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Title: Letters of Horace Walpole Volume II
Author: Horace Walpole
Release Date: April 18, 2004 [EBook #12074]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE ***
Produced by Ted Garvin, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
[Illustration]LETTERS
OF
HORACE WALPOLE
SELECTED AND EDITED BY
CHARLES DUKE YONGE, M.A.
AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF FRANCE UNDER THE BOURBONS," "A LIFE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE," ETC., ETC.
WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME II
London
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
NEW YORK: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
MDCCCXCCONTENTS.
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, _July_10, 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 India143. 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 VisitLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. LADY MARY WORTLEY-MONTAGU
II. THOMAS GRAY, THE POET
Photographed from a drawing in the National Portrait G