE SAME, Oct. 30, 1785.--Lady Craven--Madame Piozzi--"The Rolliad"--Herschel's Astronomical Discovery

158. TO MISS MORE, Oct. 14, 1787.--Mrs. Yearsley--Madame Piozzi--Gibbon--"Le Mariage de Figaro"

159. TO THE SAME, July 12, 1788.--Gentlemen Writers--His own Reasons for Writing when Young--Voltaire--"Evelina"--Miss Seward--Hayley

160. TO MANN, Feb. 12, 1789.--Divisions in the Royal Family--The Regency--The Irish Parliament

161. TO MISS BERRY, June 30, 1789.--"The Arabian Nights"--The Aeneid--Boccalini--Orpheus and Eurydice

162. TO CONWAY, July 15, 1789.--Dismissal of Necker--Baron de Breteuil--The Duc D'Orléans--Mirabeau

163. TO THE SAME, July 1, 1790.--Bruce's "Travels"--Violence of the French Jacobins--Necker

164. TO MISS BERRYS, June 8, 1791.--The Prince of Wales--Growth of London and other Towns

165. TO THE SAME, Aug. 23, 1791.--Sir W. and Lady Hamilton--A Boat-race--The Margravine of Anspach

166. TO THE SAME, Oct. 15, 1793.--Arrest of the Duchesse de Biron--The Queen of France--Pythagoras

167. TO CONWAY, July 2, 1795.--Expectations of a Visit to Strawberry by the Queen

168. TO THE SAME, July 7, 1795.--Report of the Visit

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

I. LADY MARY WORTLEY-MONTAGU

II. THOMAS GRAY, THE POET

Photographed from a drawing in the National Portrait Gallery, made by JAMES BASIRE, the engraver, from a sketch from life by Gray's friend, the Rev. WILLIAM MASON.

III. STRAWBERRY HILL, FROM THE NORTH-WEST

IV. SIR ROBERT WALPOLE

From a mezzotint by J. SIMON, after a picture by Sir GODFREY KNELLER.

V. VIEW OF GARDEN, STRAWBERRY HILL, FROM THE GREAT BED-CHAMBER

VI. REPRODUCTIONS OF HANDWRITING OF THOMAS GRAY AND HORACE WALPOLE

A SELECTION

FROM THE

LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE.