LETTER XXIIL-Mr. Sterne to Ignatius Sancho.-In Reply-Humanity knows no

Shades of Color-Promise to Write, .*

page 153

154

LETTER XXIV.-Robert Burns to Mrs. Dunlop.-Description of his Wife,

LETTER XXV.-Robert Burns to Francis Grose.-Amusing Legends of Alloway

Kirk,.

155

LETTER XXVI.-Dr. Franklin to Francis Hopkinson.-Advice to an Editor on the

Conduct of his Journal,

159

LETTER XXVIL-Dr. Franklin to Mrs. Hewson.-Loss of Friends-Peace-Retrospect

of Life,.

160

LETTER XXVIII-Dr. Franklin to Mrs. Mecom.-"Only my Way of telling a Story." 161

LETTER XXIX.-Dr. Franklin to David Hartley.-Adieu on Leaving Europe,

LETTER XXX.—Mrs. Leadbetter to Rev. George Crabbe.-Renewal of Old Acquaintance

-Inquiries whether his Characters were drawn from Life,

LETTER XXXI.-Rev. George Crabbe to Mrs. Leadbetter.-Gratification at the Receipt

of her Letter-Response to her Inquiries-"None but Female Friends,"

LETTER XXXII-Hannah More to Mr. Harford.-Description of a Drought-Effect

produced by "Manners of the Great,"

162

163

165

168

.

LETTER XXXIII-Miss Berry to Joanna Baillie.-Visit to Cambridge-Little Use

which Men make of their Great Opportunities,

170

LETTER XXXIV.-Lady Dufferin to Miss Berry.-A Lady's Experience at the "Old

Bailey"-Uncomfortableness of having One's Clothes in Common,

171

LETTHE XXXV.-Hannah More to Mr. Wilberforce.—Infirmities of Age-Barley Wood

"no Hermitage," .

LETTER XXXVI-Sir W. W. Pepys to Hannah More.-Felicity in Metaphor-Dampness
in Churches-Third Marriage-Letters, .

LETTER XXXVII.-George Washington to Dr. John Cochran-Bill of Camp Fare for

the Benefit of two Ladies invited to dine with Him,

180

LETTER XXXVIII.-George Washington to Lieut.-Gen. Burgoyne.-Letter of Courtesy,

in Reply to one of Gen. Burgoyne's, on the Eve of the Latter's Departure for Eu-

горе,

181

LETTER XXXIX.-Lady Asgill to Count De Vergennes.-Appeal for the Intercession of

the French Minister on Behalf of her Son, then an Object of Retaliation in the

United States,

182

LETTER XL-Count De Vergennes to General Washington.-Request in Response to the
preceding Letter for the Release of Young Asgill,
188
LETTER XLI.—& T. Coleridge to Joseph Cottle.-Description of Miss Wordsworth, a Sis-
ter of the Poet,

LETTER XLII.-Robert Southey to his Daughters.-Description of the Ceremony of con-

ferring the Degree of Doctor of Laws at Oxford,

196

LETTER XLIII-Sir Walter Scott to Mrs. Walter Scott.-Domestic News-Bores-How
one was put to Flight,

page 189

LETTER XLIV.-Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton-Whimsical Description of a Bad

Cold. Note.-Reminiscences of Lamb at the India House,

198

LETTER XLV.-Charles Lamb to Mrs. Haslett-Travelling with "a well-informed Man;"

an eccentric Barrister,

196

LETTER XLVI.-Charles Lamb to Mr. Moxon.-Effect produced by a Present of a Watch

from Mr. Moxon to his Betrothed,

198

"No Affection beyond 78°, or below

LETTER XLVIL-Rev. Sydney Smith to Mrs.

20° of Fahrenheit."

199

LETTER XLVIII-Rev. Sydney Smith to Lady Dufferin.-Gout, and Dufferins-Value

of Easy-Chairs,

;

200

LETTER XLIX.-Rev. Sydney Smith to Charles Dickens.-An Invitation to Dinner ac-

cepted,.

201

LETTER L-Rev. Sydney Smith to Lord Mahon.-An Invitation to Dinner de-

clined, .

201

.

LETTER LI.-Rev. Sydney Smith to Lord Murray.-Calculation to show that a Hundred

Persons had been starved by his Voracity,

202

LETTER LII.-Lady Blessington to Walter Savage Landor.-Reflections on the Loss of

a Friend,

208

LETTER LIIL-Walter Savage Landor to Lady Blessington.-Danger of finding Resem-

blances-Arabian Nights-"No Evils in the World but Sin and Bile.".

204

LETTER LIV.-Walter Savage Landor to Lady Blessington.-A mere Touch of Rheu-

matism-Determination not to write after Seventy,

206

LETTER LV.-Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford.-Answer to the Question,

"Why the Devil rides on Horseback"-The Writer no longer like Scotch Fir, "able

to grow anywhere,"

. 207

BOOK THE THIRD.

SKETCHES OF NATURE, ART, AND TRAVEL IN LETTERS.

LETTER L-Daniel Webster to Mrs. Page.-Descriptions of the Morning. Note.-Appre-
ciation of the Beauty of the Morning in other Letters,
. 211

LETTER II.-Dr. James Alexander to Dr. Hall.-Visit to Oxford-General Appearance-

Comparison with Cambridge-Its Spirit behind the Age,

214

LETTER III. - Thomas Gray to Mr. Nicholls. Southampton-Netteley Abbey-Descrip-

tion of Sunrise on the Ocean. Note.-Extract from Jeremy Taylor as to Sunrise, 217

LETTER IV.-Horace Walpole to Richard West.-Amusements at Paris-Burial of the

Governor of the City-Meanness running through the French Love of Show-Publio

Buildings,

page 219

LETTER V.-Thomas Campbell to Dr. Beattie-Visit to the Louvre in 1814, with Mrs.

Siddons-Description of the Apollo Belvidere. Note.-Picture of Mrs. Siddons, 222

LETTER VL-Thomas Gray to Mr. West.-Turin-The Grande Chartreuse-Cretins, 225

LETTER VII.-William Wordsworth to the Earl of Lonsdale.-Tour in Switzerland-

Avalanches-Hill of the Angels,

. . 227

LETTER VIII.-Lady Morgan to Lady Clarke.-Hospitality of the Milanese-Beauty

of the Lake of Como-Her Life at the Villa Fontana-Society-Thunder-Storms, 230

LETTER IX.-Charles Dickens to Lady Blessington.-Milan-Amphitheatre of Verona-

His Travelling Purse,

287

241

LETTER X. Lord Byron to Mr. Murray.-Milan-Travelling in Italy-Correspondence
between Lucretia Borgia and Cardinal Bembo-Anecdote of Beccaria,

LETTER XI.-Lord Dudley to the Bishop of Llandaff.-Rome-Exaggerated Estimate

of the Value of its Ancient Remains-Comparison with the Remains of Grecian Ar-

chitecture-St. Peter's-Filth and Shabbiness of Rome-Neglect of Works of Art-

Improvements of the French-Learning in Rome,

244

LETTER XII.-Percy B. Shelley to T. L. P.-Pompeii and its Remains-The Theatre,

Streets, Houses, Temples, Forum, Prospects, .

253

LETTER XIII.-Robert Southey to Lieut. Southey.-A Bull-Fight at Lisbon-Cruelty and

Cowardice of the Sport-Monument to Fielding-Lisbon,

259

LETTER XIV.- Washington Irving to Mrs. Paris.-Rides in the Neighborhood of Mad-

rid-The Prado, or great Promenade of the City,

265

LETTER XV.-Lady M. W. Montagu to the Countess of Bute.-Constantinople-The

Seraglio-St. Sophia-Mosque of the Sultan Solyman-The Hippodrome-The Ex-

changes Slaves in Turkey-Dervises,

267

LETTER XVI.-E. D. Clarke to the Rev. William Otter.-Jerusalem--Difference be-

tween Asia and Europe as to the Permanence of Customs-Repetition of Scripture

Scenes to this Day-Probable Sepulchre of our Saviour-The Druses-Worship of the

Golden Calf-Antiquities of Jerusalem-Galilee-Mount Tabor-Nazareth-General

Appearance of the Country,

. 274

LETTER XVII.-Bishop Heber to Hon. C. W. W. Wynne.-First Impressions of India-
Accuracy of Descriptions in "Kehama" and the "Ancient Mariner "-Calcutta, and
the surrounding Country-Indifference of the Mussulmans to Use of the Bible in the
Native Schools,
. 235

LETTER XVIII.-Bishop Heber to Hon. C. W. W. Wynne.-Visit to a wealthy Brahmin

-His House, Furniture, and Grounds-Style of Conversation-Dr. Franklin-Dress

and Amusements of the Children,

293

BOOK THE FOURTH.

PUBLIC HISTORY, ILLUSTRATED BY LETTERS.

.

LETTER I.-Queen Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII.-Protestations of Affection and Fidel-

ity, and Prayer for a fair and lawful Trial. Note.-As to Authenticity and probable

Authorship of this Letter,

page 299

LETTER II.-Dr. Sharpe to the Duke of Buckingham.-Purposes of the Spaniards, in
their projected Invasion of England-Speech of Queen Elizabeth to her Army at
Tilbury Fort Note.-Commemoration of this Speech by Sir James Mackintosh, 802
LETTER III.-Oliver Cromwell to Sir Arthur Hesselrig.-Feelings on the Eve of the
Battle of Dunbar. Note.-Cromwell's War-Cry in that Battle,

805

806

LETTER IV.-Sir Samuel Pepys to Lady Carteret.-The Great Plague in London-Touch-
ing Incidents,

LETTER V.-From

-

.

809

to John Ellis.-Trial of the Seven Bishops-Questions raised-
Public Joy at the Result, .
LETTER VI.-Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann.-Scotch Rebellion in 1745-Progress
of the Chevalier-Anecdotes,
LETTER VII-Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann.-Trial of the Rebel Lords-Con-
duct of the Lord Chancellor-Behavior of the Prisoners-Insolence of Murray (af-
terwards Lord Mansfield)-Sentence,
814

.

811

321

LETTER VIII.-Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann.-Execution of the Rebel Lords-
Gallant Bearing of Balmerino-Lady Townshend's Fears of "Rebel Pie,"

LETTER IX.-Hon. Philip Yorke to Horace Walpole.-Battle of Fontenoy-French only

not beat-Behavior of the Dutch Regiments-Of the Duke of Cumberland-Lord

Chesterfield's Speech on leaving Holland-Advice to write Memoirs of his Times, 325

LETTER X.-William Strahan to David Hume.-Wilkes and the Middlesex Elections.

Wilkes's Demagogueism-Meanness of some of the Nobility in Illuminating for Fear

of the Mob-Conduct of Lord Mansfield-Lord Bute. Note.-Illegality of general

Warrants established,

829

LETTER XI.-Lord Camden to the Duke of Grafton.-Circumstances attending the
Death of Lord Chatham. Note.-Copley's Historical Painting,
LETTER XII.-Rev. Dr. Mayhew to Hon. James Otis, Jr.-Importance of Communica-
tion between the Colonies-Suggestion to send circular congratulatory Letters on the
Repeal of the Stamp Act,
837

.

LETTER XIII.-Lord Howe to Dr. Franklin.-His Wish to promote an Accommodation

between the King and the Colonies,

339

LETTER XIV. Dr. Franklin to Lord Howe.-Peace impossible on other Terms than In

dependence-His Desire to preserve from breaking, "that noble Porcelain Vase-the

British Empire,"

840

LETTER XV.-General Washington to Col. Lewis Nicola.-Rebuking a Suggestion com-

municated to him of establishing a Monarchy in his Person,

page 848

LETTER XVL-John Adams to John Jay.-Circumstances attending his Reception as
the first Minister from the United States by George the Third-Speech of Mr. Adams,
and Reply of George the Third-Embarrassment of the King-Conversation. Note.-
Ordinary Ceremonial of Presentation from Mr. Rush's Memoranda,
844

LETTER XVII.-Fisher Ames to George Richards Minot.-General Washington's first

Speech to the two Houses of Congress. Note.-Early Practice of the Presidents, 353

LETTER XVIIL-General Washington to the Emperor of Germany.-Letter asking the

Release of La Fayette. Note-General Washington's Distress at the Sufferings of La

Fayette,

854
LETTER XIX-Mrs. John Adams to her Husband.-Written on the Day that his Elec
tion as President of the United States was officially declared,
855

LETTER XX.-John Adams to his Wife.-His Inauguration-General Washington pres-

ent-"Scarce a dry eye but Washington's,"

356

LETTERS XXL, XXII, XXIIL—B. George Niebuhr to Madame Hensler.-Bombardment

of Copenhagen-Courage of the Citizens-Surrender-Feelings of Sorrow and

Pride,

358-363

LETTER XXIV.-Sir Walter Scott to the Duke of Buccleugh.-Ride over the Field of

Waterloo-Reminiscences of the Battle-Conversation with De Costar, Buonaparte's

Guide on that day-Temper of the French after Defeat,

364

LETTER XXV.-(Margaret Fuller) Madame Ossoli to R. W. Emerson.-Siege of Rome
by the French-Destruction of the Borghese Gardens-Mazzini,

872

BOOK THE FIFTH.

LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, ANECDOTE, AND CRITICISM IN LETTERS.

882

LETTER I.-John Milton to Leonard Philara, the Athenian.—Account of his Loss of

Sight-His Patience and Fortitude. Note.-Reflections of Coleridge,`.

. 879

LETTER II-Alexander Pope to the Earl of Burlington.-Journey to Oxford with Lin-
tot-Gossip about the Authors of that Day-How the Publisher dealt with Translators
and Critics, .
LETTER III.-Dr. Arbuthnot to Alexander Pope.-Account of his Condition-Express-
ion of friendly Feelings-Literary Advice,
LETTER IV.-Alexander Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot.-In Reply to the preceding Letter-
Mr. Pope's Idea of the Purpose and Scope of Satirical Writing,
888
LETTER V.-Alexander Pope to Mr. Steele.-Critical Discussion of the Meaning of the
Emperor Adrian's Verses to his Soul-Literal and Poetical Translation,

LETTER VI.-Mr. Steele to Alexander Pope.-Requests an Ode like that of Adrian, 892

.

387

891