LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE (SUPPLEMENT) PAGET TOYNBEE Oxford University Press London Edinburgh Glasgow New York Toronto Melbourne Cape Town Bombay Humphrey Milford Publisher to the University 0{'rrnrc( ((\i[].iolc :Sr-V'nv a rnltiA.a tiL-rc fonurr I ij at c^)trriiri^-rri^ Jlill Vll the h-r'.:;c.).)trn ry'. f'/.! ^kalfjh . \ri'il[ SUPPLEMENT TO THE LETTERS OF HORACE AVALPOLE FOURTH EARL OF ORFORD CHRONOLOGICALLV ARRANGED AND EDITED WITH NOTES AND INDICES BV PAGET TOYNBEE, M.A., D.Lm'. F.E.HisT..Sor. IN TWO VOLUMES WITH I'OIITRAITS AND I'ACSIMILES VOL. II: 1783-1796 OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS MCMXVIII CONTENTS VOLUME II PAGES Supplementary Letters: 2396*-3050* . . . 1-7.5 Additions and Corrections to Vols, i-xvi of Mrs. Toynbee's Edition . . . . 76-197 List of Missing Letters Supplementary Addenda Index of Persons . Index of Places . Index of Subjects . 198-243 . 244-250 2.51-291 . 292-297 . 298-807 PORTRAIT Horace 'Walpole .... . . Frontixpiert- From miniature in. 'possession of Mr. Ralph Nevill. LIST OF SUPPLEMENTARY LETTERS VOLUME II 239G*t2400*t 24I0§ 2478*t 2481+ 2488*+2497*+ 2509*2510* 2623*+2534§ 2577* 2593"'+ 2603+2614*+2615**+2617*1-2628*+2641*+ 2646<=+2654*+2654**+ 2661*2670*+2684*+2684**+2693*+2698*+ 272612732*+ March 12, 1783 Mai-ch 19, 1783 May 12, 1783 May 13, 1784 June 8 [1784] Aug. 4, 1781 Sept. 16, 1784 Nov. 25, 1784 Dec. 2, 1784 March I, 1785 June 26, 1785 April 2, 1786 [Oct. 1786] Jan. 1, 1787 Juue 24, 1787 July 20, 1787 Aug. 9, 1787 Dec. 19, 1787 July 26, 1788 Sept. 6 [1788] Nov. 12, 1788 Nov. 21, 1788 Feb. II, 1789 May I, 1789 July 5, 1789 July 7, 1789 July 27, 1789 Aug. 9, 1789 Feb. 24, 1790 June 5, 1790 Benjamin Ibbot. Benjamin Ibbot. Earl of Buchan. Edraond Malone. Countess of Ailesbury. Benjamin Ibbot. 'William Fermor. Lady Lyttelton. Lady Lyttelton. John Pinkerton. John Pinkerton. Princess Amelia. Sir Horace Mann the Younger. Miss Hannah More. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Charles Bedford. Dr. Burney. Dr. Lort. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway, Dr. Lort. Dr. Lort. Mrs, Horace Cliurcliill. Dr. Nash Dr. Lort. Dr. Lort. Dr. Lort. Dr. Lort. William Parsons. Dr. Lort. ' Asterisks imply duplication of numbers. + Now first printeil. + N.'jw first printed in full, § Incomplete in C. : now printed in full. List of Supplementary Letters VII 2737*+ July 6, 1790 . 2752*: Oct. 20. 1790 2767*+ Dec. 30, 1790 2784*+ March 13, 1791 , 2784**+ March 17, 1791 2802*+ .Tune 16, 1791 . 2806 ¦¦+ July 10, 1791 3832'^+ Dec. 2, 1791 2S32 ¦-*+ Dec, 6. IT'.M 3S58**-:- Auj,. 5. ITOi 2860**+ Aug. 20, 1792 2862*+ Aug. 30. 1792 2865*+ Sept. 12. 1792 2869* Sept. 30, 1792 2879* [1792] . . . 2891*+ Sept. 22, 1793 2919*+ Dec. 2, 1793 . . 2948* Oct. 12, 1794 . , 2960*+ March 17 [1795] . 2993*+ Feb. 20, 1796 . . 3050*+ No date. . Qeorge Nicol. Miss Burney. Miss Jano Pope. George Nie. il. Honry Williain Bunbury. Marquis of Lansdowne. Dr. Burney. Marquis Townslicnd.f — Lucas (¦?). Bishop of Dromore. George Nicol. George Nicol. Sir 'William Hamilton. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Lady Diana Beauclerc. Rev. Robert Nares (?). Dr. Burney. George Augustus Selwyn. -¦ Asterisks imply duplication of numbers, + Now first printed, X Now first printed in full. See >;vj>plevip.7itn.ry Addenda (vol, ii, pp, 245-8), ERRATA Vol. i, p. 113, col. 6, 1. 9, for Honor read Horror Vol. ii, p. 132, 1. 16, /or cutter read cutler „ p. 189, 1. 3 from foot, for Oxford read Orfoed „ p. 202, n. 4, for first Earl Ligonier read first Earl (ii.e.) Ligonier ,, p. 208, 1. 8, fur Rochfort read Eochefort THE LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE 2396*. To Benjamin Ibbot i. Sir, Berkeley Square, March 12, 1783. I have this minute received the favour of your letter just as I 'was going to w^rite another to tell you that your son's leave of absence for three months longer is granted. I am very happy to have been instrumental to it, and hope that Bath -will quite set him up. I am, Sir, Your obedient, humble servant, HoE. Walpole. 2400*. To Benjamin Ibbot'. Berkeley Square, March 19, 1783. I FEAR, dear Sir, you have thought my silence very blameable or negligent — yet I assure you I have not been in fault : I have neither forgotten nor neglected 'what you Letter 2396*. — Not in C. ; now Letter 2400*. — Not in C. ; now first printed from copy kindly sup- first printed from copy kindly sup plied by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, pUed by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, owner of the original. owner of the original. 1 The letter is addressed, ' To ' The letter is addressed, ' To Benjamin Ibbott, Esq. in Dartmouth Benjamin Ibbott, Esq. in Dartmouth Street, Westminster.' Street, Westminster.' 2 To Benjamin Ibhot [i783 desired. Yet after all I can give you little satisfaction. General Conway •" at the very first gave your letter to the Duke of Eichmond '\ who said he thought your son would come home, unless removed to some other garrison. I then twice pressed the Duke himself to give me a letter to General Elliot ^ for leave : the Duke said, he believed it would not be minded, and seemed unwilling to give it — yet I flattered myself he would — however as I find no hopes of obtaining it, I could not refrain any longer from ac quainting you with what I knew before, that I have little interest, and can only be your useless, though sincere humble servant, Hor. Walpole. 2410. To THE Eakl of Buchan. Strawberry Hill, May 12, 1783. [Incomplete in C. — see Additions aiid Corrections, vol. ii. p. 164.] 3431. To Eael Haecouet. Strawberry Hill, Aug. 5, 1783. [Addition to note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 165.] 2438. To THE Eael of Strafford. Strawberry Hill, Sept. 12, 1783. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 165.] 2440. To the Countess of Uppee Ossoey. Strawberry Hill, Sept. 27, 1783. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 165.] 2442. To Mifes Maey Hamilton. Strawberry Hill, Oct. 7, 1783. [Correction in text— see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 165.] 2461. To THE Hon. Thomas Walpole. Berkeley Square, Jan. 3, 1784. [Substituted note— see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 165.] 2 Commander-in-Chief. 3 Master-Generalof the Ordnance. * Governor of Gibraltar. 1784] To Edmond Malone 3 2469*. To Miss Hannah Moee. March 6, 1784. [Misdated in C. ; collated with copy of original— see Additiotis and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 165.] 2477. To Miss Hannah Moee. May [March] 6, 1784. [Eenumbered 2469* — see above.] 2478*. To Edmond Malone. Berkeley Square, May 13th, 1784. Mb. Walpole is always very ready and happy to obey Mr. Malone's commands, and will do it in the present instance as far as it is in his power, though he cannot exactly in the manner desired. Mr. Walpole having been obliged from many disagreeable adventures to restrain the number to four on the same day\ and being desired to admit a larger company of H.E.H. Princess Amelie's family, did presume to represent his situation, and her Royal Highness was so good as to say he was in the right, and sent only four of her servants at a time. Since that time Mr. Walpole has been obliged to be very strict, but he will willingly send Mr. Malone three tickets for four each for any days that he wiU please to name after next Monday, if Mr. Malone will be so good as to let him know those days before next Sunday morning. 2481. To THE Countess of Ailesbuey. strawberry Hill, Tuesday night, Juue 8 [1784]. [Now first printed in full — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 166.] Letter 2478* Not in C. ; now made a regulation that only four flrst printed from copy kindly sup- visitors should be admitted to Straw- plied by Messrs. Dodd & Livingston, berry Hill on any one day — see letter of New 'Vork, owners of the original. to Bindley of Sept. 7, 1781 (No. 1 Walpole, in self-defence, had 2209*). B 2 4 To Eenjamin ibhot [1784 2485. To THE Hon. Heney Seymoue Conway. strawberry Hill, June 30, 1784. [Addition to note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 166.] 2488*. To Benjamin Ibbot \ strawberry Hill, Aug. 4, 1784. It is very uneasy for me, Sir, to decline complying with your request ; but indeed I have no title to ask of the Duke of Richmond the favour you desire. I have no doubt but it is a reasonable one, and being so, and what you say very few would desire, I can only advise that your son should present a memorial to his Grace setting forth the grounds of his suit, and that his sufferings have been caused or increased by his strict performance of his severe duty. The Duke is so just and compassionate, that I flatter myself he will do what is right, and rather from the reason of the solicitation, than from partiality to any other person — and if he does not think it right, I confess I should not care to ask for it, even if I expected that he would mind my interposition — but indeed I have no claim to take any such liberty and must beg to be excused. Lord Edgcumbe perhaps might have more weight. I am. Sir, Your obedient, humble servant, Hor. Walpole. 2491. To Sie Hoeace Mann. strawberry Hill, Aug. 9, 1784. [Additions to notes — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 167-169.] Letter 2488*. — Not in C. ; now i The letter is addressed, ' To first printed from copy kindly sup- Benjamin Ibbott, Esq. in Dartmouth plied by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Street, 'Westminster.' owner of the original, 1784] To William Fermor 2496. To THE Countess of Upper Ossory. strawberry Hill, Aug. 26, 1784. [Additional note ; correction in note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 169.] 2497. To THE Earl of Strafford. strawberry Hill, Sept. 7, 1784. [Additional note — see Additions and Correct io)!."!, vol. ii. p. 1G9.] 2497*. To William Fermor. Strawberry Hill, Sept. 16, 1784. I AM extremely obliged to you, Sir, for the trouble you have been so kind as to take in giving me such very curious information. I had never heard of that discovery of Queen Catherine Parr's corpse ^, and am ignorant of its having Letter 2497*. — Not in C. ; now first printed from copy kindly sup plied by Messrs. Maggs Brothers, 109 Strand, W.C., owners of the original. ^ Catherine Parr, widow of Henry VIII, married in 1547, very shortly after the king's death, Lord Seymour of Sudeley ; she died in September, 1548, at Sudeley Castle, in Gloucester shire, where she was buried. In 1782 her coffin was opened, and the corpse was found to be perfectly preserved. The exposure to the air, however, caused the body to putrefy, and when last (in 1817) the coffin was opened, nothing remained but the skeleton. The following (pre served in the Waller Collection) is the letter to which the above is the reply : — SiH, I flatter myself that the foUowing curious anecdotes will help to make my apology for troiibling you with a detail of them. I have had great satisfaction in collecting the parti culars, which will be sensibly in creased should they prove of the least entertainment to yourself. In 1782 Mr. Lucas, a gentleman of fortune and veracity, in company with several others, now residing at Sudeley Castle in G-loucester shire, opened the grave where Catherine Parr was buried. She lay about two feet from the surface of the ground, as it now is, a pavement having been removed some years ago for the purpose of repairs. The follow ing was the appearance of the body — it was of a light brown colour, the flesh soft and moist, and the weight of the hand and arm aa those of a living body of the same size. The appearance of the features was rather pleasing than otherwise, Mr. Lucas remarking that he had seen many bodies recently dead wearing a much more unpleasing aspect. The teeth were perfect and of the best sort, and the nails in great preservation. She was rather of a low stature. The body was 6 To WiUiam Fermor [1784 ever been published. If it was not, it was depriving the public of a very singular event : and it is much pity that no drawing was made of her Majesty's face ; nor any precautions taken to preserve the body in the state it was found. I would by no means neglect an early opportunity of returning you my thanks, Sir, for so obliging a favour • but as I have a set of company with me for two or three days, I have not the time to say more at present, though perfectly sensible of your goodness. perfectly sweet and showed no marks of decay. She was clad, one may say, in a leaden doublet, which was made to fit exactly her body, arms, and legs, and entirely covered her face. Between this lead and the body was a thickness of Unen cloths, twelve or fourteen double, which' appeared to have been dipped in some composition, in order to pre serve them, which had answ^ered the end so completely, that it was with difficulty they could be sepa rated with a large knife. There were neither ear-rings in the ears, nor any ring upon the fingers of the hand they examined ; the other hand they did not remove from its leaden case. She had the following inscription in very ill-formed letters on the upper part of the lead over her breast : ' K. P. 6t^ and last wife to Henry the 8**1 and after that married to Ld. Thos. Seymer, Baron of Sudeley, and High Admirall of Englond.' On the body being again opened about twelve months after it ap peared to be in a putrid state, and highly offensive. This I apprehend to have arisen from the free ad mission of air, it having been pre viously, one may sa^^, in a vacuum, in consequence of the linen wrappers and the close coat of lead. It was laid in a very handsome Oothic chapel, now fallen to decay, and is the property of Lord Rivers. There appears to have been a white marble monument over her, from some fragments still remaining in the wall, part of which marble I now have in my possession. She died in childbed at this castle in 1548, at the age of 48*, having had four husbands f. The particulars of her death, and funeral in the chapel of this castle, are to be seen in the History of Gloucestershire +, which I examined at Sudeley Castle, the Q^^ of September, and at the same time had the above recited account from Mr. Lucas himself. I have the honour to be. Sir, your much obliged and very ob*^ hum: ser*', Wm. Feemor. Tasmore September y^ 8t»i 1784. * Catherine Parr died at the age of 36, having been born in 1512. f Her four husbands were :'l. Edward Burgh, Lord Burgh (or Borough de Gaynsboro) (d. 1529); 2. John NeviU, Lord Latimer (d. 1543); 3, King Henry VIII (d. 1547) ; 4. Thomas Seymour, Lord Seymoixr of Sudeley (d. 1549). X A New Hiatory of Gloucestershire, by Samuel Rudder, published in 1779. 1784] To William Fermor I have the honour of being with great respect, Sii', Your most obliged and most obedient humble servant, HoR. Walpole ^ '' Fermor's reply to this letter is preserved in the Waller Collection : — ¦ Tasmore, Sep: 26^^, 1784. Sir, I am honored with your letter of the X&-^ inst. for which I beg leave to return you many thanks. No account has ever been published, I believe, of the discovery of Cathe rine Parr's corpse, as the particulars of so singular an event have been known to few. A circumstance so striking in the history of preserva tion excited my curiosity, when in Gloucestershire, and induced me to go to the spot to enquire into the truth of what I had beared asserted by some friends Uving iu that neigh bourhood ; the result of my enquiries and the testimonials of creditable living witnesses, I had the honor of transmitting to you, and I am happy to find. Sir, they afforded you the least entertainment. The particulars of Queen Cathe rine's funeral may be seen in Rodder's History of Gloucestershire, which is a continuation of Atkins's. As a further confirmation of the truth of Queen Catherine's death in chUdbed, I beg leave to transcribe a curious letter written to her by Queeu Elizabeth on y® last day of July 1548 : which serves as a testi monial ofthe great regard the Queen had for her, and of her then preg nant state, to which the Queen unequivocally alludes. The Lady Elizabeth's letter to the Queen Dowager Parr, then married to the Lord Admiral Seymour, Cotton Lib. Otho C. x fol. 462. A. D. 1548. 'Although your Higness letters be most joyful to me in absence, yet considering what pain it is to you to write, your Grace being so great with child, and so sickly, your commendation were enough in my Loi'ds letter. I much rejoice at your health, with the well liking of the country, with my humble thanks that your Grace wished me as with you, till I were weary of that country. Your Higness were like to be combered, if I should not depart till I were weary being with you. Altho' it were in the worst soil in the world, your presence wou'd make it pleasant. I can not reprove my Lord for not doing your commendations in his letter, for he did it; and altho' he had not, yet I will not complain on him for that he shaU be diligent to give me knowledge from time to time, how his busie child doth ; and if I were at his birth no doubt I would see him beaten, for the trouble he has put you to. Mr. Denny and my Lady with humble thanks, prayeth most entirely for your Grace, pray ing the Almighty God to send you a lucky deUvrance. And my mis tress wisheth no less, giving your Highness most humble thanks for her commendations. Written with very Uttle leisure, this last day of July. Your humble daughter El.,IZABETH. I beg leave to remark here, that we probably owe the high preserva tion of the body amongst other circumstances to that state she was taken off in, as we may reasonably suppose she was in perfect health ; before disorder had destroyed or impaired materiaUy any part of the structure which very probably was committed to the earth, as indeed most of the bodies of Henry y*' 8''''' wives were, with Uttle or no blood remaining — I have y^ honor to be with great respect, Sir, y'' much obliged and ob' hum: Sqt^ Wm. Fekmob. To Lady Lyttelton [i784 2498. To John Pinkerton. Strawberry Hill, Sept. 27, 1784. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS.— see AddUions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 169.] 2500. To John Pinkerton. Strawberry Hill, Oct. 6, 1784. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 169.] 2503. To John Pinkerton. Oct. 27, 1784. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 169.] 2509*. To Lady Lyttelton. strawberry Hill, Nov. 25, 1784. From a castle as vast — as the castles on signs. From a hill that art African molehill outshines, Letter 2509*. — Not in C. ; re- It comes to inquire — not whether printed from Addenda et Corrigenda, her eyes vol. xvi. pp. xi-xii. In tlie Waller Are as radiant as ever ; but how Collection is a transcript by Walpole many sighs of these lines, slightly differing He must vent to the rocks and from the ahove, and "with a different the Echoes around date ; — (Tho' nor Echo nor rock in the A card sent from Strawberry hill Parish is found) to Eliz. Rich, Baroness Dow*" Lyttel- Before she obdurate his passion ton, to inquire when she will be in will meet — town, Nov. 27, 1784. His passion to see her in Portugal From a Castle as vast — as the Street f . From t'lii" fhir^U Africa'^ ^^^"^ ^y"'^!*-'^ -=-- *!>« --' rr.,- ^t:l\i^«.°'^t*i'>f . ^ ^^ Kemember'd, tho' old, by » Wit This Epistle IS sent to a Cottage ^^^ ^ j,'^^ , , y » wn; That thTDoir will not ope if you ^ '^^enXf' ^'"'^ ^""^^ ^'"^ * ^"°" stand in the hall, t ™ „* j^ i •" j.* a. •, » ¦ , To a Lady, who woud be fifteen, ^ ™"1iT,! impatient suoh kmd- . „ , -'l^ • i,f * ness to meet, A J ri^ "^^ And shaU hasten my flight into M*^!, T'''^-t°-"'°""^''' Portugal Street. ^ Methusalem quite ; j^jpi^y C^^^ B^^^ ^^^^ 23^^^ * He 67. Walpole. t Where she lived in London. Walpole. — On this ' heroic epistle ' see letter to Conway of Nov. 28, 1784. 1784] To Lady Lyttelton 9 This epistle is sent to a cottage so small. That the door cannot ope, should you stand in the hall, To a lady who would be fifteen, if her knight And old swain were as young — as Methusalem quite. It comes to enquire, not whether her eyes Are as radiant as ever, but how many sighs He must vent to the rocks and the echoes around (Though no echo nor rock in the parish is found) Before she obdurate his passion will meet — His passion to see her in Portugal Street. 2510*. To Lady Lyttelton. Berkeley Square, Dee. 2, 1784. I CANNOT be ashamed of being an old simpleton, since I have given occasion to your Ladyship to show so much cleverness and good humour. I am the more pleased as they imply your being in health and spirits. I knew you had a thousand talents, but did not suspect your being so ready at capping verses, and congratulate myself on making the discovery. I thought my heaux jours had long been over, but I will rhyme to anything that can show how much I am dear Lady Lyttelton's Most faithful Humble servant, Hor. Walpole. P.S. I believe I made my own lines still more foolish by writing nor how many sighs for hut how many sighs — no matter, since they drew so good an answer \ Letter 2510'*'. — Not in C. ; re- ^ For Lady Lyttelton's reply, see printed from Addenda et Corrigenda. note on previous letter (No. 2509*). vol. xvi. p. xii. 10 To John Fmkerton \\7%5 2519*. To THE Due DE NiVERNAIS. Feb. I, 1785. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 170.] 2523*. To John Pinkerton i. Berkeley Square, March 1, 1785. Mr. Walpole has read Mr. Pinkerton's preface ^, and is so much pleased with it, that, if not inconvenient, should be glad to see him on Thursday morning at eleven o'clock. 2532. To John Pinkerton. Strawberry Hill, June 22, 1785. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 171.] 2534. To John Pinkerton. June 26, 1785. [Incomplete in C. ; collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see Additions mid Corrections, vol. ii. p. 171.] 2535. To the Countess of Upper Ossory. strawberry Hill, June 30, 1785. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 172.] 2543. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, July 27, 1785. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see Additions aiid Cmrections, vol. li. p. 172.] Letter 2523*. — Not in C. ; how ' Probably the preface to a play first printed from copy kindly sup- upon whioh Pinkerton had been plied by Messrs. Dodd & Livingston, engaged, and which he had sub- of New York, owners of the original. mitted to Walpole — see letters to 1 The letter is addressed, ' To Pinkerton of Sept. 27 and Oct. 6, John Pinkerton, Esq. at Knights- 1781. bridge.' 11 2546. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, Aug. 18, 1785. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see Additions and Con-ections, vol. ii. p. 172.] 2551. To George Hardinge. [Additional note — see Additions and Cur reel ions, vol. ii. p. 172.] 2552. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, Sept. 17, 1785. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS.— see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 173.] 2555. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, Sept. 30, 1785. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see AdditiunR and Ccn-rections, vol. ii. p. 173.] 2556. To John Pinkerton. Str.awberry Hill, Oct. 2, 1785. [Substituted note — see Additions ami Corrections, vol. ii. p. 173.] 2558. To the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. strawberry Hill, Oct. 6, 1786. [Substituted note — see Additions a-nd Corrections, vol. ii. p. 173.] 2559. To the Counters of Upper Ossory. Str.awberry Hill, Oct. 27, 1785. [Additional note — see Additio-ns and Currertiinis, vol. ii. p. 173.] 2573. To Miss Hannah More. Berkeley Square, Feb. 9, 1786. [Collated with original — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 173.] 12 To the Princess Amelia [1786 2577*. To THE Princess Amelia ^ April 2, 1786. Lest I should not find words. Madam, ready to express sufficiently my great sense of your Eoyal Highness's goodness in graciously offering me the distinguished honour of dining with the Prince of Wales at your Eoyal Highness's, I presume, Madam, to present in writing my most humble thanks for so signal a mark of favour. It is with deep concern. Madam, that I feel myself so circumstanced, as to be forced to beg leave to decline that honour. Your Eoyal Highness once asked me if I had been at his Eoyal Highness's levee. I replied that, as I was unfortunately precluded from paying my duty to his Majesty, I thought it did not become me to present myself before the Prince ; and your Eoyal Highness was pleased to say that I acted properly. Having, therefore, never had the honour of kissing his Eoyal Highness's hand, and not being in a situation of paying my duty to him, it appears to me, that the greatest mark of respect that I can show to his Eoyal Highness, is to make a sacrifice of an honour so extremely flattering to me, rather than be wanting in any expression of reverence to his Majesty and the Prince '- 2582. To THE Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. June 18, 1786. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 174.] Letter 2577*. — Not in C. ; draft nora, second daughter of George II ; of letter in Horace Walpole's auto- born 1711, died unmarried Oct. 81 ' graph, signed H. W., reprinted from 1786. Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue ^ jn the event Walpole did not (Nov. 27-8, 1890, Lot 447). decline the honour ; see letter to 1 Princess Amelia Sophia Eleo- Mann of May 29, 1786. 1787] To Miss Hannah More 13 2591. To the Countess of Upper Ossory. strawberry Hill, Sept. 28, 1786. [Additions to notes — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 174.] 2593. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, Oct. 18, 1786. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS.— see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 1 74.] 2593*. To Sir Horace Mann the Younger ^- [Oct. 1786.] I WANT another letter with a still better account. They who feel cannot keep their minds in the equilibrium of a pair of scales : fear and hope have no equiponderant weights: the moment the one turns the balance, it swells extrava gantly, tho' perhaps inflated by air. 2603. To Miss Hannah More. Berkeley Square, Jan. 1, 1787. Do not imagine, dear Madam, that I pretend in the most distant manner to pay you for charming poetry ^ with Letter 2593*. — Kot in C. ; extract died in the foUowing November. from letter, now first printed from Letter 2603.— Now first printed transcript by Walpole in Waller in full, and as written by Walpole, Collection. from original in possession of Mr. ^ Sir Horace Mann the younger W. V. Daniell, 33 King Street, St. was so very grateful and affectionate James's. The original of this letter, to his uncle. Sir Horace the elder, as in the case of many of the letters the very amiable old Minister at written by Walpole to Hannah More Florence, that Mr. W. said, ' When (see vol. i. pp. xix-xx), has been human nature is excellent, the term garbled by an unscrupulous editor. Man ought to be spelled with a Several words and a proper name double n.' Sir Horace junior set have been deleted (but are still out directly and travelled night and decipherable) and others quite dif- day, whenever he heard his uncle ferent substituted in their place, and was ill, as he did in Sept. 1786 — and a sentence (after manipulation) has finding his uncle still alive, wrote been suppressed (see notes below). Mr. W. word of it. He replied [as ^ See note 1 on letter to Hannah above]. Walpole, — Sir Horace Mann More of Feb. 9, 1786. 14 To Miss Hannah More [1787 insipid prose ; much less that I acquit a debt of gratitude for flattering praise and compliments ^ by a meagre tale that does not even aim at celebrating you — no, I have but two motives for offering you the accompanying trifle ' : the first, to prove that the moment I have finished anything, you, are of the earliest in my thoughts : the second, that coming from my press, I wish it may be added to your Strawberry editions. It is so far from being designed for the public, that I have printed but 40 copies, which I do not mention to raise its value, tho' it will with mere collectors, but lest you should lend it and lose it, when I may not be able to supply its place. Christina ' indeed has some title to connection with you both from her learning, and her moral writings ; as you are justly intitled to a lodging in her Cite des Bames, where I am sure her three patronesses* would place you, as a favourite eleve of some of their still more amiable sisters, who must at this moment be condoling with their unfortunate sister Gratitude, whose vagabond foundling " has so basely disgraced her and herself — you fancied that Mrs. Lactilla' was a spurious issue of a Muse ; and to be sure with all their immortal virginity, the parish of Parnassus has been sadly charged with their bantlings ; and as nobody knows the fathers, no wonder some of the misses have turned out woful reprobates ! I was very unlucky in not calling at Mrs. Yesey's the 2 Walpole's words 'praise aud 1784). compliments ' in the original have ^ ']?hat is, Mra. Yearsley j Walpole been heavily scored through, and several times refers to her by this ' kindness and friendship ' (as hither- name (see letters to Hannah More to printed) have been written above of Nov. 13, 1784, and Nov. 4, 1789 ; the line. aud to Lady Ossory of Dec. 1, 1786). 3 See vol. xiii. p. 434, n. 1. ' LaotiUa ' has been heavily scored * Christine de Pisan. through in the original , and a pencil ^ See vol. xiii. p. 434, n. 3. note 'Ann Yearsley 'has been written * Mrs. Yearsley, the ' mUkwoman at the bottom of the page. The poetess ' of Bristol (see note 1 on text as hitherto printed has ' Mrs. letter to Hannah More of Nov. 13, Yearsley. ' 1787] To the Hon. Henry Seymour Comvay 15 evening you was there for a moment ; but I hope for better fortune soon, and will be much obliged to you if you will tell me Avhen I may hope for that pleasure, as I am no Milkman, but ' your Most grateful and faithful humble servant, HoE. Walpole. 2612. To the Countess of Upper Ossory. strawberry Hill, June 14, 1787. [Addition to note — see Additions a-nd Corrections, vol. ii. p. 175.] 2614*. To the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Berkeley Square, Sunday morning [June 24, 1787].' I CAME to town yesterday and return to-morrow, but by leaving this here, you will receive it a day sooner than if from Twickenham. This important exordium sounds as if I had something of consequence to tell you — on the contrary, I want you to tell me that Lady Ailesbury is well again. Our letters met upon the road without even nodding to one another, I believe. I don't know whether the Ac's '' and Iski's ' disappointed you as the latter did me and the former your brother*. He had invited them to his ball ten days before, and then they chose to stay at Mrs. North's at Farnham. The Royalties were well served for reviewing " In the original the words ' as Collection. The letter is endorsed I am no Milkman but ' have been by Conway, ' Mr. Walpole, 24 June marked for omission, after 'flatterer' 1787. French Amb. gone suddenly. had been substituted for' Milkman.' Money to P. of Orange. Tarare. Walpole is glancing at the ingrati- Ld. Montague dead.' tude of the ' milkwoman ' to Hannah ^ See preceding note. More (see letter to Lady Ossory of ^ ^he Duchesse de Polignac. Dec. 1, 1786). ^ The Princess Lubomirski. Letter 2614*. — Not in C. ; now * Lord Hertford — see letter to first printed from original in Waller Conway of June 17. 16 To the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway [i787 them on the Terrace at Windsor, tho' they had never been presented. The Duchess of Polignac was as dirty as if she had walked from Bath in the same dirty gown that she had thought good enough for King Bladud. They are gone away in a great hurry and their ambassador ° too, without even taking leave of the Queen. He had given out cards for a ball on Friday, but not only put it off, but sent cards of excuses to some that he had not invited — a paltry trick that I wonder he practised, as he is not to return, the Due de Liancour" being named to succeed him — yet with you I shall not be surprised if he does not come. We have certainly sent an hundred and thirty or forty thousand pounds to the Prince of Orange to enable him to open the war ; so the commercial treaty may die before it has cut its teeth ! and I am sure the Archbishop of Toulouse ' had rather scratch us than pick our pockets — where indeed another war will leave us nothing to heal. If we do not grow wiser, at least we begin to purge our bad humours ; two of the worst of our wretches. Lord George Gordon and Sir Elijah Impey '*, are said to be run away. I send you Tarare ', which I read last night — It is a strange piece, and neither makes you laugh or cry. It borders both on indecency and liberty, the prologue on the former, and the whole on the latter ; and the first a little resembles my Hieroglyphic Tale '" of the amour between the ^ The Comte d'Adhemar ; he was by the House of Commons for illegal succeeded in 1789 by the Comte de proceedings in India, but success- la Luzerne. fully defended himself. ^ Fran9oiB Alexandre Fridfiric ° An opera of Beaumarchais, (1747-1827), Due de Rochefoucauld- which was produced this year. Liancourt ;- he was not appointed ^'^ The second (' The King and his (see note 5). three Daughters ') of Walpole's ' Etienne Charles de Lom^nie de Hierogl-ypliic Tales, of which six Brienne (1727-1794), Archbishop of copies only were printed at Straw- Toulouse, 1763-1788, Archbishop of berry HiU in 1785. They were re- Sens and Cardinal, 1788. printed in the Works of Lord Orford, 8 Sir Elijah Impey (1732-1809), vol. iv. pp. 319 if. Chief Justice of Bengal ; impeached 1787] To the Hon. Henry Seymour Comvay 17 Princess that never was born and the Prince that was dead, for there is a chorus of the Gliosis of those that are not yet begotten. The poetry is as indifferent as any poetry in their language ; the best part is the art with which all the actors are made to echo Tarare, Tarare, as in Hamilton. One passage is quite sublime, the tyrannic Sultan cries, ' Qu'ai-je a craindre ? ' Tarare replies, ' De te voir toujours obei ' — may not this be applied to the American War, and the £140,000 to Holland ? Poor Lord Beaulieu " has lost his son, Lord Montagu, who is dead of drinking. This is all I have learnt. Adieu ! 2615*. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, June 29, 1787. [jtf isdated in C. ; collated with copy of original — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 175.] 2615**. To the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. strawberry Hill, July 20, 1787. The Cecilians ' tell me they are going to you, and I am sorry I cannot be .of the party, which I should like. I have twenty embarrassments ; on Monday I must go to town on business of my own ; and I must return hither on business that is not quite my own, but that gives me ten times more trouble — in short, to talk to your nephew Hugh '\ who is or is to be at Lady Lincoln's ', and the subject you may guess, which' is not quite his neither, and yet cannot be more pleasant to him than to me, or to any of us — but on that 1' Edward Hussey-Montagu (1720- husband, (Jeneral James Johnston. 1802), Earl of Beaulieu. ^ Hon. Hugh Seymour Conway Letter 2615**.— Not in C. ; now (1759-1801), son of Lord Hertford. first printed from original in Waller ^ Lady Frances Seymour Conway Collection. The letter is addressed, (1751-1820), sister of the preceding, 'To the right honorable General married (1775) Henry Fiennes Conway, at Parkplace near Henley.' Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln 1 Lady Cecilia Johnston and her (d. 1778). 18 To the Hon. Henry iseymour yyonivay \_nii7 I cannot say more by the post. The Fitzroys ' too are at Mrs. Keppel's ^ — but I should not stay merely for them. I know nothing in the world, but that last Wednesday, I and some others had a very great escape. I was with the Onslows at an old Mrs. Crewe's at Richmond. Lady Onslow went home in a chair, and I was to set Lord Onslow and his chaplain down. Mrs. Crewe's is in a narrow cul-de-sac ; the night was very dark, or rather the lane, almost in the middle of whicli is a post, which the coachman could not see, and which he not only drove upon, but over. The first notice was an outrageous bang of the chaplain's skull against my teeth, which cut a deep gash in his forehead, and I thought had split m}' upper lip and knocked out two or three of my teeth, but the lip got only a small cut, and all my teeth I found on sounding had maintained their posts, and were mighty proud, as they are very near 70 years old, of being so firm — however they were so battered, that next day I could chew nothing solid. The coachman fared worse, for he was thrown on the head of the horses, and his under lip was much mangled. Lord Onslow had only a bruise on his knee. Whether the horses were sedate, or stunned, or confined by the wheel that remained locked to the post, I don't know, but they did not stir, or [they] might have killed the coachman, or overturned us. Mrs. Crewe's servants brought lights, and cried, 'Nothing is broken.' I said, 'Indeed but there is, for our heads are broken,' which made the parson laugh — and so ended our mishap — not but the pole was broken too, and the springs bent, and were forced to have a coach- surgeon. This is a long story about little or nothing, but I assure you [it] is the present great topic of conversation at * No doubt Hon. George Ferdinand ^ The widow (Laura, eldest Fitzroy, afterwards (1797) seoond daughter of Sir Edward Walpole) of Baron Southampton, and his wife Frederick Keppel, Bishop of Exeter (1784), Laura (1765-1798), second (d. 1777). daughter of the following. 1787] To Charles Bedford 19 Richmond, Twickenham, Isleworth, and Hampton Court, and my teeth have had cards and visits of howd'ye's. I don't like the turmoils in Holland — we have great alacrity at blundering into wars, besides little ingenuity in making peaces, which alone ought to be a reason against making war. I am better pleased with the Emperor's bungling in Flanders. Lord Onslow, who came from the levee, says it is true that Belgiooso " made his escape in a tub, a tale of one, to which I suppose Peter has contributed, for people seldom defend liberty and privileges, unless it is the interest of priests to be patriots. The Princess de Lamballe ' is arrived, dont je me soucie aussi peu que de Madame la Duchesse de Polignac — unless she wants to come and see my house, and for that I shall soucie myself most unwillingly. I dine at Lady Cecilia's to-morrow with the Duchess of Bedford ; the former tells me you are going en famille to Mount Edgcumbe, which surprised me, as you said you was too busy with your smoke ' to go to Jersey — however I should approve of the Mount more than the Island, tho' I would not take so long a journey twice to see Mount Parnassus. Adieu ! 2617*. To Charles Bedford i. Dear Sie, Strawberry Hill, Aug. 9, 1787. It is very true that I did say to Mr. Harris' that you might bring me the money hither, but I do think it is 8 Sic. Count Belgioioso, formerly pUed by Messrs. Dodd & Livingston, Austrian ambassador in England. of New York, owners of the original. ¦^ See note 8 on letter to Lady ' The letter is addressed, ' Charles Ossory of Aug. 23, 1775. Bedford, Esq., at tbe Exchequer, * See note 2 on letter to Conway Westminster ' ; he was Walpole's of Sept. 17, 1782. Deputy at the Exchequer. Letter 2617*. — Not in C. ; now ^ William Harris, Walpole's clerk flrst printed from copy kindly sup- at the Exchequer. c 2 20 To Br. Burney L^''^'' better you should not, as I do not love to keep a sum here, and I do not know when I can be in town. As I know that you do not love to keep it, I will beg you to pay it to Mr. Croft' the banker in Pall Mall, and let him give you a receipt in my name ; and be so good as to send me word what the sum is. I hope you are quite well, as I am, and Yours most sincerely, H. Walpole. 2618. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, Aug. [June] 29, 1787. [Renumbered 2616'* — see above.] 2619. To Earl Harcourt. strawberry Hill, Sept. 1, 1787. [Substituted note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 176.] 2627. To THE Hon. Thomas Walpole. strawberry Hill, Dec. 9, 1787. [Additional note- — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 176.] 2628*. To Dr. Burney. Dear Sir, Berkeley Square, Dec. 19, 1787. I have been very unlucky twice when you have been to call on me, particularly to-day, for as I drove home, I saw across the Square a chariot stop at my door and go away because I was not here. When I heard who it was I sent after but could not overtake you. I very seldom do go out before dinner, and as I find, besides being unpleasant, ^ The same, apparently, who had Letter 2628*. — Not in C. ; now acted on behalf of Sir Horace Mann first printed from copy kindly sup- (see Index, and letter to Mann of plied by Mrs. Charles Burney, owner July 1, 1772). of the original. 1788] To Dr. Lort 21 it brings me bad luck, I will leave off such a foolish custom, and trust to my Penates for rewarding my piety by bringing you again soon. However, not to draw my house hold gods into a scrape I will let them into a secret — I am to keep my Christmas with my rural Lares, and shall certainly not be in town after Sunday for a few days — therefore should you have any inspiration to visit me in the beginning of next week, be sure it is at the instigation of the wicked one, and I advise you to drive him away like Saul's evil spirit. You will know how \ Yours most sincerely, HoR. Walpole. 2634. To Thomas Barrett. Berkeley Square, June 5, 1788. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 176.] 2636. To Miss Hannah More. strawberry Hill, July 4, 1788. [Addition to note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 176.] 2641*. To Dr. Lort. Deae Sie, Strawberry Hill, July 26, 1788." I should be very glad to be able to give Mr. Ashby ' any satisfaction on his queries, but I am so diffident both of my own judgment and memory, that I will not pretend to give any positive opinion. It is very long now since I looked into the matters relative to his inquiries, and even when I compiled my list of Royal and NoUe Authors, it 1 An allusion, of course, to Dr. Collection (see note on letter to Dr. Burney's musical talent. Lort of March 16, 1762, No. 812*). Letter 2641*.— Not in C. ; now i George Ashby (1724-1808), the iirst printed from original in Waller antiquary. 22 To Dr. Lort [1788 was not very accurately, as was evident by several errors and omissions, most of which have been corrected or supplied, at least in additions which I have by me, tho' perhaps not worth publishing. The original fact was, that having erected a press and printed Mr. Gray's Odes, I was impatient for something to print ; and having had some idea of such a catalogue, for which I had collected a few notes, I set myself to composing it, but with such rapidity, that I completed the work in five months, and not without distraction, for most of the time I had company in the house with me and indeed in the library, for it was then my best room and in which I chiefly lived. These are trifling circumstances, but to Mr. Ashby necessary for my excuse ; as another fact that is true ; which is, that when I have printed anything, I discharge my head of it, knowing whither I can have recourse if I want it — and this is so much my case, that I have often been questioned about facts in my Anecdotes of Painting, and have not remembered that such facts were there — nor do I mention this with any shame, for what have I written, that was worth remembering, even by myself? I have looked into my Catalogue, and conclude that I believed the doubtful works were Catherine Parr's, for two reasons ; one, because it is certain she was an authoress, and I do not recollect that Catherine of Arragon was, but from the ascription of that doubtful piece to her ; and when the one Catherine was an authoress, and both lived at the same time, it would not be extraordinary in that inaccurate age that they should have been confounded. The other reason with me, I suppose, was that the other pieces are evidently of Protestant complexion, and the tone of all in the same style. Mr. Ashby's argument of the first Catherine being far the more unfortunate, is certainly a good one — yet devotion, especially in prayers and medita- ions, naturally uses contrite expressions ; and tho' the 1788] To Dr. Lort 23 outward state of a Queen may be felicitous, it is not exempt from afflictions ; and I think I recollect that Catherine Parr was jealous of her last husband ' for the Princess Elizabeth — but in all this I do not stickle for either side of the question, merely because I have taken one side. I have none of the tracts in question, and therefore cannot decide ; tho' the first Catherine being a Spaniard, tho' long natural ised here, inclines me to doubt her having ivritten in English, tho' Shakespeare had cause enough to suppose she talked English readily. Mr. Ashby's arguments against the tradition in his family are sensible and critical ; yet perhaps may be recon ciled by a slight various reading of the report. Tho' Lady Tyrwhit ' might not present the book to Elizabeth when a prisoner in the Tower, is it at all improbable that she might offer it to her Majesty at the Tower, whence I think she proceeded on her accession, and where she might now and then reside as her predecessors had done ? The slightest variation from literal fidelity gives rise to the most vague and fanciful traditions ; and as the Tower sunk entirely into a prison, tho' it had been part of a palace, it grew to be considered only in the former light, and a book presented to the Queen at the Tower conveyed no idea but of her imprisonment there. However, conjectures are no proofs, and I only off'er mine, to show Mr. Ashby that I complied with his request as far as I was able. I pitied you for the robbery at Devonshire House ", tho' you was only the nominal, yet vigorous keeper of a seraglio, the Sultan of which is a voluntary eunuch, and neglects the beauties in his haram. As those beauties, unlike the Eastern, may be enjoyed by his successors, I am glad so 2 Lord Seymour of Sudeley (see who was attached to the household note 1 on letter to Fermor of Sept. of Princess Elizabeth ; Lady Tyr- 16 1784 No. 2497*). whitt was governess to the Princess. 3 The 'wife of Sir Eobert Tyrwhitt, < Lort was librarian there. 24: To Dr. Lort [i788 few are destroyed. Do you know the medals of gold belonged to this Lord Pembroke's '" grandfather *, and were sold by him to the second Duke ' ? I have heard my Father relate that dining at Devonshire House with some virtuosi, and the Duke showing his collection. Old Pern, as he was called, a singular humourist, who never retracted anything he had taken into his head to say, true or false, and who had never owned the sale of his medals, said on the exhibi tion of several of the most rare coins, ' Yes, your Grace knows I have one of the same.' Have you seen Lord Buchan's life, as he calls it, of Napier ', in which all he can tell of the author is, that he was an author! — a great discovery! Just so one might write the life of the man who invented patent-lamps, or anything else, by seeing his name under his sign. I am. Sir, Your obedient humble servant. Hoe. Walpole. 2642. To Thomas Astle. strawberry Hill, July 29, 1788. Collated with original — see Additions and Corrections, vol ii. p. 177.] 2644. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, Aug. 14, 1788. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 177.] 6 Henry Herbert, tenth Earl (d. ' William Cavendish (d. 1729). 1794). s An Account of the Life, Writings, 8 Thomas Herbert, eighth Earl and Inventions of John Napier of (d. 1733). Me-rchiston, published in 1787. 3] To the Hon. Henry Seymour Comvay 26 2646*. To the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. strawberry Hill, Saturday night, Sept. 6 [1788]. Mr. Blair ' promised me to copy the inscription for the Druid temple ^ and I thought you would send me it. I am impatient too to learn that your travellers are returned. As the graceless Duchess of Kingston is dead ^ a question is started whether either of the families of Pierpoint or Hervey will mourn for her — pray, does Mrs. E. Hervey ? The deceased has left her jewels to three coheiresses, the Czarina, Lady Salisbury, and the Whore of Babylon, commonly called, the Pope — but her debts, it is supposed, will swallow up her legacies. In imitation of her bigamy I am going to marry both the Berry's, and told them so this morning ; it will be the easiest thing in the world, for by giving them a straw, they are mine at once, by becoming Strawberries. I have met with a very odd thing in the new Annual Register for 1786. It says, p. 174, that when the King of France visited the mighty intended works at Cherburgh, he was seized with a violent desire of seeing those old appen dages to the Duchy of Normandy, Jersey and Guernsey, and actually embarked on a frigate for the former, but was dismayed by foul weather — did you ever hear that ? and does not it look as if they had took the Prince of Nassau's equipee * more at heart, than one should have thought — but ce qui est differe, n'est pas perdu, for I dare to say that your fortress will never be erected ! En attendant, I am glad Necker is restored ; he will not advise them to go Letter 2646*..— Not in C. ; now Dalrymple of June 20, 1760. first printed from original in Waller ^ See letters to Lady Ossory oi CoUection. The letter is endorsed this same date ; and to Lord Straf- by Conway, ' Mr. Walpole. 7 Sept. ford of Sept. 12. 1788. K. of France intended going ^ she died at Paris on Ang. 16. to Jersey.' * See letter to Maun of May 9, 1 See note 1 on letter to Sir David 1779. 26 To Dr. Lort Li"88 a-conquering — but they on their side will not let him remain long in place Adieu ! 2649. To Miss Hannah More. Strawberry Hill, Sept. 22, 1788. [Additional note. — see Additio-ns and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 177.] 2653. To John Pinkerton. Strawberry Hill, Oct. 15, 1 788. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS.— see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 178.] 2654*. To Dr. Lort. strawberry Hill, Nov. 12, 1788. I AM much obliged to your kind friendship, dear Sir, for the trouble you have voluntarily given yourself to set Dr. Kippis right and to state my justification for his article of Chatterton', which you have done as ably as I can possibly desire. It is a trouble, which I confess (and am therefore the more obliged to you for taking) I should not have taken myself. Having given so exact and faithful a narrative of my conduct towards that poor unhappy lad ; as true a narrative as I will dare to say ever was given, and of which no one fact has been or can be justly denied, I was deter mined to say no more on that subject. If my innocence and truth cannot preserve me from false and ridiculous imputation, I shall bear it with patience — -yes, with great Letter 2654*. — Not in C. ; now ^ No doubt in the new edition of first printed from original in Waller the Biographia Britannica, of which Collection (see note on letter to Dr. Kippis was editor ; the article, which ^ Lort of March 16, 1762, No. 812*), was published in the following year The letter is addressed, ' To the (1789), was by Dr. George Gregory Reverend Dr. Lort, in Saville row, (1764-1808). near Piccadilly, London.' 1788] To Dr. Lort 27 patience, for there is a comfort in truth and innocence, which, thank God ! calumny cannot destroy ! Still I must wonder that a sober critic of the age of Dr. Kippis should not have given himself the trouble of weighing my own vindication, nor of asking himself whether he would not have acted as I did, and whether it is not evident that I acted with common sense and good nature. I was not imposed upon by forgeries: I should have saved the poor lad, if he would have taken my advice, from his miserable fate ; and as you sensibly observed, dear Sir, he had not given me the smallest mark of his having any genius himself — nay, his assertion of a series of great painters at Bristol was a symptom of being weak and childish. As he did not offer to send me any poetry (avowedly) of his own, I must have been inspired to have discovered that talent in him which he did not seem to have discovered in himself — unless a passion for poetry in any lad of fifteen is a proof of real vocation — an assumption that almost every maga zine would confute by the abortions they so frequently exhibit. I will say no more on a topic on which I have been so absurdly blamed : but I wiU divert you with what happened to me on the same account three or four years ago. I received a letter of two or three sheets, an anonymous letter, and consequently abusing me, for saying in my defence that all ofthe house of forger-g are relatioiis, and telling me it was so cruel, that, tho' I had cleared myself of the charge of ill usage of Chatterton, still the writer could from that sentence think me guilty of his death — such an ex post facto murder was droll enough ; and the more, as tho' that sentence was only a general assertion, and but hinted that forging hand writing might be dangerous and lead a necessitous lad to guilty forgeries, I actually did acquit Chatterton of any such guilt. Then there were other comical contradictions, and 28 To Dr. Lort [1788 a heap of compliments and censure, and some circurastances that left me little doubt of the writer, tho', if I guess rightly, it is one who has stooped to borrow from me — tho' not being sure that my conjecture is just, I will not name the person. I propose being in town on Friday or Saturday, and will then bring you your papers with many thanks, being. Sir, Your much obliged and obedient humble Servant, Hor. Walpole. P.S. I have written in great haste and fear you will scarce read my letter. 2654**. To Dr. Lort. Berkeley Square, Nov. 21, 1788. I AM obliged to you, dear Sir, yet I do not pretend to an increase of gratitude, for I felt at first, as I ought, the kindness of your behaviour to me ; and I am sure I desire no more justification than you convinced Mr. Gregory was due to me ; and which will make impression when the whim of poetic prejudice to the poor lad is at an end. I never did mean to contest his very extraordinary talents, for such they certainly were from their prematurity and the difficulty he had, not only of improving them, but of obtaining even glimpses of what he attempted to counter feit. I thought I had fully done justice to his merits, and that I did not deserve to be ranked as his enemy, when I had tried to advise him as a friend. I am glad that by your friendly care my defence will go down with the account of him, and am not at all sorry to owe to your Letter 2654**. — Not in C. ; now CoUeotion (see note on letter to Dr. first printed from original in Waller Lort of March 16, 1762, No. 812*). 1789] To Mrs. Horace Churchill 29 benevolence, what I could not obtain for myself. I return you Mr. Gregory's letter with many thanks, and while I live shall be. Dear Sir, Your much obliged and obedient humble servant, Hor. Walpole. 2661*. To Mrs. Horace Churchill i. Berkeley Square, Feb. 11, 1789. I OANNOT employ my pen and your ink better than in thanking you for your very kind present, for which I am much obliged ; and though I am not likely to prove the length of the ink's duration, my gratitude shall last as long as I do, and such a pretty memorandum wiU always revive your idea agreeably. 2662. To Sir Horace Mann the Younger. Berkeley Square, Feb. 12, 1789. [Collated with copy of original — .see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 178.] 2663. To the Counte&s of Upper Ossory. Berkeley Square, Feb. 24, 1789. [Additional notes — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 179.] Letter 2661*. — Not in C; extract April 10, 1791). Horace Churchill, from letter, reprinted from Messrs. Walpole's nephew, was the son of Sotheby's sale catalogue (June 10, his sister. Lady Mary ChurchiU, 1909, Lot 371). natural daughter of Sir Eobert Wal- I ' One of my seventy and I don't pole, and wife of Charles ChurchiU, know how many nephews and natural son of General ChurchiU nieces ' (letter to Mary Berry of and Mrs. Oldfield. 30 To Dr. Treadway Russell Nash [1789 2670*. To Dr. Treadway Russell Nash i. Good Sir, Berkeley Square, May 1, 1789. I have perused your notes and think them very just and proper and useful, and that the edition^ will be a very fine one. I have taken the liberty of suggesting (with a pencil) one emendation in page 10 that I think would make much better sense of the couplet. Call fire and sword a desolation A godly thorough Reformation. The first line standing thus is a contradiction to the second ; Butler could not mean that the Dissenters intended to give a horrid idea of their warfare ; no, they Called fire and sword and desolation A godly thorough Reformation.^ In the former couplet too, there would want the copulative and at the beginning of the second verse. I am with great respect and gratitude. Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, H. Walpole. 2674. To Richard Gough. Berkeley Square, May 28, 1789. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 180.] Letter 2670*.— Not in C. ; now Cole of March 29, 1781). first printed from copy kindly sup- ^ Nash was engaged upon an plied by the late Mr. Bertram DobeU, edition of Butler's Hudibras. with 77 Charing Cross Road, W.C, owner notes, which was published, in three of the original. volumes 4to, in 1793. I Treadway EusseU Nash, D.D. ^ These lines (as emended by (1725-1811), the historian of Wor- Walpole) occur in Canto i of Part I cestershire (see letter to WiUiam of Hudibras. 1789] To Dr. Lort 31 2684. To Miss Hannah More. strawberry Hill, July 2, 1789. [Collated with copy of original — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 180.] 2684*. To Dr. Lort. Dear Sir, Strawberry Hill, July 5, 1789. I am going to ask a great favour of j^ou ; a great one to me, if granted ; a small one, I hope, for you to grant : but I must premise, that I do not at all forget how much I have been already obliged to you for the much greater trouble you gave yourself in justifying me in the article of Chatterton. My present suit to you is only for a recommendatory letter for a young man who is going to be entered of Trinity College, Cambridge. I am so old and live so much out of the world that I have entirely lost all connections with and even acquaintance at the University. A particular circumstance makes the young man's father wish to have his son countenanced. The father is one of the best and most respectable men upon earth, and one whom I esteem, after Mr. Howard ' and Mr. Hanway ', as one of the apostles of humanity. He has been long labouring to alleviate the horrid sufferings and consequential miseries of those poor victims, chimney-sweepers, and was the author of the mitigations obtained for them from Parliament last year — ¦ a plan he is still pursuing farther. He has a good fortune, and very good sense, and is one of the humblest of men. With Mr. Hanway and Mr. Tyrrwhit he was very intimate. Letter 2684*. — Not in C. ; now London.' first printed from original in WaUer i John Howard (c. 1726-1790), the CoUection (see note on letter to Dr. prison reformer. Lort of March 16, 1762, No. 812*). 2 Jonas Hanway (1712-1786), the The letter is addressed, ' To the philanthropist (see note 2 on letter Reverend Dr. Lort, in SaviUe Eow, to Conway of Nov. 28, 1784). 32 To Dr. Lort [1789 *¦ He is a master chimney-sweeper himself; every Sunday he has his apprentices washed and cleaned, carries them to church, and then gives them a good dinner of beef and pudding. With my brother. Sir Edward, he was much acquainted. Mr. Porter^, which is his name, is very apprehensive that his profession may set his son in a mortifying light, and therefore only wishes to have him well recommended to some leading man in the College who may be his proteetor. The lad is seventeen, and has got some Latin, designing to be of one of the three literary professions. I assure you, dear Sir, you cannot give too high a character of the father. If you will be so kind as to send me an introductory letter for the son, who desires nothing but countenance, you will confer a very particular additional obligation on. Dear Sir, Your very grateful and obedient humble servant, HoR. Walpole. 2684**. To Dr. Lort. Dear Sir, Strawberry Hill, July 7, 1789. Our post comes in so late, and goes out so immediately again, that I have not half time enough to thank you for your kind return to my suit, and to acquaint the father of the young man, who I doubt is no great Grecian — but I will directly desire Mr. Porter himself to call upon you, as you are so good as to give him leave ; and if nothing else comes of it, you will at least have the pleasure of 3 See letter to Conway of Nov. 28, Lort of March 16, 1762, No. 812*). 1784. The letter is addressed, ' To the Letter 2684**. — Not in C. ; now Reverend Dr. Lort, in Saville row, first printed from original in Waller London.' Collection (see note on letter to Dr. 1789] To Dr. Lo'rt 33 conversing with one of the plainest simple good men you ever saw, and whose honest, open, comely countenance is the picture of his mind. Your doubly obliged and obedient servant, Hor. Walpole. 2690. To Miss Mary Berry. July 19, 1789. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 180.] 2693*. To Dr. Lort. Dear Sir, Strawberry Hill, July 27, 1789. Mr. Barrett in his new history of Bristol has inserted two letters which he says Chatterton sent to me with an account of the rise of painting in England. I do assure you solemnly upon my honour and veracity that I never received such letters. Chatterton in his first address, I think, offered me an account of great painters ai Bristol — but not a word about the rise of painting. The off'er was so utterly incredible, that I believed it much less than the poetry, and did not in the least encourage the off'er ; nor did he mention painting more. This inight easily be proved, if my letters and his with their dates, if preserved, were to be produced, for he had mine certainly and I returned his. And were the two letters now printed, suddenly demanded, I am persuaded they would have no postmarks — unless counterfeited. My letters they have shamefully kept sup pressed — yet it will be no wonder, if after my death, Letter 2693*. — Not in C. ; now London.' This is no doubt the letter first printed from original in WaUer referred to by Walpole in his CoUection (see note on letter to Dr. ' Eemarks on a Letter signed Scruta- Lort of March 16, 1762, No. 812*). tor, whioh appeared in the Cambridge The letter is addressed, 'To the Chronicle of June 16th, 1792' (see Reverend Dr. Lort, in Saville street. Works of Lard Orford, vol. iv. p. 243). 34 To Dr. Lort [1789 spurious ones are produced, which candour will not trust, as, tho' called on by me, they have unhandsomely concealed them. I do not sa}"- that Chatterton would not have sent me the two letters now exhibited, if I had been his dupe and had encouraged him to send them ; and Mr. Barrett is a goose to take his argument for a good one, that Chatterton would not have ventured to send them to me, unless he had strongly supposed them authentic. As he did not send them, what becomes of that argument ! Still I do not believe that that was Chatterton's reason for not sending them. What forgery of the kind did he not risk ! A genius as he was, he could not have knowledge and experience enough to be aware of the many criterions that modern criticism has discovered for detecting literary impositions. Mr. Barrett indeed, who has lived much longer, seems to be possessed of none of those nostrums. What absurd and ridiculous prints has he given of Bristol Castle at p. 196 — forgeries evidently of Chatterton, and totally unlike any architecture of any age or country ! The merest novice could not swallow such gross deceptions. When I consider what credulous oafs Chatterton found, I am less surprised at his attempts. It is almost idle to take notice of Chatterton's ascribing to Hengist, p. 640, the introduction of heraldry — he might as well have ascribed to him the introduction of Italian operas ! and if he had, Mr. Barrett was capable of believing him ; for I suppose the Danes might have some warlike cry or notes, as well as a standard ; and Chatterton's fertile imagination , made omne minus continere in se majus, and might have converted the most rude principles of music into the establishment of the science. Some lines lower painted glass is brought into England by one Afflem in the reign of King Edmund. Could one have believed that 1789] To Dr. Lort 35 Mr. Barrett himself could have been so egregiously ignorant as to print such a foolish legend, which proves nothing but his own ignorance, and that of Chatterton, and the latter's boldness in forging, in matters in which he had but begun to dabble ? As I have declared I will meddle no more with that preposterous controversy, which tho' detected over and over, still has its partisans, I shall leave Mr. Barrett's foolish new documents to confirm the faith of Chatterton's pro selytes : but I thought, dear Sir, you would not be soriy to learn from me the absolute falsehood of my having seen those letters till the day beforQ yesterday. I had not time when the Bishop ' and his family were seeing my house, to ask you what became of your interview with Mr. Porter : I have heard nothing of him since. Adieu ! dear Sir, I am with great regard and constant gratitude. Your much obliged humble servant, Hor. Walpole. 2694. To Miss MarY Berry. strawberry Hill, July 29, 1789. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 180.] 2695. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, July 31, 1789. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 180.] ' In Walpole's MS. Diary of 1789: 'Bishop of London and family. Admissions to Strawberry Hill, pre- myself.^ This was Beilby Porteus served in the Waller CoUection, is (1731-1809), who had been translated the foUowing entry under July 25, from Chester to London in 1787. D 2 36 To Dr. Lort [1789 2697. To Joseph Cooper Walker. strawberry Hill, Aug. 5, 1789. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 180,] 2698*. To Dr. Lort. strawberry Hill, Aug. 9, 1789. I GIVE you a thousand thanks, dear Sir, for the leaf with my Father's verses at Cambridge '¦ ; it was a great present to me. I could have no objection to your showing my letter to [Mr.]'' Stevens' ; but I beg you will not give a copy of it to anybody [else or] ^ let it go out of your hands, for I am determined to take no more part in that controversy, in which I was so unjustly and so absurdly accused — unjustly, for I am as innocent as you are of having done anything wrong towards Chatterton ; and absurdly, for my accusers never considered that it was utterly impossible for me to conceive from his sending me some verses which he pre tended were very ancient, and which he redemanded as not being his own property, but to be restored to the lender, that he would prove, if he should live, to be a miracle of poetic genius. He did not even mention his ever having written a verse — I must have been inspired to have supposed that my correspondent in the guise of an attorney's clerk Letter 2698*.— Not in C. ; now Cantabrigie-nses issued in 1669, on the first printed from original in WaUer death of Henrietta Maria, and con- CoUection (see note on letter to Dr. tains a Latin poem of six lines by Lort of March 16, 1762, No. 812*). ' Robertus Walpole, Trin. CoU. A.M., The original is in a tattered condi- Edwardi Walpole Equitis Balnei tion, having been torn into five filius natu maximus,' i. e. by the pieces. The address has been tom father of Str Robert Walpole. off. 2 MS. torn. I Walpole seems to have written ^ George Steevens (1736-1800), the ' father ' by mistake for ' grand- Shakespearean scholar, who dis- father,' for what appears to be the believed in the genuineness of the leaf in question is preserved in the Eowley poems. WaUer CoUection — it is from Threni * MS. torn. 1789] To Dr. Lort 37 was a Milton in embryo. My antagonists have not been inspired by common sense when they think I ought to have penetrated such a hidden mystery. I have no better an opinion of their candour, when they stifle my letters, which would demonstrate the strict truth of every word that I have ever said on that affair become contemptible by their posthumous credulity. Dr. Glynn's ^ Latin scraps make me smile. Surely he must have been mighty eager to spend his quotations, when he could throw them away on exhortations to Barrett to publish such a trumpery mass of 700 pages — tam insignes libros — he may now add, illustrated by such paltry prints — but [I am a] "shamed of dwelling longer on so trifling a subject. If this load of [Rowley]*an and Chattertonian rubbish does not choke the faith of their [partis] "ans, shall we wonder that Sweden burgh and Loutherburgh ' make proselytes ? Adieu ! dear Sir, I am still more. Your obliged and grateful humble servant, HoR. Walpole. 2702. To John Pinkerton. Strawberry Hill, Aug. 14, 1789. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 181.] 2703. To John Pinkerton. strawberry Hill, Aug. 19, 1789. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS.^see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 182.] 6 Dr. Robert Glynn (1719-1800), a letter to Lort of July 27, No. 2693*). staunch beUever in the authenticity ^ MS. torn. of the Chatterton forgeries. He was ' See note 4 on letter to Lady the author ofthe attack on Walpole Ossory of Dec. 30, 1773 ; and letter in the letter signefl 'Scrutator' in to the same of .July 1, 1789. the Cambridge Chronicle (see note on 38 To William Parsons [i790 2704. To Miss Mary Berry. strawberry Hill, Aug. 20, 1789. [Additional note — see Additions and Cm-rections, vol. ii. p. 182.] 2708. To Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry. strawberry Hill, Sept. 4, 1789. [Addition to note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 182 ] 2722. To John Pinkerton. Berkeley Square, Dec. 15, 1789. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS.^see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 182.] 2725. To Thomas Astle. Berkeley Square, .Tan. 30, 1790. [Addition to note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 182.] 2726*. To William Parsons i. Berkeley Square, Feb. 24, 1790. Mr. Walpole is afraid of thanking Mr. Parsons as he ought for his kind compliments, lest he should seem to accept them as due, when he is conscious of deserving more blame than praise ; and tho' he obeys Mr. Parsons's com mands in sending him the tragedy ^, and begs his pardon for his mistake and the trouble it has occasioned, he is unwilling to part with a copy without protesting against his own want of judgment in selecting so disgusting a subject, the absurdity of which he believes makes many faults, of which he is sensible in the execution, overlooked. Letter 2726* (formerly 3044 in ^ Walpole's Mysterious Mother. Appendix). — Not in C. ; reprinted, first printed at Strawberry Hill in with date, from coiiy kindly supplied 1768; it was published in 1781 in by Mr. Qaaritch, owner of the order to put a stop to a pirated original. edition. The plot of the tragedy I William Parsons (1736-1795), turns on the incest of a son with the actor. his mother. i79o] To George Mcol 39 2727. To Miss Hannah More. March 11 [1790]. [Addition to note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 182.] 2732*. To Dr. Lort. Berkeley Square, June 5, 1790 I AM much obliged to you, dear Sir, for this communica tion, which is a complete vindication of the Bishop of Dromore. As to Rowley, when Dr. Glynn is gone, he M'ill be as much abandoned as King Arthur. I hope you heard that I called upon you while you was out of town, and that I shall be very glad to see you when you have nothing better to do. Your obliged humble servant, H. Walpole. 2737. To Miss Mary Berry. strawberry Hill, July 3, 1790. [Additional note— see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 188.] 2737*. To George Nicol i. strawberry Hill, July 6, 1790. It gives me great pleasure to hear. Sir, that my house and collections entertained you so well. They have many visitants, for I refuse none, though frequently not very conveniently ; yet I never regret that disturbance, when it is not idle curiosity, and the fondness for making a party. Letter 2732*. — Not in C. ; now Bond St., W. first printed from original in Waller i The name of the addressee of CoUection (see note on letter to Dr. this letter does not appear, bat it Lort of Maroh 16, 1762, No. 812*). was evidently George Nicol- see Letter 2737*.— Not in C; now letters of Maroh 13, 1791 (No. 2784*), first printed from original in posses- and Aug. 30, 1792 (No. 2862*). sion of Mr. F. T. Sabin, 172 New 40 To Oeorge Nicol [179 that draws spectators hither — but to persons of taste and knowledge, like you and your friends, I am happy to show the collection myself. You express so much kind satisfaction. Sir, in what you did see, that I will venture to say you saw my assembly of curious trifles very imperfectly. I am not only afraid of tiring my company, for a virtuoso is apt to set a value on things that appear errant baubles to others, but from my age and lameness it is impossible for me to go through the whole collection even with a small number of persons : but if you will give me another day alone and take a bed here, at your leisure, I flatter myself I eould amuse you for good part of the time, and even with what you are a better judge of than I am, a few singular books, which I had not time to produce last week. This is but a preface. Sir, to the gratitude I owe you for the very obliging off'ers of service you make me — but as you have so much modesty yourself, I hope you will excuse my saying that you wound mine by the far too civil terms in which you speak of my shallow literary mint, which has never aimed at more than amusing myself. There was a time when I should have been proud of receiving both assistance and information from you — now, at near seventy- four, I have neither the presumption to look forwards to duration, nor the vanity to imagine that old age, additionally enfeebled by between thirty and forty years of gout, is fit for anything but repose. My best wisdom has consisted in forming a baby-house full of playthings for my second childhood, and I fear they do me more honour, especially as they amused you, than what Pope so well has called the rattles of the Man or Boy ^ I am extremely thankful, Sir, both to you and Mr. Lodge 2 Imitations of Hm-ace, Epist. i. 18. 1790] To George Nicol 41 for his off'er of inspection of the roll exhibiting a portrait of Richard III. I shall be glad to see it, but will certainly not trespass on his too great indulgence — -on the contrary, when I come to town, I will wait on him and look at it at the College of Arms. I imagine it is a duplicate of one drawn by Rous of Warwick, which was in the possession of the late Duke of Manchester, and I suppose is still at Kimbolton ^ The late Duke was so good as to lend it to me, and I had some of the portraits not only copied but engraved for a second edition of my Historic DouUs, though I have been too indolent to put my intention in practice. I will show them to you, when I have the pleasure of seeing you here again. The proposals ' you kindly enclosed were most welcome, and I beg you. Sir, to set me down as a subscriber. I had barely heard of an intended publication of Shrewsbury papers °, but in so vague a manner that I concluded them letters belonging to the Duke of Shrewsbury ° ; and as the Duke of Montagu ' is lately dead, in whose possession I have formerly heard the Duke of Shrewsbury's papers existed, I supposed those were the papers in question. We do much want authentic documents for the reign of King William : still those Mr. Lodge promises may be as valuable — and as I have told you my age, you will not wonder that I am impatient ; and for that reason, as much as I respect. Sir, your great improvements in typography, I would be 3 See letter to Cole of AprU 16, beth and her ministers with George, 1768. sixth Earl of Shrewsbury, during * Nodoubt for Lodge's 7??wsiraiio?w the fifteen years (1569-84) which of British History. Biography, and Mary, Queen of Scots, remained in Manners, in the Beigns of Henry VIII. his custody.' Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and ' Charles Talbot, twelfth Earl of James I. which was issued in the Shrewsbury, was created Duke of foUowing year, in 3 vols. 4to, by Shrewsbury by WiUiam III in 1694 ; ' G. Nicol, BookseUer to His Majesty, the title died with him. PaU-MaU. ' ^ George BrudeneU, fourth Earl of ^ Lodge's work contained ' a great Cardigan, created Duke of Montagu part of the correspondence of Eliza- in 1766, died May 23, 1790. 42 To George Nicol [i790 content to have the Shrewsbury papers worse printed, provided I could see them soon. The demolishing reformers in France, I hear, have ordered all monkish property to be sold — what pity if some English man does not purchase the British MSS. in the Jacobin College " at Paris, where King James's, Bishop Atterbury's, and other dark papers were deposited — I saw there the will of Mary Queen of Scots ' written by her own hand, and one word effaced by a tear — it was written on the eve of her death. — Do not let this hint sleep. You say you are not apt to write long letters (the greater obligation to me), I fear I am apt to write long ones; an old man and an old scribbling pen are subject to babble. Still I think I could not say less in return for the number of obliging expressions in yours to Your very grateful and obedient humble servant, « HoR. Walpole. P.S. I need not inform you. Sir, of the many valuable conventual libraries in Paris alone. At St. Germain des Pres '" is also a great collection of antiques and other rarities. The French may sell them, but certainly no French will purchase them at this crisis, when they not only want money, but when no man can be sure of any property. 2738. To Miss Mary Berry. strawberry Hill, July 10, 1790.] [Sub.9tituted note — see Additions and Co-rrections, vol. ii. p. 183.] « The Scots CoUege. i« See letter to Conway of Oot. 29, 3 See letter to Lord Buchan of 1774. Dec. 1, 1781. 1790] To Miss Burney 43 275.2*. To Miss Burney i. strawberry Hill, Oct. 20, 1790. Humility modest and beautiful as yours. Madam, could alone make you express yourself to me in terms that make me ashamed ; and I should be twenty times more ashamed both of my heart and taste, were I capable of forgetting so much virtue, sense, and genius as Miss Burney's. Who can forget the prototype of Evelina and Cecilia? I have had the pleasure and honour of conversing with her, of having her at my house ^ ; and can I forget how amiable and agreeable she is? And yet I shudder to think how near she was to having reason to think, not only that I had forgot her, but that I was grown the most consummate ill- bred brute upon earth — in short, Madam, the postman dropped your letter on Twickenham Common, and by the most fortunate accident in the world for my character, a poor woman found it, and by another favour of fortune could read, and brought it to me two hours after the post man was gone by, and the post hence gone out. Oh ! Miss Burney, how justly you would have condemned me (though perfectly innocent) did you receive no answer from me, nor see my servant, as now you will at the moment you appoint ; and he shall bring you this, as it is too late, by the accident I have mentioned, to send it to Windsor. I wish you could know all I have felt on the misfortune that was on the brink of happening to me ; and then j'ou would be certain of my very respectful memory, and of my happiness in having this opportunity of professing it to you Letter 2752*. — Not in C. ; a frag- > The letter is addressed ' To Miss ment of this letter was reprinted in Burney, at St. James's palace.' vol. xiv (as Letter 2755) from Miss ^ In September, 1785 ; see letter Burney's Diary ; it is now first to Lady Ossory of Sept. 17, 1785 ; printed in full from copy kindly and note 4 on letter to Dr. Bnrney suppUed by Mr. Arthur G. Burney, of July 10, 1791 (No. 2806*). owner of the original. 44 To Miss Burney [1790 with the deepest sincerity. With regard to the afl'air in question ^, give me leave to advise you for your own sake to consult some lawyer before you pay the money, and to ask him how you may get security for it. The two Colombs my servants, cousins to your late servant, have a very bad opinion of that Bayoud *, and suspect he forged the will, and are persuaded they can prove so. It is made to the prejudice of two very poor sisters of your servant, to whom even ten pounds would be of consequence. I know nothing but from them. The poor man, it seems, said he made no will — -but I hear he felt a just sense of your virtues. Madam, and only wanted a fortune to pay a just tribute to your excellent qualities and goodness. ° As this will come to you by my servant, give me leave to add another word on your most unfounded idea, that I can forget you, because it is almost impossible for me even to meet you. Believe me, I heartily regret that deprivation, but would not repine were your situation either in point of fortune or position equal in any degree to your merit — but were your talents given to be buried in ob scurity ? You have retired from the world into a closet at court— where indeed you will still discover mankind, though not disclose it ; for if you could penetrate its characters on the earliest glimpse of its superficies, will it escape your piercing eye, when it shrinks from your inspec tion, knowing that you have the mirror of truth in your pocket ! I will not embarrass you by saying more, nor would have you take notice of or reply to what I have said. Judge only that feeling hearts reflect, not forget. Wishes that are empty look like vanity — my vanity is to be thought ' See note 1 on letter to Miss printed in vol. xiv. pp. 308-9, from Burney of Nov. 3, 1790. Miss Burney's Diary (ed. 1891, vol. * Spelt ' Bayeux ' in the letter of iii. pp. 293-4), where the text differs Nov. 3. The name is given as in several respects from that of the ' Bayond ' in Miss Burney's Diary. original. ^ From here to the end was re- 1790] To Miss Jane Pope 45 capable of esteeming you as much as you deserve, and to be reckoned, though a very distant, a most sincere friend, and give me leave to say. Dear Madam, Your most obedient humble servant, Hor. Walpole. 2755. To Miss Burney. Oct. 1790. [Renumbered 27.52* — see above.] 2755**. To Miss Burney. strawberry Hill, Nov. 3, 1790. [Correction in note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 183 ] 2757. To Miss Mary Berry. strawberry Hill, Nov. 13, 1790. [Addition to note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 184.] 2760. To THE Countess of Upper Ossory. strawberry Hill, Dec. 1, 1790. [Correction in note — see Additions and Coirections, vol. ii. p. 184.] 2764. To Miss Mary Berry. strawberry Hill, Dec. 17, 1790. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 184.] 2767. To Robert Berry, strawberry Hill, Dec. 28, 1790. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 184.] 2767*. To Miss Jane Popei. Dear Madam, Strawberry Hill, Dec. 30, 1790. I hoped before this to have been in town, and to have called on you, but I have been seized by the gout, and Letter 2767*. — Not in C. ; now i Jane Pope, the actress (see note first printed from copy, kindly sup- 1 on letter to Mason of July 6, 1777). pUedby Mr. George Courtauld,Jun^, The letter is addressed, 'To Miss of original, in possession of Mrs. Pope, in Great Queen Street, Lin- Serena Elizabeth Courtauld. coin's Inn Fields, London.' 46 To Miss Jane Pope [1790 cannot even write with my own hand ^ ; but it is necessary to tell you that I have settled everything as far as I can. Sir R. Goodere ^ gave up the house on Christmas-day, but has not sent me the half-year's rent due to you, but if he does not, he shall the moment I get to town, and then you shall have the thirty-five pounds. I have settled with John Seth about the furniture ; he had one appraiser and I another, and their valuation of the goods came to an hundred and ninety-two pounds. I have agreed to take the goods and furniture at their valuation, except the Pictures, which John claims, but I said I under stood that you claim them, and till that is settled between you and him, I would have nothing to do with the pictures. I do suppose they are valued at very little indeed. You, probably. Madam, would wish for the four oil portraits ; the rest are ordinary prints, and more ordinary drawings, and therefore, Madam, if you are not very earnest about it, and do not dispute them, I will take the whole at the valuation of the appraisers, and you shall have what pictures and prints you please from me, and the great basket of shell flowers, which poor Mrs. Clive * admired, but I own I do not. I must beg you to send me your answer hither, for I doubt I am not likely to be in town soon. Yours most sincerely, HoR. Walpole. ' The signature only is in Wai- 1786, and to Miss Berry of Oot. 6, pole's hand. 1793). 3 Sir Eobert Goodere became ^ Miss Pope was an intimate tenant of Little Strawberry Hill friend of Mrs. CUve, whose guest she (' CUveden ') after the death of Mrs. often was at ' CUveden ' (see letters CUve in Deo. 1785, and occupied it to Mason of July 6, 1777, and to until Dec. 25, 1790 ; after whioh it Lady Ossory of July 15, 1783), and was made over by Walpole to Miss to whom she erected a monument Mary and Miss Agnes Berry (see in Twickenham churchyard. letters to Lady Ossory of Dec. 1, 1791] • To George Nicol 47 2775. To Miss Mary Berry. Jan. 29, I79I. [Correction in text — .see AddUions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 184.] 2780. To Miss Mary Berry. Feb. 18, 1791. [Additional note — see Additio-ns cmd Corrections, vol. ii. p. 184.] 2784*. To George Nicol i. Dear Sir, Berkeley Square, March 13, 1791. I beg you will tell Mr. Lodge that it is impossible to contest such solid reasons as he has produced for Lord G. Howard being the Earl of Suff'olk, both from Camden ' and the confrontation of the dates ; and it is far more likely that I should have been ignorant than Camden. I rejoice in the discoveiy and authenticity of a portrait of George Earl of Shrewsbury ", but I must beg you will not venture getting the original for me to see. It is so great a curiosity, and being already a little chipped, that I own, if it was my own property, I should be very sorry to let it run such risks, whieh is too great for uniques, the loss or destruction of which cannot be repaired. I shall be quite content to see the print, and much obliged for three or four proofs. Mr. Lodge knows to be sure that there is a print of the memorable Bess of Hardwicke ', the wife of Earl George, Letter 2784*. — Not in C. ; now ^ Probably Camden's Annates Be- first printed from original in posses- rum Anglicarum et Hibemicarum sion of Mr. F. T. Sabin, 172 New regnante Elizabeth. Bond St., W. ' See note 5 on letter to Nicol of 1 The name of the addressee of July 6, 1790 (No. 2737*). this letter does not appear, but it ¦* Elizabeth Hardwicke, Countess was evidently George Kicol — see of Shrewsbury (d. 1608, at the age letters of July 6, 1790 (No. 2737*), of 87). and Aug. 30, 1792 (No. 2862*). 48 To George lytcoi Li^ai in CoUins's account of the families of Vere, Cavendish, etc.". It was engraved, though but indiff'erently, by Vertue in his old age, when his eyes almost failed, but, as I remember, pretty like, from the original still at Hardwicke — where, by the way, I doubt very much whether the Queen of Scots ever was a prisoner — probably at most for very few days. I never found any evidence for the tradition, and I am sure Mr. Lodge's volumes ° produce none. The hangings of patchwork may have been of her Majesty's work, and seem so ; but the state in the hall, and I think the state-bed, have not her arms, but those of the Earl and Countess of Devonshire. Moreover, Countess Bess, if I do not forget, does not mention any of the furniture as having served that Queen, much less as being of her work, though in her will the Countess is very circumstantial, and even specifies a tire-screen (which, though shorter, is like a wooden traverse for brushing clothes) with a piece of red velvet, now grown tawny ; which I saw a few years ago when I was at Hardwicke ''. I am so delighted with Mr. Lodge's work, and his own knowledge, that I hope, dear Sir, you will persuade him to accompany you this summer on the visit you have promised me to Strawberry ", and take beds there. I have there a memorandum book °, in which are the notes I took at Hardwicke — but which indeed makes me not so ^accurate, for when I have set down anything to which I can refer, I am less careful to imprint it in my memory — a propos, I do not mean this as an excuse for loss of memory, which 5 Historical Collections of the noble pears from the entry ' I79I. Aug. 16. Families of Cavendish, Holies, Vere, Mr. Nicol and Mr. Lodge, myself,' Harley, and Ogle. Lend. 1752. in "WaX-goXe's Ust of Tickets for seeing * See note 4 on letter to Nicol of Strawberry Hill preserved in the July 6, 1790. WaUer Collection. ¦^ For an account of a visit to ^ This book (entitled ' Book of Hardwicke, see letter to George Materials') is preserved iu the Montagu of Sept. 1, 1760. WaUer CoUection. 8 This visit was duly paid, as ap- 1791 ] To Henry William Bunbury 49 is too natural at seventy-three, especially considering the quantity of trifles with which I furnished mine. I am, dear Sir, without compliments. Your much obliged humble servant, HoR. Walpole. 2784**. To Henry William Bunbury. Berkeley Square, March 17, 1791. I AM extremely sorry, dear Sir, that you should ask a favour of me which for near six months it has been no longer in my power to grant. The house ^ in question was let but from year to year, and the gentleman ' who has left it, would have been very glad to have kept it, but I refused to accommodate him with a stable and coach-house, because I had destined the house for particular friends ' of mine, to whom I engaged it the moment the last tenant went out of it ', and who are to come into it as soon as some altera tions are made and new offices built — indeed, as it was, it would have suited nobody, so very bad the conveniences are. When you say your drawings would look like a bribe, I hope you think I am grateful enough to remember how amply you have bribed me already by your charming drawing of Richmond HilP- Indeed, Sir, the purchase of prints from your genius are frequent bribes ; and when you give them to the public, I reckon myself one of the obliged, and therefore I shall be fully satisfied with purchasing prints from your two new drawings ; for I cannot have the assurance to accept the originals, when I have the mortifica tion of being forced to refuse your request (though out of Letter 2784**.— Not in C. ; now 1790 (No. 2767*). first printed from original in posses- ^ Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry sion of Mr. F. Harvey, 4 St. James's (see previous note). St., S.W. * Sir B. Goodere vacated it on 1 Little Strawberry HiU. Dec. 25, 1790. 2 Sir Eobert Goodere ; see note 3 ^ See letter to Bunbury of April on letter to Miss Pope of Dec. 30, 28, 1781. 50 To Henry William Bunbury [1791 my power), and of losing the satisfaction of having you and Mrs. Bunbury^ for near neighbours. I have the honour of being with the greatest esteem. Sir, your most obliged and obedient humble servant, Hor. Walpole'. 2790. To THE Earl of Buchan. Berkeley Square, April 7, 1791. [Addition to note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 184.] 2793. To Miss Mary Berky. Strawberry Hill, April 23, 1791. [Correction in note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 184.] 2799. To Miss Mary Berry. Berkeley Square, May 26, 1791. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 184.] ^ Bunbury married (in 1771) Miss Catherine Horneck, Goldsmith's * Little Comedy.' "^ Bunbury's letter, to which the above is tbe reply, is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Richmond, March 16, [1791]*. Dear Sir, I had two drawings which I had flattered myself, you would have done me the honour of accepting in return for many civilities I have received at your hands. But I am at this moment so situated, that I dare not send them to you, lest they should bear with them the appearance of bribery and corruption. 1 happened to pass to-day, Sir, a small house of yours (where poor Mrs. Clive lived) which I have often looked at with an eye of envy : and was informed by a man in the fields that the gentleman who had it last, had quitted it. Mrs. B. and myself, have long wished to meet with some small place about Twickenham ; and having a very small fortune and now, no prospect of its ever in creasing, if we should be so fortunate as to be acceptable as tenants and neighbours to you, we should be indeed most happy. We have never seen the house, but have been ever so delighted with the spot it stands on, that we are sanguine enough to be certain it would be the most desirable habitation in this country, for us to settle contentedly at. I flatter myself you would at least find us very peaceable neighbours ; and very careful of everything put into our possession. Altho' I cannot but say, we are very anxious that your answer. Sir, may be a favour able one; yet I hold myself bound to beg your acceptance of the draw ings I intended for you, after I receive the answer, whatever it may be. I have the honour to be, with great regard, Dear Sir, Your very obliged and faithful humble servant Hbnry W^ Bunbuet. Hon. Horace Walpole, =*= The date of the year has been added by Walpole. 1791 ] To the Marquis of Lattsdowne 51 2802*. To the Marquis op Lansdowne. My Loed, Strawberry Hill, June 16, 1791. Tho' most unwilling to trouble your Lordship again, it is impossible to suppress the gratitude I feel for the letter you have been pleased to honour me with in answer to mine. A testimonial to my Father's character from so good a j"udge as your Lordship is the most flattering present I could receive, and convinces me of what I have long thought, that the more his conduct is weighed by great under standings, the more his genuine merit will be allowed. Pardon me, my Lord, but I cannot so readily accept the praise your Lordship too Hberally bestows on a son un worthy of such a Father ; and forgive me if I use a few words to prove that there was no merit in my patient silence on the diminution of my place in the Exchequer. When Sir Eobert gave me that place, it produced much less than it did afterwards by successive wars and other increasing expenses of government. If augmented burthens made your Lordship and others, and then the whole legislature, think it necessary to reduce the charge on the public by abridging ofiices, I had no reason to think myself personally inj'ured, nor the smallest services to plead that entitled me to exemption. Having no reason for complaint, I certainly did not complain. I should have blushed to have been excepted, when others in the like predicament suffered, and several of whom could less afford a diminu tion. I had felt the benefit of the augmentation of the public expense — was it just to profit by it, and not be equally liable to suffer by the retrenchment of that expendi ture ? Having received what I certainly had done nothing to deserve, with what face could I have demanded, or Letter 2802=*^. — Not in C. ; now in Walpole's hand, the letter itself first printed from original in Waller is in that of his secretary Kirgate. CoUection. The signature only is 52 To Dr. Burney [I79i solicited to be indemnified for my loss? I blame nobody who acted otherwise ; they might have claims of merit ; I had none. Indeed, my Lord, I thought myself so over- fortunate, that the Commissioners of public accounts having overcharged my receipt by part of the arrears of the pre ceding year being paid to me in the last year of their survey, and adding them to my receipt of that year (which swelled my income beyond its reality, not intentionally I am persuaded), I did not complain of that mistake, lest I should seem to think myself injured, when I had none of the feeling of an injured man. This explanation, I trust, will satisfy your Lordship's mind, that my total silence has proceeded from principle, and not from any affectation of philosophy, which I despise. I could have no resentment to your Lordship, or to any man who thought himself serving the public: and if your Lordship should imagine (to which I can by no means agree) that you owed me any indemnification, you have infinitely over-recompensed me by the noble justice you have done to my Father, and have sweetened the infirmities of 74, by administering a cordial to the old age of. My Lord, your Lordship's most obliged, most respectful, and most obedient humble servant, HoK. Walpole. Marquis of Lansdown. 2806*. To Dr. Burney i. Deae Sie, Strawberry Hill, July 10, 1791. I saw with great pleasure iu the papers that Miss Burney Letter 2806*. — Not in C. ; now owner of the original. flrst printed from copy kindly sup- i The letter is addressed, ' To Dr plied by Mr. Arthur G. Burney, Burney at Chelsea College.' Dr 1791] To Df. Burney 53 has quitted her post '\ and I give you a thousand thanks for confirming that satisfaction, of which I cordially wish you joy. You have regained and will save the most valuable of children. I rejoice too that the conclusion has proved so different from your expectation, and as you seem satisfied, I hope I shall be contented with it too, though I own I shall not be so cheaply, or if at all below your daughter's desert '- I assure you. Sir, I wish myself much joy too, as I flatter myself I shall now be the better for Miss Burney's release. You once was so kind as to bestow a whole day on me here with her *. I will not be unreasonably impatient : I know how many, many friends want to have amends made to them for her long eclipse, and I am still more sensible that she ought to have much repose to recover and re-establish her health and spirits, and that, though she has been a lost sheep, she must not at once be turned out upon the Common. — Whenever therefore you shall think it proper to indulge me with a day, and safe to bring her with you, you cannot imagine, dear Sir, how happy you both will make Your faithful humble servant, HoE. Walpole. 2817. To Miss Mary Berry. Berkeley Square, Aug. 23, 1 791. [Correction in note — see Additions and Corrections, vol ii. p. 18.5.] Burney had been appointed in 1783 ^ She was awarded a, pension of (by Burke) to the post of organist £100 a year. at Chelsea Hospital, where he had * In 1785 ; in a letter to Lady rooms. Ossory of Sept. 17 of that year, 2 Miss Burney had resigned her Walpole writes : ' Dr. Burney and post of Second Keeper of the Eobes his daughter, Evelina-CeciUa, have to Queen Charlotte (to which she passed a day and a half with me.' had been appointed in July, 1786) An account of this visit is given in threo days before the date of this Dr. Burney's Memoirs, vol. iii. pp. letter. 64 ff. 54 To [1791 2829. To Miss Mary Berry. Berkeley Square, Oct. 20, 1791. [Correction in text — see Additions and Cm-rections, vol. ii. p. 185.] 2832*. To THE Marquis Townshend. Berkeley Square, Dec. 2, 1791. [Now first printed— see Supplementary Addenda, vol. ii. p. 215.] 2832**. To 1. Sie, Berkeley Square, Dec. 6, 1791. After the misfortune that has happened, and when I had been flattered with hopes of Lord Orford's amendment ^, you will not wonder that I am not able to write many words in answer to the honour of your letters. I think myself much obliged to you, Sir, for the marks of respect you mean to pay to Lord Orford's memory, which I certainly applaud. Mr. Walpole my cousin ^ will set out directly to Houghton to be present with you. Sir, and any gentlemen of the neighbourhood that you wish should, or that will please to be present at the opening of his Lordship's will — you will excuse, I flatter myself, my not detaining your servant* longer than to assure you that I am with great respect. Sir, Your obedient servant, the Uncle of the late Earl of Orford ^ 2839. To John Pinkerton. Berkeley Square, Dec. 26, 1791. [Collated with original — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 185.] Letter 2832'^'i'.— Not in C. ; now Walpole of Wolterton. first-printed from origiual in posses- « At the top ofthe letter is written sion of Sir H. H. Raphael, Bart. in a fine hand in ink : 'The answer 1 Probably Mr. Lucas, Lord to my letter by express by Herbert Orford's man of business. on the S"'.' 2 Walpole's nephew, the third 6 By his nephew's death Walpole Earlof Orford, had died the previous became Earl of Orford; he signed day. himself as above until after the ' Probably Hon. Thomas Walpole, funeral (see letter to the Duke of seoond son of Horatio, first Baron Bedford of Dec. 8, 1791). 1792] To 55 2846*. To Miss Hannah More. Saturday, March 1. [Addition to note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 185.] 2858**. To Sie, Str.awberry Hill, Aug. 5, 1792. It is very certain that I should not only be very happy to contribute to your obtaining the living of Warham ', but, as you will see by the enclosed paper, am very ready to obey your commands, though, I fear, it is not in my power to add more than good wishes to your suit. I have withdrawn myself so much from the world, that it is strictly true that I do not know any one of the Com missioners of the Great SeaP even by sight, nor, though I did hear them named on their appointment, do I recollect the names of two of them ; and they, I suppose, know as little of me. The unfortunate death of my nephew" has involved me in trouble, and the remnant of a ruined estate has given me no credit or influence. I have not set my foot in Norfolk since his death, nor for many previous years, nor have taken my seat in the House of Lords since the unwelcome title came to me, nor intend it. You see. Sir, how little weight my barren recommendation can contribute to your hopes, and how many good reasons I could allege for excusing myself from complying with your request, if I wished to wave it — but as I sincerely should rejoice to serve your cause, my insignificant name Letter 2858**. — Not in C. ; now Seal (appointed June 15, on Thur- first printed from original in posses- low's retirement) were Sir James sion of Mr. F. T. Sabin, 172 New Eyre, Chief Baron of the Exchequer ; Bond St., W. Sir WiUiam Ashurst, Judge of the 1 Warham (AU Saints), in NW. King's Bench ; and Sir John Wilson, Norfolk, a few miles from WeUs ; Judge of the Common Pleas. the Uving is in the gift of the Crown. ^ The third Earl of Orford ; he * The Commissioners ofthe Great died Dec. 5, 1791. 56 To the Bishop of Dro'inore [i792 shall not be wanting ; and if you are of opinion that the inclosed testimonial * can be of any service, you will be pleased to make use of it in what manner you like, either by delivering it yourself, or inclosing, sealing, and sending it. I heartily wish you success. Sir, and am with great regard. Your obedient humble servant, Oepoed. 2860*. To THE Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal. [August, 1792.] [Not placed in T. — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 195.] 2860**. To the Bishop of Dromore i. My Loed, Strawberry Hill, Aug. 20, 1792. I received the books, which your Lordship did me the honour of sending to me. They will be handsome editions ^ and I should have been proud of being able to contribute to them ; but indeed I have found nothing wanting, at least within the compass of my scanty knowledge — your Lordship's own notes to Buckingham have supplied all that was necessary. My sketch of Sir Thomas Wyat's life, printed in the two numbers of miscellaneous papers ' that I published several * This is no doubt the letter to (see letter to biTn of Sept. 18, 1792). the Lords Commissioners of the 2 -^q doubt Percy's editions of the Great Seal printed among the un- works of George Villiers, second placed letters (No. 3056) in the Duke of Buckingham, and of Surrey Appendix to vol. xv, now numbered and Wyatt, which were printed but 2860* (see below). never published, practicaUy the Letter 2860**.. — Not in C. ; now whole impression of both works first x)rinted from original in posses- having been destroyed by fire at the sion of Mr. F. T. Sabin, 172 New printers' in 1808. Bond St., W. 3 Miscellaneous Antiquities, 2 vols. 1 The name of the addressee of 1772. Part 2 contains the Life of thig letter does not appear, but it Sir Thomas Wyat, the elder. was evidently the Bishop of Dromore 1792] To George Nicol 57 years ago, your Lordship is welcome to use, if you should give any preface ; and you know to be sure that there are besides his defence, and many of his letters in the Museum. I shall send the three books to my house in Berkeley Square on Wednesday, vvith orders to be delivered to any body your Lordship shall please to commission to call for them. I have the honour to be with great respect. My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, Oefoed. 2862*. To George Nicol. Sie, Strawberry Hill, Aug. 30, 1792. I am exceedingly ashamed that you sbould for one moment have thought it necessary to make an apology for having proposed to pay me a very distinguished compli ment ; and I am ashamed too that you should hold yourself in any light obliged to me, who am conscious of nothing- more than paying respect to a gentleman so respectable in every light for character, good sense, learning, and peculiar liberality in your profession ', superadded to your other virtues. As a desultory retainer to letters, my own pre tensions would have been very ill founded, if I had not been sensible of such merits, and the great civilities I have received from you on every opportunity, would have left me very ungrateful if I had seemed insensible to them. Indeed, Sir, the dignity you have attained in your profession is one strong reason amongst others, why I should Letter 2862*.— Not in C. ; now Bond St., W. first printed from original in posses- ^ Nicol was ' bookseUer to his sion of Mr. F. T. Sabin, 172 New Majesty.' 58 To George Nicol [i792 not for a minute listen to the noble and disinterested proposal you was so kind as to make to me by Mr. Pinker ton. I would no more hear of a splendid and ornamental edition of my trifling writings than I would dress my old, emaciated, infirm person in rich and gaudy clothes — but to issue from your press, Sir, in a super!) manner ! — the little blood that remains in my veins would rush up to my face if I had the vanity to harbour such a thought ! Your press that is paying the national debt to the mighty names and works of Shakespeare* and Milton^ must not tumble down to me. Consider, Sir, collectors (I do not mean readers) of books, and still more of prints, would hereafter place my things magnificently printed and illustrated, next to your Shakespeare and Milton — think of the scorn and ridicule that would fall on poor me, the third in such company ! — nay, it would turn sour the nectar you are pouring out on our two immortal men ; it would be supposed you had intended to humble them, et sibi consul Ne placeat, servus curru portatur eodem ^ I am aware, good Sir, that humility is as often the dialect of vanity as of modesty, and therefore I will not specify what I think of my own writings ; and the less, as what I am going to say would seem to contradict my depreciation of myself. I did some years ago, not only collect but begin to print some of my pieces, and actually did print one volume, and a third part of a second ° — and I will tell you what occasioned 2 The edition in nine folio volumes ^ Juvenal, Sat. x. 41-2 (misquoted). (Lond. 1791-1802), 'printed by W. " ' Lord Orford so early as the year Bulmer & Co. for J. and J. Boydell, 1768 had formed the intention of Qeorge and W. Nicol.' printing, and soon after actuaUy 3 The Poetical Works of Milton in began, a quarto edition of his works, three foUo volumes (Lond. 1793-7), to which he purposed to add several printed by W. Bulmer, in association pieces, both in prose and verse, with Nicol and BoydeU. whioh he had either not before 1792] To George Nicol 59 that design. I learnt that a little printer had actually pre pared an edition of what I have published, which was to appear the moment the breath should be out of my body, like my ghost, and justly like the ghost of some of my pieces that have long been dead and buried — I could not doubt but that in a posthumous edition some babes that had been laid to me, but were no babes of mine, would be produced as my issue ; and having had ill-formed brats enough of my own that I had left to the parish, I did not wish to be thought more abandoned than I have been ; and therefore chose a method of avowing my own, without being answerable for the slips of other men. Idleness, other avocations, and a good deal of indifference about productions, of the little value of which I am conscious, made me quite neglect the prosecution of my purpose ; and as I am now so ancient and have so little activity left, it is not probable that I shall have either time or industry sufficient to complete my intention. I should certainly. Sir, not have troubled you with two pages on so insignificant a subject as myself, if you had not, by making that subject of some little moment to you, rendered it a duty on me to explain my reasons for totally and absolutely declining your most kind, too partial, and generous offer — and I knew not how to express my deep pubhshed or never acknowledged 1798). For the contents of these as his own. A first and part of a two volumes, see Lowndes, Bibl. second volume printed under his Man. p. 2818. In his MS. Journal own eye at Strawberry HiU were of the Printing-Office at Strawberry already in a state of great forward- hill (preserved in the Waller Col- ness. But his frequent indisposi- lection) Walpole records : ' 1768. tions, and the unimportant Ught in August 24. Began to print an which, notwithstanding the very Edition in quarto of all my Works. flattering reception they had met . . . 1769. AprU 24. . . . the Printer with from the world, he always returned to the Edition of my works. persisted in considering his own . . . 1787. July 6. resumed printing works, seem to have combined in my Works in quarto, with additions deterring him from carrying this to Eoyal and Noble Authors — not design into execution ' (Miss Berry's continued.' preface to the Works of Lord Orford, 60 To George Nicol [1792 sense of gratitude without frankly and sincerely laying open my sentiments to you — I \)eg your pardon, if too diffusely. Agree with you I most certainly do. Sir, about the Fiends on the Continent — French I will not call them, for that would confound the innocent with the guilty ; and though Devils are sometimes styled Fallen Angels, that term I will as little use, as it might imply that I have thought that the French have been Angels, which I assure you I never did, though I have had a few friends amongst them, and one ' whom I had the strongest reason to love — but surely even national antipathy is -justifiable against a country that has produced two massacres of Paris '- For Barnave " the Butcher and such wretches, I rejoice in their fall : they have profaned the sacred name of Liberty, Justice, Humanity, and of every other virtue, and drowned them in blood ; and I only dread their coming hither to enjoy real liberty, and at the same time to endeavour to destroy it. I have no patience with English that go to Paris — unless our Lameths " would follow Dr. Priestly's son " thither. I am. Sir, with the sincerest gratitude and regard, Your most obliged and obedient humble servant, Oefoed. George NicoU, Esq. " Madame du Deftand. to escort Louis XVI back to Paris ' See letter to Nares of Sept. 12, after the flight to Varennes (June, 1792. 1791). 8 See note 2 on letter to Conway " See note 3 on letter to Conway of Sept. 27, 1791 ; and letter to Lady of Sept. 27, 1791. Ossory of Sept. 4, 1792. Barnave i» Priestley's son, WUliam, had was one of three delegates from the been sent by his father to reside in National Assembly, who were deputed France. 1792] To George Nicol 61 2865*. To George Nicol \ Sie, Strawbeny Hill, Sept. 12, 1792. I owe you very many thanks for the beautiful heads of Holbein, and the as beautiful letter-press ''. I will take great care of both, till you are ready to exchange the former. I am not less obliged to you for the very ingenious pamphlet ' ; it is full of wit, and though justly severe, extremely delicate and genteel, and must hurt the more from the modesty and civility of the author, who has certainly shown himself — non impar congressus Achilli ¦*- I wish with so poignant a pen he would attack the Jacobins on this side of the Channel — but I do not desire the same command of temper, the same moderation ; one cannot combat hyaenas in sheep's clothing. I confess the horror I have felt on the late massacres '" shocked me so much, that I could think and speak on nothing else, which prevented my thanking you sooner. Too much industry cannot be used by all friends to humanity, to spread horror for such atrocious deeds, while it is fresh, especially on the common Letter 2865*. — Not in C. ; now the Introduction Chamberlaine states first printed from original in posses- that 'tothe late Horace Walpole, Earl sion of Mr. F. T. Sabin, 172 New of Orford, he is obliged by several Bond St., W. communications, and for tbe trouble I The letter is addressed, ' To Mr. he took in concerting with Mr. Nicol George Nicol, in Pall MaU, London ' ; the plan of this publication.' The it is franked ' Free, Orford ' ; and letterpress was printed by Bulmer, dated ' Isleworth September the and the portraits engraved by Barto- twelfth 1792.' lozzi. 2 No doubt the work subsequently 3 Apparently a pamphlet by Nares pubUshed by John Chamberlaine, (see letter to Nares of Sept. 12, 1792) ; under the title of Imitations of probably his Principles of Govern- Original Drawings by Bans Holbein ment deduced from Beason, supported in the Collection of His Majesty ; for by English Experience, and opposed to the Portraits of Illust-t-ious Persons of French Errors. London, 1792. the Court of Henry VIII. with Bio- '- Cf Aen. i. 475. graphical Tracts [by Edmund Lodge], ^ See letter to Nares above quoted. Lond. 1792-1800, 2 vols, folio. In 62 To Sir William Hamilton [1792 people ; for though every feeling breast must shudder, there are so many agents of the Parisian monsters in this country, who are endeavouring to propagate their bloody doctrines in alehouses and among the populace, that if they are not strictly watched, mischief may arise even in this good-natured island — indeed in no other country but France did I ever hear of three St. Bartlemis " ! Adieu, Sir, I am. Your ever obliged humble servant, Oefoed. 2869*. To Sir William Hamilton i. strawberry Hill, Sept. 30, 1792. I DID receive your letter, dear Sir, early last winter, but when I was much too ill to answer it, and so continued long ; but as soon as I was able, I do assure you, I did write to you, and perfectly re-remember the contents of my letter, which I shall repeat now, at least the topics. I told you that I did not doubt that the good sense of Lady Hamilton ^, of which I had witnessed proofs in her acting ^, would make her conduct as grateful as you have a right to expect, and as I hope you will always find. I begged you, which I now repeat, to order your bookseller to send me the volume of your Vases *, as soon as it shall appear, for I love the forms of antique vases ; and I believe I added some thing of indifference for the mythologio parts. . . . 6 See note 5. tember, 1791. Letter 2869*. — Not in C. ; extracts ^ gge letters to Miss Berry of from letter, reprinted from Messrs. Aug. 17 and 23, 1791. Sotheby's sale catalogue (May 21, ¦* Collection of Engravings from 1890, Lot 127), in which it is de- ancient Vases, mostly of pure Greek scribed as an autograph letter, 3 pp. Workma-nship. discovered in SepuU 4to, signed, Orford. c7ires in the Kingdom of the Two 1 English envoy at the court of Sicilies, but chiefiy in the Neighbour- Naples, 1764-1800. hood of Naples. ' Published by W. 2 The celebrated Emma Hart, Tischbein, Naples, 1791-5 ; in 5 folio whom Hamilton had married, as volumes. his second wife, in London in Sep- 1792] To Sir William Hamilton 63 The drawing of their single figures was perfection, but how ill did they put any number together. Even in your famous Barberini vase'', the first large cameo extant, the story is so wretchedly told and the personages have so little relation to or connection with each other, that no mortal can tell what they mean. It is plain the artist, or the person who gave him the design, was as unfit to unfold the subject, as the former was incomparable in executing, it "'- I do not wonder that the Queen of Naples ' was so much shocked at the outrageous treatment of her heroic sisters- No Christian martyr was ever tortured so inhumanly for three years together — nor is there on record any memorial of such over-savage barbarities as have been committed by that atrocious and detestable nation — a nation as con temptible as it is odious —and when La Fayette, after the affair of Lisle % called them cowardly cannibals, he gave but a faint idea of half their detestable qualities. . . . Who can enumerate a quarter of the massacres those horrible monsters have committed? or who can calculate or guess at the agonies they have occasioned in the friends of the survivors? . . . France must be abhorred to latest posterity. I shall endeavour to get this conveyed to you in the ^ The famous ' Portland Vase,' Naples. originally in the Barberini Palace ^ The aUusion is to the barbarous at Rome ; it was purchased by murder of General Theobald DiUon, Hamilton from Byres the architect who held a command under Du- and sold by him in 1785 to the mouriez in Flanders, by his own DuchessofPortlandforl,800guineas. troops; seized with panic during a It is now in the British Museum. retreat from Tournay, they fled to ^ A note in the catalogue says : LUle, and there, raising cries of ' The writer proceeds to criticise treason, fell upon Dillon, cut him Greek art and then continues : — .' to pieces, and threw him into the ^ Archduchess Carolina Maria, fire. In a letter to the Minister of daughter of the Emperor Francis I, War, dated May 2, 1792, La Fayette married in 1768 Ferdinand I, Kiug describes the perpetrators of this of the Two SiciUes, I759-I825. act as 'dastardly cannibals' (see ^ Marie Antoinette, who was Memoirs of Gen. La Fayette, Lond. younger sister of the Queen of 1837, vol. iii. pp. 304-7). 64 To [179^ Prince of Castelcicala's " pacquet, as I should be mortified at your thinking that, old as I am, I am forgetful of so old a friend. 2879*. To — 1- [1792.] I MUST add a few words of reflection. What a lesson ought this great convulsion to be to politicians ! France, esteemed the most stable of all governments, has plunged itself into this catastrophe by its intrigues, by wasting its treasures to embroil other countries, and embarrassed its finances. The wars to deprive us of America increased its debt. The pursuit of a marine to use on our fall, swelled that debt. All forms became expedient and disgusted the nobility, who were at the head of all regiments. Soldiers only make risings and riots. They are generals and colonels who made rebellions. I need pursue my refiections no further. 2880. To THE Countess of Upper Ossory. Berkeley Square, Jan. 8, 1793. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 185.] 2891*. To THE Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. [Strawberry Hill], Sunday morning, ten o'clock, Sept. 22, 1793. I THIS moment receive your long letter for which I give a thousand thanks, and begin to answer it incontinently, tho' I fear I shall not be able to finish before our early post to-day, as I am expecting early people. I will first reply 10 Neapolitan minister in London. Letter 2891*'. — Not in C. ; now Letter 2879'*. — Not in C. ; extract first printed from original in WaUer from letter, reprinted from Messrs. Collection. The letter is endorsed Sotheby's sale catalogue (July 28, by Conway, 'Ld. Orford. 22 Sept. 1899, Lot 151). 1793.' I Perhaps WUUam Beloe. 1793] To the Hon. Henry Seymour Coniray 65 to your first article, the only one to which I can speak with any knowledge at all. I am as much recovered, as indeed I ever am or shall be. My finger is perfectly healed, and the gout gone out of all the other joints — weakness and lameness remain — but they are now me, and there is no more to be said. Of the Duchess of York^ I know nothing : Mrs. Anderson' brought me a sort of message t'other day, that it will pro bably be the day after to-morrow : but it was not positive, nor do I put entire trust in the messenger. The suspense is very inconvenient, for I want much to go [to] town for a day or two ". I am as much in the dark about defeats and successes. Our nephew Lord Hugh ¦" called here for a moment on Friday in his way to the PaviHons, and thinks he shall retum to Lord Hood in a week. I was too ignorant to ask any questions that could convey information to you. He was in high spirits, as all soldiers are par etiquette. He said Lord Hood would be able to keep the town ^, or would burn the French ships. For their fleet in the Channel, he scoffed it, and has no idea of their venturing out. Last night at Eichmond (for I have no sounder intelli gence) Madame de Cambis told me she had just received a note from one, who had just seen the Duchess of Devon shire, who was just come, and who says the victoiy at Menin'^ is true — ^j'en doute — -for the next moment I heard that Sir James Murray '' is come, but nobody knew what he I See note 2 on letter to Miss time a Captain in the Navy. Berry of July 26, 1791. ^ Toulon, which Hood had occu- 2 See note 3 on letter to Miss pied on Aug. 27 ; he was subsequently Berry of Jnne 30, 1789. compeUed to withdraw, after par- 3 See letters to Miss Berry of tially destroying the French fleet. Sept. 24 and 25. * See note 2 on letter to Miss * Lord Hugh Seymour Conway, Berry of Sept. 24. third son of Lord Hertford, who had ' Major-General Sir James Murray been created a Marquis on July 5 of (c. 1761-1811), afterwards (1794) this year. Lord Hugh was at this Murray-Pulteney, Bart., A.D.C. to 66 To the Hon. Henry Seymour tionway \_icd6 had brought — now victories are mighty apt to steal out of a packet, whether the bearer will or not — but all was to be in the Gazette of last night— and that I have not seen — but I have no great curiosity for a victory that stays to make its toilet before it appears in public. The French here call Lord Hood's acceptance of the constitution of 1789, and promise of restoring everything to France, very generous — but I doubt if anybody is content. If our ministers are not, who is to blame ! Did they send a tar to sea without instructions ? Is the largest whale in the ocean a civilian, and capable of judging of such nice questions as constitutions, and of such constitutions, as nobody has been able to remake in a practicable manner, tho' all France has been hammering them for these four years ! — Well ! I see endless matter for altercation, and the cards more confounded than ever ! As to resignations — I always conclude they will be patched up — everybody is more angry the first minute than the second — they are begged to stay, and perhaps take a third minute to consider. When opponents assert what will happen, but do not know [what] has happened, they only tell what they wish. Prince Augustus ' is arrived, but so ill that he is to be sent directly to Lisbon. He is not only six feet four, but they say, broad in proportion — aye, as large as your Duke of Cumberland ". I will not pretend how to answer the rest of your letter — nay, now I recollect, it will not reach you a moment the sooner for being put into our post to-day, which would only go to London, and not depart thence till to-morrow night. the King, at this time Adjutant- sixth son of George IU. General to the Duke of York in » Conway had been A.D.C. to Flanders. WiUiam Augustus, Duke of Cum- * Augustus Frederick (1773-1843), berland. afterwards (1801) Duke of Sussex, 1793] To the Hon. Henry Seymour Comvay 67 Of the changes you have heard I know nothing, nor do I see any more reason for them than if the persons in question were to change their coats for the waistcoats of each other. Could the Speaker take Dunkirk, or Sir Gilbert Elliot stop Carteau '" with the mace ? or would Dundas giving up the seals put motion into the King of Prussia ? For what Lord Lauderdale " says, I believe it no more than his thirty thousand signatures from Glasgow. At the same time I see much cause for fearing disturbance, and as I have long said, I have more hopes from General Famine in France than from anything done against them, and that General they cannot cut off by the guillotine. I am glad your stucco is raised by a Nightingale, as the walls of Thebes were by the bricklayer Amphion's lyre. I am more glad Lady Ailesbury has vented her disorder. Sunday night late. I am glad I did not send away my letter this morning, for I have been at Eichmond this evening and have brought home a cargo of good news. The Gazette you will see with the recapture of Menin, and Elphinstone's gallant defence of Toulon. Kalcreuth ^' has cut to pieces a regiment of sans culottes and part of another. Mr. Mackinsy showed me a positiiie letter he had just received, that the Duke of Brunswic having been attacked, had defeated the enemy and taken 3000 prisoners and 27 pieces of cannon. It is thought too that the Prince of Cobourg has joined the Duke of York, but I am not certain of it, tho' I had heard for these two days that he had said he would — I am glad his very Serene Highness of Brunswic has waked at last — but here is better than all, if it proves true — Lady Mount 1" See note 4 on letter to Miss 12 Eriedrich Adolf, Count von Berry of Sept. 21. , Kalckreuth (1737-1818) ; he was 11 James Maitland (I759-I839), serving under tha Duke of Bruns- eighth Earl of Lauderdale. wick. F 2 68 To Lady Diana Beauclerc [1793 Edgcumbe '' has received a letter to-day from Lady Camel- ford ", — mind, she is Lady Grenville's mother, — -telling her that she hears and believes, tho' not confident of the truth, that a flag has been sent from Brest to Lord Howe '^, offering itself to him, and that he had called a council of war, and that she is told a messenger is arrived at the Admiralty, but is not sure of it — however, as Lady Camelford is no fool, it would be extraordinary if the mother-in-law of a secretary of state " should write all this voluntarily, if she had no authority but common report — Lord Lauderdale might romance so — well, I am inclined to believe it, and will go to bed in a more comfortable humour. Good night ! 2919*. To Lady Diana Beauclerc 1. Berkeley Square, Dec. 2, 1793. I AM going to ask a favour of your Ladyship, with which you will comply or refuse as you think fit. Mr. Trevor ', our minister at Turin, has had printed at Parma a magnifi cent edition of three Latin poems written by his father, the late Lord Hampden ^, yet only a few copies, of which he ^3 Lady Sophia Hobart, daughter being in that of his secretary, Kir- of second Earl of Buckinghamshire, gate. and wife (1789) of second Earl of i See note 3 on letter to Montagu Mount Edgcumbe. of July 10, 1761. i-" Anne WUkinson, wife (1771) of « John Hampden-Trevor (1749- Thomas Pitt, flrst Baron Camelford. 1824), afterwards third Viscount 15 In command of the Channel Hampden, second son of Eobert, Fleet. first Viscount ; he was minister at " WUUam Wyndham GrenviUe Turin from 1783 to 1798. (1759-1834), first Baron GrenviUe, s Eobert Hampden-Trevor (1706- at this time Foreign Secretary : he 1783), first Viscount Hampden and had married Lord Camelford's fourth Baron Trevor. The three daughter in the previous year. Latin poems in question, which were Letter 2919*. — Not in C. : now -written between 1761 and 1776, firet printed from original in WaUer were entitled Britannia, Lathmon, CoUeotion. The signature of the and Villa Bromhamensis ; they were letter and the heading ' To Lady printed at Parma by Bodoni in 1792, Diana Beauclerc ' alone are in Lord -with a dedication to George III. Orford's hand , the body of the letter 1793] To Lady Diana Beauclvrc 69 makes presents. Were the book to be bought, I should certainly purchase it, not only for the merit of the work, but as having had the honour of being acquainted with the author, as I have with his son, the editor. Your Ladyship, who knows my shyness about receiving presents, will perhaps smile at my begging one ; but in the present case I have a singular clajm, which I fiatter myself Mr. Trevor will be so good as to allow, especially if sup ported by your Ladyship's mediation ; for tho' my title to Mr. Trevor's favour be very fair, I would not plead it arrogantly, but had much rather have it admitted as an obligation to me ; and I shall think it a great one. In short. Madam, being door-keeper to the Hotise of Noble Authors, it is my oflice to admit Lord Hampden — and I will not take it ill, if you tell me that since I have become one of that Assembly, I have learnt to take a fee for doing my duty. Nay, tho' most contrary to your nature to do anything harsh, you shall convict me of this act of corruption, if you please, by sending this petition itself to Mr. Trevor, which will save your writing many words, the only works by your hand of which you are not most liberal. Nor will I load your Ladyship with more words than are necessary on this occasion, being always Your devoted, humble servant, Oefoed. 2928. To John Pinkerton. Berkeley Square, April II, 1794. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton M.SS. — see Additio-ns and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 185.] 2933. To John Pinkerton. Berkeley Square, May 15, 1794. [Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS.— see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 185.] 70 To the Rev. Robert Nares (?) [i794 2948*. To THE Rev. Robert Nares (?). Deae Sie, Strawberry Hill, Oct. 12, 1794. There has been published, this year, a book with so uneaptivating a title, that it may not have attracted your notice ; yet, in some parts, I think it would please and amuse you ; and from one chapter, I can confidently say, it deserves to be highly commended and recommended, for the effect it may have on others ; though not perhaps on those readers for whom it was principally calculated, and on whom good sense is not apt to make much impression — I mean Antiquaries — Lord help them ! The book is called The History and Antiquities of the Abbey and Borough of Evesham, a quarto, printed there ; the author, W. TindaP, M.A, Late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxon. I know nothing at all of the gentleman, nor whether he is a clergyman or a laic. I am fond of English local history ; a study, if it may be called so, that requires but little patience, and a memory for trifles ; and which, to be sure, from the general manner in which it is executed, produces as little satisfaction as any kind of reading can do. Thus, you see, I prove I am one of those insipid beings, at whom I hinted, who demand nothing but to be told facts and circumstances of no importance, that commonly are obsolete, and little worth reviving. To my great surprise (for I never set out in such tasks with sanguine hopes of entertainment) I found the work in question written with the utmost impartiality and liberality ; as you will judge, if you will please to turn to a few lines at the close of the fourth chapter, p. 125 ; and still better, if you look at the conclusion of the fifth chapter, beginning in p. 144 with these words, ' But these poor abbots,' &c. Letter 2948*. — Not in C. ; re- antiquary. Tindal had been curate printed from Gentleman^s Magazine. at Evesham. He was at this time Jan. 1803, p. 3. rector of Kingdon, Worcestershire. 1 WiUiam Tindal (1756-1804), 1794] To the Rev. Robert Nares (?) 71 I think. Sir, you will discern excellent and rational reflections, and an admirable contrast between just serious ness and superstition, with an amiable picture of melan choly contemplation on the vicissitude of human affairs. But what I chiefly mean to recommend to your observa tion, and wish to see specified with proper encomium (the real object of this letter), are the severe but merited strictures on the French revolution ; on their insolent philosophers, and on all those monsters that have been, and are still, their disciples. Those strictures extend to the end of the fifth chapter ; and in my humble opinion, no reprobation of the conduct of the French, for the last five years, has been so well expressed, in the compass of six pages. How concisely has the author, towards the bottom of p. 146, painted the apish and pedantic affectation of their writers, in imitation of the classics ! I beg your pardon, good Sir, for giving you this trouble, though, I trust, I have introduced to you an author worthy of your acquaintance. I beg too not to have this letter shewn, as I write to you most confidentially, and should be very sorry to offend those very inofi^ensive personages, our Antiquaries, for a few of whom I have a great esteem. I am, with sincere respect. Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, Oefoed. P.S. Pray read the account of the battle of Evesham ; it is a fine piece of histoiy. 2953. To THE Rev. William Beloe. strawberry Hill, Dec. 2, 1794. [Additional note — see Additio7is and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 185.] 2956. To Miss Hannah More. Berkeley Square, Jan. 24, 1795. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 186.] 72 To [1795 2959. To John Pinkerton. Berkeley Square, Feb. 5, 1795. [Corrections in text ; additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 186.] 2960*. To . My Lokd, Monday evening, March 17 [1795]. I return to your Grace \ with many thanks, the handsome letter of Lord Lansdown *, which indeed does great honour to him, and I assure your Grace that I have not suff'ered a word of it to be copied. I should have returned it instantly, but had sent my secretary to attend the sale of Sir Joshua Eeynolds's pictures', and had nobody to write for me. Apropos to Lord L. I will take the liberty of telling your Grace a trifling anecdote of another remarkable person of his connection, viz. Keith Earl Marshal*, who about the same time (whether taken up, or only sent for, I do not remember) was examined by King George the First himself: on coming out thence, his friends asked him what the King said to him ; he replied in the words of the old ballad ', Letter 2960*. — Not in C. : now the Old Pretender. The letter in first printed from original (in the question may have been -written to handwriting of Kirgate) in possession Six Robert Walpole. of Mr. Francis Edwards, 83a High ^ Thesaleofaportionof Reynolds's Street, Marylebone. coUection of old masters took place 1 The Duke, to whom the letter at Christie's in March, 1795. was addressed, has not been identi- ^ The Jacobite George Keith (c. fled. 1692-1778), tenth Earl Marischal, 2 George GranviUe (1667-1735), who was attainted for his share in created (1712) Baron Lansdown of the rebellion of 1715. He subse- Biddeford ; Treasurer of the House- quently (1745) entered the service of hold Aug. 1712 to Oct. 1714, when the King of Prussia, and was finally he was removed from office. He pardoned by George II in 1759. was imprisoned as a Jacobite in tbe ^ The baUad of Qu^en Bleanor's Tower of London, Sept. 1715 to Feb. Confession (in A Collection of Old nil, in whioh year he was restored Ballads. London, 1723, vol. i. pp. 19- to his seat in Parliament, but soon 22), in which 'the King' would be after he went abroad, where he Henry II, and 'Earl Marshal' Wil- resided for some years ; he is said to liam Marshal (c. 1146-1219), Earl of have been created a Duke (1721) by Pembroke. 'The King and Earl 1796] To Dr. Burney 73 The King look'd over his left shoulder. And a grim look looked he. And cry'd, Earl Marshal but for my oath Or hanged thou shouldst be. I beg your Grace's pardon, but if you will dig in an old mine, you must meet with some dross. I have the honour to be, with great respect and gratitude, My Lord, your Grace's most obliged and most obedient humble servant, Oefoed. 2965. To THE Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. strawbeny Hill, July 2, 1795. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 187.] 2969. To Miss Mary Berry. [Aug. 19, 1795.] [Additional note — see AddUions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 187.] 2993*. To Dr. Bueney. Dear Sir, Berkeley Square, Feb. 20, 179G. I thank you much for your books \ which I did not or Marshal, disguised as two Friars, That's a vile sin, then said the hear the Queen's confession, the King; King having first promised the G-od may forgive it thee : Earl, Amen., Amen., quoth Earl Marshal ; That whatsoe're Queen Eleanor With a heavy heart spoke he. gg_yg Tho ballad ends with the stanza I will not write it down. quoted in the letter. Lettbe 2993*. — Not in C. ; now The Queen then confesses : grst printed from copy kindly sup- The first vile thing that e're I plied by Mrs. Charles Burney, owner did of the original. I will to you unfold ; ^ No doubt his Memoirs of the Earl J^/¦a7¦sAai had my maidenhead. Abate Metastasio. In which are in- Beneath this cloth of gold. corporated translations of his principal ,.. ^ ^ letters. London, 1796. 3 vols. Svo. 74 To Dr. Burney [l796 do mean to ask for as a present, but was impatient to see anything with the name of Burney to it — which I was sure must give me pleasure. Again I thank you, and am sincerely yours, Oefoed. 2994. To Bertie Greathead. Berkeley Square, Feb. 22, 1796. [Collated with original draft — see AddUions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 187.] 2996. To THE Rev. William Mason. Berkeley Square, March 22, 1796. [Substituted note ; additional notes — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. pp. 188-192.] 3007. To Miss Mary Berry. strawberry Hill, Aug. 9, 1796. [Additional note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 192.] 3008. To Miss Mary Berry. strawberry Hill, Aug. 16, 1796. [Substituted note — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 193.] 3010. To Miss Hannah More. strawberry Hill, Aug. 29, 1796. [Collated with original draft — see Additions a-nd Corrections, vol. ii' p. 193.] 3021. To the Countess of Upper Ossory (?). Jan. [9?] 15, 1797. [Collated with original ; addressee and date of month doubtful — see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 194.] To George Augustus Selwyn 75 3044. To William Parsons. [Renumbered 2726*— see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 195.] 3050*. To George Augustus Selwyn. Deae Geoege, If you and Mr. Williams ' are disposed to charity, you will find me any time this evening with a gouty foot on cushions. Yours, H. Walpole. 3056. To THE Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal. [Renumbered 2860'*— see Additions and Corrections, vol. ii. p. 195.] Leiter 3050'^. — Not in C. ; now New York, owner of the original. first printed from copy kindly sup- ' ' GUly ' Williams (see note 11 on plied by Mr. WiUiam H, Samson, of letter to Bentley of Dec. 24, 1754). ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO VOLUMES I— XVI VOLUME I Page xxiii, Une 15, for sixteen read fifteen Page xxxvi, line 16 from foot, for 1743 read 1742 Page 1, line 8, add note on journal : Hume's letter intro ducing Deyverdun to Walpole is preserved in the Waller Collection : Deae Sie, This letter will be deliver'd to you by M. Deyverdun, a Swiss gentleman, a man of letters and of merit, whom I had occasion to know particularly, because he was in the Secretary's office, and in Mr. Conway's department. He has undertaken a work, of which he has publish'd only one number, under the title of Memoires literaires de la Grande Bretagne ; and he has a second in hand. He wishes to enrich it by- an account of Lord Herbert's Life ; but not knowing where to find a copy, he uses the freedom, thro' my recommendation, to apply to you : I hope you will have no objection to the supplying him with one. I am Dear Sir Your most obedient & most humble Servant David Hume. Brewers Street II of Nov'. 1768 Page 1, Letter 1. This letter is misdated, and conse quently misplaced. A reference to the facsimile will show that the date of the year is not 1732 as printed,' but 1785, the last figure, in the truncated form characteristic of Walpole, having been mistaken for 2. Further, it is apparent from the contents of the letter that Walpole had Volume I, pages xxiii-68 77 left Eton, which he did on Sept. 23, 1734 (see Short Notes of my Life, under that date). The letter, therefore, should be placed after that of Aug. 28, 1734, and should be renum bered 2. The Editor is indebted to Mr. Francis Bickley for drawing his attention to this error. Page 1, Letter 1, note, dele This letter — years old. Page 2, Letter 2. This letter should precede that written from Chelsea, and should be renumbered 1 (see above). Page 61, note 4, add : See note 8 on Letter 27* in S'upplement. Page 64, Letter 30, for present note substitute ; Letter 30. — Not in C. ; printed in Tovey's Gray and his Friends, pp. 49-54 ; now reprinted from original in possession of Mr. Bernard Quaritch. line 17, for N.E. read N.S. line 19, for Corsini read Cardinal Corsini line 21, for giving an account read giving account Page 65, line 7, for father read faction last line, for Gotto read Gotti Page 66, line 3, for on read upon line 5, for quantity read competency line 20, for or to stay read or stay line 21, for is read was line 23, begin fresh paragraph at We are going to-night ; for assemblee read assembly Page 67, line 3, for one — read one. line 5, for bye read way line 7, for ever read ever. line 15, for prove that there never was any such a people read prove there never was any such people last line, for hundred read hundreds Page 68, line 3, for West read West line 7, for particular read very particular Page 68, line 10 from foot, for obviously read already 78 Additions and Corrections Page 69, line 19, add note on parsley beds : This allusion, which occurs again in the letter to Montagu of Nov. 8, 1755, is explained by the following passage in Gay's Recipe for Steiving Yeal : — Some sprigs ' of that bed Where children are bred. I Parsley, Gay. Page 69, for note 1 substitute : Probably the Mrs. Gravenner or Grosvenor mentioned in Walpole's letters to Lady Walpole of 1725 (Letter B) and Sept. 30, 1733 ; and to George Montagu of April 15, 1769 ; and the Mrs. Gr. of Ashton's letter to Walpole of July 5, 1741 (printed in Correspondence of Gray, Walpole, West, and Ashton, edited by Paget Toynbee, vol. ii. pp. 15-16 — see note 7 on Letter B in Supplement). Page 76, note 8, add : In a Common Place Book, of Verses, Stories, Characters, Letters, ^-e. (in the possession of Earl Waldegrave) Walpole thus describes the Prince and Princess de Craon : ' Prince Craon is a good-natured simple old man, poor and extravagant, loves piquet, the Princess, and baubles. The Princess a fine woman, formerly mistress to Duke Leo pold of Lorrain, by whom she had twenty children. She used to bathe in milk, and the Court ladies had it afterwards for breakfast. Very religious and proud ; fond of eating and gaming : mighty apt to complain of some illness, except at Pharaoh and supper : well bred except to her husband, or to the prejudice of her dignity.' Page 88, line 2 from foot, for Sudantem read Ludentem. Page 157, note 7, after eldest insert [surviving]. Page 252, Letter 88, The following somewhat different version of the ' Lesson for the Day,' written by Walpole on the blank half of a letter to him from Henry Pelham, dated July 16, 1742, is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Here beginneth the Second Chapter of the first Book of Preferments. Volume I, pages 68-252 79 1. Now These are the Generations of Them that sought Preferments. 2. Twenty years They sought Preferment and found It not : yea. Twenty years They wander'd in a wilderness. 3. Twenty years They sought Them Places : but They found no Eesting Place for the Soul of their Foot. 4. And lo ! It came to pass in the Days of George the King, that These Men said, Go to, let us make Ourselves Places, that it may be well with Us, Our wives and our Little ones. 5. And All the People took Stones, and Stoned the Man called Eobert, and cast Him out from the congregation. 6. And They took a Man called William, and They made Him Ruler over Them, and He made Them Places. 7. And These be the Names of the Men that have gotten Them Places in their Day. 8. In Those Days Lord Hervey held the King's Signet, and to Him succeeded Lord Gower. 9. And the King had a Guard of Men called Gentlemen- Pensioners, and over Them he set Lord Bathurst. 10. And Lord Limerick got the Reversion after Lord Palmerston, for Himself and for his Son after Him : and he shall be called the King's Remembrancer from Generation to Generation. 11. Lord Edgcumbe was and is not : He was the King's Treasurer in the Land of Ireland, but he found not Favour in their Eyes : and to him succeeded Henry Vane. 12. Henry Legge was Scribe to the Treasury, but the Name of Legge was found unseemly : so He is called Henry Furness unto this Day. 13. These are the Men after their generations : and many more are They that shall come in unto the Land to possess It. 14. Of the Tribe of Jacob, Twelve Thousand : of the 80 Additions and Corrections Tribe of Andrew, Twelve Thousand : of the Tribe of Patrick, Twelve Thousand : now Jacob and Andrew were one. 15. And These Things came to pass that the Saying of the Prophet Jonathan might be fuUfilled — Those that are in, shall be as Those that are out ; and Those that are out, shall be as Those that are in : But the Lord of Baths is over all, and Blessed be the Name of the Lord of Baths ! Here endeth the first Lesson. In a Com-mon Place Book of Verses, Stories, Characters, Letters, ^c. (in the possession of Earl Waldegrave) Walpole has written the following note on TJie Lesson for tlie Day : — ' This piece was wrote by Mr. Walpole in a letter to Mr. Mann, Resident at Florence, the morning these promo tions were made, which were the second made after Sir Eobert Walpole's resignation. A copy got about and was printed in two chapters with great additions, by whom he does not know ; but this was the original of those swarms of papers in the same way, that came out on all subjects for a long time afterwards. ' Page 260, line 5, add note on Indies : This letter is pre served in the Waller Collection : — de la petraia ^ ce 9 juillet 1742 la generosite de vostre amitie pour moy monsieur ne me laisse rien a desirer de tous se qui se trouve de precieus en engletere den la chine et aux indes 2, le motif qui vous a enguage a me prevenire sur tous cela et pour moy monsieur dun prix infinis rien ny et oublie et les offres que vous me faite pour mon fils ne luy seront pas ignore pour long tems I Petraia a viUa of the Gr. Duke's sents Walpole had sent to the Prin- near Florence. Walpole. cess — see Mann & Manners, i. 61-2. 2 This has reference to certain pre- Volume I, pages 260-287 81 Sy mes lettres pour luy nont plus de succest desormais quels nans ont eu jusqua presen ne luy en estan parvenus que tres pens non plus que des sienes a nous, je luy iei6 bien conoitre en trentes ocasions que de tous se que nous avons conus de cavalier de vostre nation monsieur aucuns nexsiges plus que vous de reconoissence et datachement de sa part sii va jamais en angletere il profitera sii mans croit des offres obligens que vous luy faite et vous prouvera tan quil poura monsieur lestime que je conservere pour vous toute ma vie. je natandre pas de vous monsieur un compliment sur la perte que nous avons fait de mon fils le primat de lorraine pour me persuader de linterest que vous y prenez cest un amis que vous avez de moin den ce monde.' Mad® de Craon a ete oblige monsieur de laisser cette lettre imparfaite et me charge dy adjouter tout ce qui manque a la decoration ' des sentimens quelle a pour vous, je vous dois aussi un nouveau remerciment de la lettre dont vous mavez honore, je me rejouis davoir a mander a mon fils les nouvelles marques damitie dont vous Ihonorez, jen suis penetre de reconnoissance ainsy que du plus parfait attachement avec le quel on puisse etre Monsieur votre tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur le peince de Ceaon. Page 287, note 10, add : In a Common Place Book of Verse.s, Stories, Characters, Letters, Sj-c. (in the possession of Earl Waldegrave) Walpole thus describes him : — 'Mr. Naylor, a blunderbuss, naturally suspicious and waspish ; affecting good-nature & knowledge of the world, he talked nonsense I Here the writing of the Princess ends ; the remainder is written by the Prince. ^ Sic. 82 Additions ana uorrections and laboured to be laughed at only to show he could bear it. Fancied he loved antiquities, and measured them to under stand them.' Page 317, liue 11, add note on Nomis: The Marquis Nomis — see Mann and Manners at tlie Court of Florence, vol. i. pp. 129 ff. Page 339, note 7, add: See note 13 on Letter 40***** in Supplement. Page 369, line 6 from foot, add note o-n Indes : See the Princess's letter quoted in supplementary note on Letter 89. Page 400, note 3, add : In a Common Place Book of Verses, Stories, Characters, Letters, ^-c. (in the possession of Earl Waldegrave) Walpole describes her as ' a toywoman at Char ing Cross, famous for her high prices and fine language.' VOLUME II Page 17, note 4, for m. Comte (afterwards Due) de Rohan- Chabot, read m. (1744), as his second wife, Guy-Auguste de Eohan-Chabot, Chevalier (afterwards Comte) de Chabot. Page 39, note l,/orTrojano?'eadTrajano;/o>' poem readwovk Page 40, line 4 from foot, for heart read hurt Page 55, line 4, add note on young Gardiner : This person is no doiibt identical with the Richard Gardiner mentioned in Coke of Norfolk and his Friends, by A. M. W. Sterling (1906), where it is stated that he had been a major in the army. ' The reputed son of a Norfolk clergyman, he was by many believed to be a natural son of Lord Orford.' He was later on well known as a writer of electioneering squibs and speeches under the name of ' Dick Merryfellow.' In 1776 he became for a time auditor-general of the Holkham estates, but was soon dismissed. He died in 1781. Page 122, line 12 from foot, add ¦note on my letters : Montagu's letter to which this is the I'eply is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Volume I, page 317 — Volume II, page 122 83 Windsor July 28 1745. DEAE HOEEY I was in Essex with Lady Ann at the Talbots when your most delightfull agreable polite & csetera & csetera letter came to Windsor and I had not the pleasure to read it till my return or I had returnd you before this a thousand thanks for it fbr thanks & praises are all I am able to bestow from this place where I live upon sweet air & save my money there is not a man to throw to one's dog for society nor a woman that will throw herself to such a dog as me for pleasure I dined two days ago & spent the whole day at the Duke of Marlboroughs island which is really a charming little place I went by the Baron's ^ at Englefeild Green & saw a covy of children & women before the door & an old man at six in the evening in a striped sattin night gown & cap I took to be D' Thirleby ^ or such a sort of body that does not inhabit our poor earth nor subjects itself to our whims twas in my way to the D^ of Manchesters inkett which she has sett in the middle of the Green with a chandlers shop on one side & an inn on y^ other twas once a cabinet makers shop but she has so beguUt it & bepaperd & ornamented with her Grace's own hand that it would please you to see it. Madame de Bolingbroke goes frequently to Bell Isle's ^ to hold a sabut he informs himself very particularly of evry thing that passes & has made very shrewd remarks on our defenceless state tomorow we are to have a most famous concert with the best hands from London We call it winter here. dear Horry adieu beleive me ever most cordially yours G. Montagu. I Sir Edward Walpole — see letter * See note 5 on letter to Mann of to Montagu of May 25, 1745. Jan. 4, 1745; and note 2 on letter to 2 See note 2 on letter to Montagu Mann of Eeb. 28, 1745. of May 25, 1745. g2 84: Additions and Corrections Page 133, Letter 195, add note: A copy of this letter, in the original form in which it was sent to Mann, is preserved in the Waller Collection ; the following are Walpole's ' corrections ' : — Page 134, line 2, being at Edinburgh for being got to Edinburgh ; line 9, if there does not for if it dont ; lines 10-1 1, believe that the English for believe the English ; page 135, line 20, Lady 0. for Lady Orford ; line 22, libertinism for prostitution ; line 24, For for But for ; line 31, my Lady/or Lady ; line 32, to carry for carrying; page 136, line 6, after herself the foUowiiig sentence is omitted, The latter I fancy she will scarce obtain ; line 8, a bon mot for an admirable bon mot; line 11, dear /or dearest; line 12, Yours ever omitted. Page 139, Letter 197, add note : A copy of this letter, in the original form in which it was sent to Mann, is preserved in the Waller Collection ; the following are Walpole's 'corrections': — At beginning. My dear Child omitted; line 26, this palace for his palace ; line 29, are for are all ; line 32, indifferent for indolent ; page 140, lines 2-3, the Bishop for he ; lines 17 ff., I am told that old Stair, who certainly does not want zeal, but may not want envy neither, has practised a little Scotch art to prevent Wade from having an army, for Old Stair, out of envy to Wade, has in vain used his Scotch arts to hinder his having an army ; line 21, I don't doubt for I doubt not ; line 22, will not for wont ; line 23, overtures for propositions ; lines 28-9, ob tained for them a peace with that King for got them a peace with him ; line 29, odious for detestable; page 141, line 1, will not for wont ; line 11, is no Jacobite, but ready to serve for was no Jacobite, but would serve ; line 27, granted for complied with ; line 30, after Castle ! — not to mention to destroy the capital of Scotland omitted ; page 142, line 3, Sir for Child ; line 5, Yours ever, H. W. omitted. Volume II, pages 133-213 85 Page 158, note 10, add : The following letter from Corn wallis to Walpole is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Preston, Dec""': y=: 18'"- I have just time D^: Hor: to tell you where I am in pursuit of ye; rascally rebels but despair much of getting up with them our only hopes was part of Wades army stopping them but such is the inactivity of that army that I have no hopes, the Duke is forty miles before us with a body of horse this is y^: sixth days march without halt with a thousand voluntiers from y®: army and Blighs reg*: our men much fatigued but in great spirits, how farr we shall pursue I know not but see them out of England I dare say wee have pickt up a few. the Pretenders son flys before ye: army I mean of rascals. I am ever yours Ed: Coen wallis. Page 206, line 4 from foot, add note on free : Dryden and Lee, Oedipus, iii. 1. Page 213, line 7 from foot, add note on Walpole : Fox's answer to this letter is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Deae Sie, As many thanks as I have to give you, I think more are due to Rigby, for I have long known that it is much easyer for you to write good verses than to shew them when you have done. In gratitude to him, I think I shall, before you get to town, make them, as he would have ev'ry thing that is beautiful be, common — and when your Muse has had a week's run in the Court of Request, it will be in vain for you to think of shutting her up any more ; she will certainly do well there, which poor Winnington us'd to say was the true test of a Beauty, and is at least as true a one of the poet's merit. 86 Add'itions ana uorrections Upon my word I never read any thing more poetical & pretty than many parts of this, & especially that on Fanny ; Caroline commends exceedingly but do's not think there is quite enough on Emely, & there is a little obscurity in the last line upon her. But none alas! the Goddess calls her son,' which I can't clear up to her. Caroline is, I thank God, what you so obligingly describe her in prose, and as a proof of it she admires most, and thinks Emely will best like your praise where it compares her to a village Fair.^ She hardly can allow the last line of all, even to you, but I tell her if Emely comes nov,' so near her you like best ; she may probably one day or another get before her ; for that none but we plodding mere prose-writing people have any con stancy in our natures. Your letter and verses want no foil, or else they came in the midst of a dozen and half of letters, full of returns, complaints, accounts of deserters, &c. which I was forc'd to return to reading of, & must now go to answering, as soon as I shall have told you that the Pretender's son escap'd from Sir Alexander Macdonald's house in Sky in womans cloaths. That we pay and are to pay Sir Alexander and his ivell- affected clan for their assistance, and that the Duke will now certainly be here soon, & that I am your infinitely oblig'd and faithfuU humble servant, H. Fox. War OfBce July 22, 1746. Pray give my affectionate service to Rigby, & ask him how he thinks you, of whose modesty at the Dockyard in Portsmouth he was witness, will stand the compliments of ev'ry body you meet, on the verses, which, seriously, do I This line does not appear in the ^ ' Yet modest as the village fair.' printed version of the poem. Volume II, pages 213-254 87 deserve all that can or will be said in praise of them. But 'tis for your good, and you won't be shy any more, and so I dare hope he'll commend me. Page 239, line 7, add note on last May: This letter is pre served in the Waller Collection : — Deae Sie, The intimacy you had with all the nobihty of florence would make it unnecessary for any one of them to carry a letter of recommendation from hence, but as Marquis Rinuccini one of the members of this Regency and for whom I have the greatest regard thinks that a line from me in favour of his son Folco will be a good means of his renewing his acquaintance with you I could not refuse to comply with a request which proceeds from an opinion so advantageous to me ; permit me, therefore. Dear Sir, to entreat of you to endeavour to make his stay in England as agreable as you can ; if you can introduce him at Court or to any of his Majesty's Ministers, I make no doubt that the publick character his Father had in England, the rank he is now in here and the young Marquis being Gentleman of the Bed chamber of the Emperor will procure him some attentions, though I am persuaded that your goodness & friendship will make all other recommendations unnecessary. I am with .the most respectful esteem and regard Dear Sir Your most obedient humble servant Hoeace Mann. Florence, May T^ 1746. Page 254, line 8, add note on prologue : The following note is appended by Walpole to an autograph copy of his Epilogue to Tamerlane in the possession of Earl Waldegrave at Chew- ton Priory : — ' Tamerlane is always acted with an occasional 88 Additions and Corrections prologue in honour of King William, on the 4*^ and 5^^ of November, being the anniversaries of his birth and landing.' Page 285, line 6 from foot, add note on parole : The follow ing letter from Stephen Poyntz to Walpole is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Wed. morn^. Sie I have the pleasure to acquaint you that CoP Conway and Lord Rob*. Sutton are safely arrived at the Head Quarters on their Parole. My letf is from S' Ev"! Fawkener of the 6^^ N.S. by Mr George Townshend. I have sent it to M"" Pelham, and as soon as it comes back shall forward it to you. Col' Conway brings an ace' that the French own the loss of 1000 officers and 9000 private men, but we com pute it at upwards of 12000. I am Sir yr most humble and obed' servant Ste. Poyntz. Page 353, line 5 from foot, add note on in your service : This reference is explained by the following letter from John Chute to Walpole preserved in the Waller Collection : — Bond street » Nov' 3'' 1748. I design'd my self the pleasure of visiting you and your plantations, (which I suppose before this time in a condition to receive company) some days ago ; but have been detain'd in town on account of a commission of M'' Manns, in whose behalf I am determin'd to exert all my skill in heraldry ; you can never comprehend what I mean, unless his brother has told you, what a beast Rinuccini who was here last year, has been to him since his return to Florence ; he having taken part I know not how, in the fracas, which the Boccaneris F match occasioned, has made it his business. Volume II, pages 285-412 89 underhand to abuse and vilify M'" Mann where ever he went, and amongst other things has possess'd them with a notion that he is not Cavaliere. I am at present bent upon vindicating his dritti cavaliereschi at all rates, and expect to make out something at the Herald's office tomorrow morning to that effect. as soon as that is over I am at your Service, and if you have no objection to Monday morn ing I hope by that time to be with you : M^ Whithed remembers you in all his letters, he proposes being in town by the tenth of this month. addio yrs ever &c &c. John Chute. M"^ Le Neve has been very ill but I have just heard from her that she is a great deal better. Gray does not go till Saturday, do let us have a little dry weather. Page 372, line 13, add note on Ratcliffe Library : Contem porary accounts of the ceremony, and of Dr. King's speech, are given in two letters recently acquired by the Bodleian Library, and printed in the Bodleian Quarterly Record for July, 1915 (vol. i. pp. 165-72). Page 412, line 6, add note on describe : Montagu's letter is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Windsor Sept 1749 Deae Hoeey The person I intended to employ in copying the picture of Prince Edward has left Windsor. I went one day to examine it and do not beleive that it was drawn from any painting of him, for the other three, Henry the 6 and fifth and Edward the fourth are not in the least like any of the pictures or coins that remain of them. 90 Additions and Corrections The Dean shewd me one day the registers of the Order & they were very well worth seeing. The Sovereign of the Order in evry reign is painted very prettily at the beginning on vellum & all the leaves are illuminated with flowers and devices. A servant that comes to Queen Katherine in Henry the 8* delivers his message standing & treating her as Princess of Wales, at which she is much offended & orders him out of her sight because he did not kneel, so that it was an antient custome to kneel when they spoke to Queens. You remember we talked about the courtiers who knelt when Queen Elizabeth looked at them. I went lately to Bisham Abbey in hopes of seeing the tombs of the old Earls of Salisbury, but when I opend the chappie doors there was to my great dissappointment nothing but dried herbs & yellow cowcumbers bursting for seed. Lord Cholmley is making alterations there tho he only hires the house of Sir Philip Hobby. In the parish church there are veiy fine monuments of the Hobbys & the painting & gilding is better preservd than any monuments that I ever saw that were putt up so long ago as Queen Elizabeth's time. There is a Lady Hobby, wife to Sir Philip Hobby, Knt of the Garter, in a black robe & fardingale & white laced vail, and her sister a peeress in robes. The hands & face are very well executed & all the veins painted & they look allmost alive, and there is a very pretty monu ment of Lady Hunsdon her daughter that is in the print of Vertue's where the Queen is represented making her entry into Ld Hunsdon's her husband's house. I conclude you have enjoyd this fine weather at your pretty villa & I hope you have had your health well, indeed I need not doubt it for you are allways well, nay I will own, who often complain, that I have been better for a long continuance than I ever was. Volume II, page 412 — Volume III, page 71 91 My sisters present their best compliments to you. I am ever much your's G. Montagu. On the back of the letter Walpole has jotted : The Comet Millions of Ancest. Stoke Pogeis — obviously memoranda for his reply, as appears from the close of his letter. Page 412, dele note 1 and substitute: Sir Philip Hoby (c. 1716-1766), fifth Baronet, of Bisham and Somerly; he was in Holy Orders, and succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1744 ; he was Chancellor of St. Patrick's, Dublin, and Dean of Ardfert from 1748 till his death. Page 448, note 6, add : ' Mile Louise Gaucher, of whom Marmontel gives a highly favourable account in his Memoires. She married, soon after Lord Albemarle's death (1754), Antoine de Ricouart, Comte d'Herouville.' VOLUME III Page 21, line 17, add note on Flanders'. Page 64, last line, add note on curtsey : In the Waller Collection is an account by Walpole of this visit to Wimble don, in which he says : ' The house built for the old Duchess of Marlbro, by Henry Earl of Pembroke. She would have it in a sunk fossfe, & then said, it looked as if it was making a curtsie.' He gives a list of the pictures and statuary. Page 71, note 7, add : Walpole gives a more detailed description of this picture in an account preserved in the I This note has accidentaUy been Vol. V — it wiU be found on page 118 placed among those referring to below. 92 Additions and Corrections Waller Collection: — 'Two heads of the two elder sons of Francis Earl of Bedford. The tradition of the family says, that the story of these young men gave rise to the play of the Orphan ; & their pictures have something very remarkable. Edward the eldest (set. 22, 1573) holds snakes in his hand, with these words, fides homini, serpentibus fraus ; and above, fata viam invenient, & on one side, a man in a maze. This I take to be Castalio. He died before his father, having married Jane Sibylla, daughter of Sir Richard Morrison. The Earl, his father, had married Sir Richard's widow, by which means it is probable her daughter lived in the house. His brother who outlived him long, married the widow Lady Hobby, by whom he had two daughters, & who certainly was not the Monimia. His brother's picture has a ship on one side, & a woman on the other.' Page 143, Letter 361, add note: Letter 361.— Collated with original in the Waller Collection. Page 144, line 10, after showy imsert (as I believe I said) Page 145, line 3, for ' explanation ' read explanation lines 7, 8, for ' a man,' ' a cock ' read a tnan, a cock line 9, for painters, read painters ! line 20, for Hor. Walpole read H. W. Page 153, line 16, add note on Dodsley : The following letter from King Theodore to Dodsley, written shortly after the publication of Walpole's paper in the World (Feb. 22, 1753), in which the public are informed 'that a subscription for a subsidy for the use of his Corsican majesty is opened at Tully 's head in Pall-mall, where all the generous and the fair are desired to pay their contributions to Robert Dodsley,' is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Sie You will oblige me Very much to Come to see me The Bearer of this is one M'' Taylor Clauss that serves me this Volume III, pages 143-204 93 3 year & is plainly informed of my affaires & procedings in this place. & to whom j trust all my Commissions. So you could not come the day here, you may inform the Bearer Clauss of what, j am to may aspett from the published subscription, of wish, as of the promoter, j am still un acquainted, about the outscry & Charges that are superseded & the oter adjusted in paying the half the Bearer will inform you, and j by our Entervcw ' shall assure you that in ani time & place you shall remain convinced that j am yr assured & gratefuU friend Th" B° de Newhoff. This 8 Marah 53. The letter is addressed ' To M^ Dodsley at the Tully^ head Pall mall.' Page 200, Letter 381, add note : Letter 381. — Incomplete in C. ; now first printed in full from original in the Waller Collection. Page 202, line 12, after twelve hours himself insert the following in same paragraph : Lord Burlington has left everything he had to his Countess for her life, then to Lady Hartington, and then to her son. The Marquis is not mentioned in the will. Can one doubt but he must have seen something in his son-in-law to merit such very marked omission "? or can one more doubt that a capricious mother- in-law, an indulgent rich wife, and independent son, will find some opportunity to try all the candour of a Cavendish? line 19, add note on Mr. M 's : Name scored through in the original. Page 203, line 6, for Hor. Walpole read H. W. Page 204, line 8, add note on Serendip : A former name of Ceylon. The book referred to is. The Travels and Adventures of Three Princes of Sarendip. Intermixed ivith Eight DeUglitful and Entertaining Novels. Translated from the Persian into 1 So apparently MS. 94 Additions and Corrections French, and from thence done into English. London, 1722. The tale in question (of which Walpole had a very imperfect recollection, for it deals with a one-eyed camel, not mule) occurs on pp. 9-14. The French edition is entitled, Le Voyage et les Aventures des Trois Princes de Sarendip. Traduits du Per san, par le Chevalier de Mailly. Paris, 1719. This in its turn is a translation from the Italian, Peregrinaggio di Tre Gnovani, Figliuoli del Re di Serendippo, per opera di Christoforo Armeno, dalla persiana nelV italiana lingua trapportato. Venetia, 1557. Page 228, Letter 391, add note : Letter 391. — Incomplete in C. ; now first printed in full from original in Waller Collection. Page 229, line 7, after oracular, insert in fresh paragraph : I have been forced to agree with Clermont for seventy pound : I have beat down fifty, but could not get it lower. The last time I went to Strawberry, I found the stucco men as busy as so many Irish bees, plastering up eggs and anchors for the frieze of the eating room, but I soon made them destroy all they had done. line 3 from foot : 'the true convulsive fits, to be had only of the maker ', should be in italics. line 2 from foot, after the maker, insert in same para graph : As we were talking of it, in came Lord Pultney (you remember the fracas he occasioned two years ago by repeating what my Lady had said of Miss Chudleigh and the Duke of Kingston, and how that wise Duke went to challenge my Lady) ; the discourse naturally stopping short. Lord Pultney for want of something to say, began to talk the town news, and mentioned the soldier's fit — we stared at one another ; he recollected what this led to, and I never saw a poor young man so distressed ! last line, after yet. insert in fresh paragraph, Yours ever, H. W. Volume III, pages 228-363 95 Page 231, Letter 393, add nofe: Letter 393.— Incomplete in C; now first printed in full from origiual in Waller Collection. line 19, dele undated, tvhich has been inserted by a later liand, presumably Miss Berry's. Page 232, line 1, for sea read sea line 9, add note on Murphy : See note 8 on letter to Conway of May 24, 1753. line 4 from foot, print in italics, 'your chimney with the two dropping points ' Page 234, line 2, for found out, read found out. and add : You know my system is, that everything will be found out. Page 298, line 5 from foot, add note : The lady whose name is left blank was probably Miss Vavassor (see note 2 on letter to Bentley of July 27, 1754, No. 402* in Supple ment). Page 328, line 11, add note on revise it : This letter, dated 'Londres le 19 juillet 1755,' is preserved in the Waller Collection ; the request was made in the following terms : — ' je ne vous envoye mon ouvrage Monsieur qu'avec une capitulation dont les articles doivent etre fort etendus. premierement que vous me prometterez de bonne foy de m'en dire votre avis, et que centre I'usage ordinaire vous ne me payerez pas par un compliment. 2° Que pour me prouver I'attention que vous avez apporte a la lecture, vous voudrez bien mettre en marge ou en bas des pages qui sont disposes a ces effets les notes que vous croirez necessaires et les corrections que vous trouverez a faire.' Page 363, line 12, add note on parsley-bed : See note on this allusion in letter to Ashton of May 28, 1740. Page 363, note 1, add : In an account of a visit to Longleat in July, 1762, preserved in the Waller Collection, Walpole writes : — ' In the park is the original Weymouth pine, from 96 Additions and Corrections the cones of which all the Weymouth pines have come ; it is now very shabby.' Page 387, line 11 from foot, add note on ' World ' : This was no doubt the ' extraordinary ' number of the World, containing Walpole's portrait of Henry Fox. VOLUME IV Page 18, line 13, add note on Hertford : The following letter from Lord Hertford making the announcement is preserved in the Waller Collection : — London Nov' 15"'. 1756. Deae Hoeey I do not know when you come to town so I take this as the earliest method to acquaint you that the King has to-day declared to the Duke of Grafton his intention of giving away the four vacant Garters on Thursday next to the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Carlisle, Lord Northumberland and mj-- self, and I am most sincerely obliged to you for the friendly part you take in whatever concerns me, for I should be unjust to confine it to this or any other particular instance. Lord Temple and the Lords of the Admiralty kissed the King's hand to-day and were coldly received, my friend Legge went into the closet for the Seals, Lord Bateman and Dick Edgecombe have got y^ two White Sticks, Lord Hillsbro' and S"" George Lyttelton kissed the King's hand for their peerages. I hope to see you soon in town and am with great truth and aflfection. Dear Horry, most sincerely yours Heetfoed. Page 29, line 12, add note on creditors : A copy of the Volume III, page 387 — Volume IV, page 29 97 Schedule, signed by Theodore himself, is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Surry to wit, A Schedule or Inventory containing a full and true Account of all the debts effects and estate both real and personal (of what kind or nature soever) of Theodore Stephen de Newhoff a German from Westphalia and late of Mount Street Grosvenor Square now a prisoner in the Kings Bench Prison and a List of the Names of all and every Person and pei-sons that are any wise (and how much) indebted unto him the said Theo dore Stephen Baron de Newhoflf and the Witnesses that can prove the same pursuant to an act of parliament made in the twenty eighth year of his present Majesty King Geoige the second intituled an Act for Releif of Insolvent Debtors Debtors Names and „ , How due and Witnesses and Places of Abode. oums due, for what. Vouchers thereof. That he is entitled to the Kingdom of Corsica and hath no other estate or effects but in right of that Kingdom. The above written is a full and true Schedule of all my Estate and Effects whatsoever except wearing Apparel Bedding for myself and family working Tools and necessary Implements for my Occupation and Calling and those in the whole not exceeding the value of Ten pounds, Witness my hand this 24 day of June 1755 Th. B" de Newhoff. Preserved with the above is the following letter to Walpole from Henry Reade of the Exchequer Office : — 1636.2 H 98 Additions ana uorrections Sie, Excheq'. May I" I76I. Agreeable to my promise I have sent you the Instrument that cleared the King of Corsica from the Kings Bench. Tho' the Docquet on the back calls the Schedule a Copy, yet the hand writing at the bottom is original, as the Marchall of the Kings Bench informs me, who saw him sign it, and who brought it to me yesterday. I am, with the greatest respect Sir, Your most obedient and obliged humble servant H. Reade. Hon'ble Mr. Walpole. Page 36, line 12 from foot, add note o» living : The following letter to Walpole from his nephew. Lord Orford, informing him that he had been nominated for Lynn, is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Deae Sie Lynn, Monday. having considered with my friends here on a proper person to represent the town, on the vacancy occasion'd by Lord Walpole's decease they were all unanimously of opinion that you were the only person who from your near affinity to my grandfather whose name is still in the greatest venera tion and your own known personal abilities and quallifi cations, could stand in the gap on this occasion and prevent opposi tion and expence and perhaps disgrace to the family — upon these grounds I have taken the liberty to nominate you a candidate and having canvassed the town in your name have the pleasure to inform you that I have not met with a single negative so that your election will be entirely secure. I have wrote to the Duke of Devonshire ^ to desire he would vacate your seat and Sir John Turner ^ will settle ' At this time Prime Minister. 2 go apparently MS. Volume IV, pages 36-37 99 the time of issuing out the writ for your reelection. As I know you do not love trouble if it will not be convenient to you to leave London at this season, a letter of excuse for your not appearing the day [of] the election ^ to the Mayor which I will deliver to him, will be all that will be necessary. and I beg you will likewise be pleased to acquaint my friend Mr. Charles Boone' that with his good leave I shall name him to succeed you at Castle Rising. I hope that these reasons will convince you of the necessity there was for me to declare you a candidate so precipitately, & that as it will be attended with no trouble or expence to you that you will concur with my wishes, & those who in this place are the hearty friends to our family. If at the next general election you should chuse to return to Castle Rising you will have my consent, as at that time I may be able to fix upon some one who may be agreable to the town. I am Dear Sir yours most entirely Oefoed. Pray direct to me at Houghton. Page 37, line 4 from foot, add note on Pitt's : The following note from Pitt to Walpole on this occasion is preserved in the Waller Collection : — M^^. Pitt presents a thousand respectfull thanks to M''. Wal pole for the honour of his obliging letter. He is, at present, so engaged in business, as not to allow him a moment to add more than repeated thanks and acknowledgements. At the foot Walpole has written : Sunday night feb. 27. 1757 past nine at night. 1 He was elected on Feb. 24. ^ Elected on Feb. 25. H-2 100 Additions and (Jorrecttons Page 66, line 16 from foot, add note on inscription : This wax bas-relief, with the inscription on the back in Horace Walpole's handwriting, is in the possession of the Earl of Ilchester at Holland House. Page 88, line 10, add note on Walpole : Lord Lyttelton's reply to this letter is preserved in the Waller Collection : — • Deae Sie Hagley Aug'. 31. 1757. I am proud that the obscurity thrown over some parts of it has not hinderd me from seeing and admiring the bright & glorious flame of poetical fire in M'^ Gray's Odes, when you tell me it has escaped the eye of the Publick. But why should any spots remain in this sun ? The second strophe of the first Ode may be easily alterd and made very clear. I have no objection to the antistrophe but that I fear to repeat their Chiefs is not English. All the rest is very fine, especially the four first and three last verses. Q. Are the people of Chili dusky 'i Nothing ever exceeded the three last stanzas in greatness of imagination or nobleness of ex pression ; but I cannot allow Orient to be made a colour. I think too that Dryden's horses had spirit enough and were very well managed, but I don't think their necks were cloathd in thunder. However I would not desire to alter that expression, because by the loss of it the picture would suffer, and a poet is not obliged to draw his characters with the exactness of a critick or an historian. I agree with M"^^ Garrick that the idea conveyed by many -twinkling feet is proper and just ; but the composition of the word is against all rules of language. We may say ever-twinkling but not many-twinkling. Many-coloured is right, because that is only a poetical manner of expressing a thing which is of many colours and the compound is clear at first sight to the reader ; whereas to understand many -twinkling we must give ¦many the idea of often or swiftly, which it does not naturally Volume IV. pages 66-88 101 contain. And jvith regard to blue-eyed pleasures I must observe to you, with the profound erudition of a great critick, that it was not arbitrarily, or from mere caprice, that Homer gave grey eyes to Minerva, and black ones to Juno. In the first there is usually more sharpness & sagacity, & more majesty in the last. Jupiter for the same reason had also black eyes. But I appeal to you whether the pleasures are not blue, black, and hazel-eyed. The faults you find with the second Ode are indeed great, but yet the disgraces that attended on the last years of Edward the Third, to which I suppose the Author alludes in the 2 1 antistrophe, are a vengeance which the Welsh Bard might triumph in foreseeing ; but they ought to be exprest with more clearness and distinction from the common fate of Kings to be forsaken on their death-beds. Stay oh ! stay, in the iii_ Lucy Younge, Countess of Rochford, Ethelreda Viscountess Townshend, Miss Bland, and James Earl Waldgrave, dining at Strawberry hill, were carried to see the printing-office . . . ' Page 94, Letter 540, add note : Letter 540. — Collated with original in the Waller Collection. line 6, add at commencement of letter. Madam Page 99, line 6 from foot, add note on bread : An Italian translation of this epitaph is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Volume IV, pages 89-112 103 Inscrizione sopra una Lapide eretta nella Chiesa di S'* Anna a Londra alia Memoria di Teodoro Newhoflf Re di Corsica '. Vicino a questo luogo fe sepolto Teodoro R^ di Corsica, II quale mori in questa Parrocchia il di 11 Dic^r". 1756, Immediatamente dopo esser uscito di Prigione In virt^ deir atto di Parlamento a favore dei non-solventi In conseguenza di che Egli fece registrare II suo Regno di Corsica Per uso dei suoi Creditori. La Tomba, gran Maestra, al par riduce Eroi, Mendici, Galeotti e Regi, Cio Teodoro pria di morir apprese. Su lui vivente fe gran prova il Fato Diedegli un Regno e gli nego del Pane. Page 112, line 2, add iiote on Vaticana : This information was supplied to Walpole by Joseph Spence, as appears from the following letter preserved in the Waller Collection : — Bifleet Deae S", Oct: 27, —57. I have old Notredame ready packt up, against he is call'd for : what I mention'd in the larger work of Crescembeni is only the same thing repeated, word for word. I find in the former that Richard the 1^* liv'd for some time in the Court of Raimond Berengarius, the last Count of Provence of that name : where he fell in love with his daughter Eleonara, & the Provencal poetry (then about its height ;) so far, as to marry the former, & practise the latter. That in his return from the Holy War, he was made prisoner by the Duke of Austria ; and during his confinement there, wrote several sonnets complaining of his barons for not redeeming him : 1 The last threo words have been added by Walpole. 104 Additions and Corrections some of which are preserv'd among the MSS. collections from the Proven9al poets, both in the Lorenzo Library at Florence, and in the Vatican at Eome. After his return home, Anselm Faidit, one of the most eminent among the Proven9al poets, liv'd in his Court ; was much favourd by him : & wrote a fine poem on his death. Crescembeni's tr". of Notredame Art : 41 ; & 14 : who gives you the second stanza of one of Rich:'^^ serventesi's is as follows Or saehan ben mos homs e mos barons, Anglez, Normans, Peytavins, e Gascons ; Qu' yeu non ay ia si poyre compagnon j - • Que per aver lou laussess' en preson. i?^ Or as he translates it ; ^^ Or saccian ben miei uomini, miei baroni Normanni, Inglesi, del Poetu, e Guasconi, Ch' io gia non h6 si povero compagno, Che per aver, lo lassassi in prigione. He says, there are some of his serventesi in both the above mention'd libraries ; & mentions in particular Cod: 3204, in the Vatican : but I suppose the taste of it above will be as much as you may possibly desire, of this Lyon- hearted poet's works. I long to see your ten Royal, & other Noble Writers ; & may the press at Strawberry Hill ever flourish & abound, is the prayer of SS your most obedient humble servant Jo: Sfence. Tassoni in his Consid: p: 489, & Redi in his Annotaz: p: 93, mention this King as a poet ; & quote from him : & will you believe one pitiful monk, (if Hoveden was a monk. Volume IV, pages 112-152 105 for I vow I dont kno\\-,) before all these great names & authorities ? Page 113, Letter 549, note, add : Collated with copy kindly supplied by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, owner of the original. date, for [Nov.] 1757 read [Nov. 1757] lines 1-2, for Brand's. I read Brand's — I line 2, for North House read North-house line 6, for stuff. I read stuff— I line 8, for empurpl'd read impurpled line 14, for sabre read cuirass line 24, for Then, patient, let read Thou, patient, hear line 25, for you cannot read thou cannot Page 114, Letter 550, for note 1 substitute : The lines were printed in the Public Advertiser for Monday, Nov. 28, 1757, but not exactly as Walpole wrote them. Page 152, line 5, add note on obligation : Sir David Dalrymple's reply to this letter is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Sie, It is impossible for me to express the pleasure which I received from your very obliging letter: I must impute your too favourable opinion of me to your own goodness : it shall be my study to become less unworthy of your esteem. You are singular in your opinion that your account of the foibles of Queen Elizabeth may seem too long, that part of your book has, in this country at least, given peculiar satis faction. The English have certainly been over lavish in their praises of that Queen, but that is not wonderfull considering what successors they got to her. Many Scots men have been still more extravagant in the commendations bestowed on Q. Maiy. the Roman Catholics first made her a saint, the High Church party continued her in that dignity 106 Additions and Corrections because she had another saint for her grandson. Goodall the last of her historians, says that it appears not that she had any faults, unless the want of omniscience and omnipo tence may be termed faults, some days ago Goodall told M'' Robertson that he would expose him for his ignorance in the history of Queen Mary. ' Why do [you] speak so harshly of me, said M"^ Robertson, I am sure I have spoken of the Queen with moderation ? ' — ' Moderation ! cryed Goodall with great heat, I allways detested moderation, did you never see the book that I published against modera tion ? ' What you mention of an ample Catalogue of Royal & Noble Authors of Scotland would be impracticable. Your own work with a very few additions will suffice for that purpose. Give me leave to add to what I formerly mentioned, that James y^ 5^^ writt several litle poems, at least there are some which tradition reports to be of his composition, they have a character of ease & libertinism which makes the tradition the more probable. I think you will find them in a collection of Scotish Poems called the Evergreen, the Gaberluinzie mart, is, I think, the best of them, although the subject be loose, there is something very ludicrous in the young woman's distress when she thought that her maiden head had been thrown away on a beggar. Thomas Hamilton Earl of Hadinton composed practics or cases adjudged in y« Court of Session ; he also made very copious collections concerning Scotish antiquitys. these works are in manuscript & esteemed to be of value. George M'=Kenzie Earl of Cromerty published an historical account of y® conspiracies by y® Earls of Gowrye & Robert Logan of Restalrig against King James the &'^. also a vindication of Robert y® 3'^ King of Scotland and all his descendants from the imputation of bastardy. 8^° Ed"^ 1713. these Volume IV, page 152 107 treasures were published together with a dedication in y'^ following strain, ' To her sacred Majesty Q. Anne the most glorious & most excellent of British Queens and to all the Princes who share in her Royal blood, this dutifull perform ance is humbly offered by Her Majesty's most humble, most obedient, most faithfuU subject & servant George Earl of Cromerty.' his book begins thus ' It is a nauseous employ ment in itself & unpleasant enough to me, to be ripping up the intrails of antiquity, for discovering the putrified cor ruptions of persons, actors of public mischiefs, in y<^ body politic. But as in the natural body, physicians are obliged, to such dissections, neither in hatred nor contempt of the defunct : but for y® profit and advantage of the survivors, in order to discover prevent & cure, the maladies and dis tempers, which did cut them off, from the land of the living : so, y^ same course & for the like end, is allowable in the politic body. It is an old proverb, that it is a scanty kin whieh has neither whore nor thief in it. and it is difficult to find an antient & considerable kindred wherein some one or other have not been criminals.' I am afraid this specimen will not encrease your partiality for the writers of this country. Lord Cromerty published some other treatises whose titles I cannot at present discover, he himself got at the tobacconists, a leaf of one of them a week after it was published. This is all I can at present recollect concerning the authors who come within your plan, you will give me leave from time to time to make what additions I may be able. May we not hope that you will one day allow yourself to engage in some historical work of more length, might I be allowed to hint at a subject worthy of your attention, I would suggest to you the memoirs of Queen Christina of Sweden, one Arckenholtz a Swede has collected materials 108 Additions ancl Corrections for a life of that extraordinary personage : but he could not write : you might make an agreeable & instructive history in duodecimo out of his dictionary in two mortal quarto volumes. M'' Robertson who is known to you, asked me lately what would be a proper subject for him to treat of, as he intends to prosecute the writing of history, it would be doing a service to the public, if you would let me have your opinion, in a ludicrous way I advised him to write a history of Oliver Cromwell faithfully collected from good authority without one sentence of truth in it, with the common motto on the title curtailed ne quid veri. the subject pleased me, and I set about it myself ; from the French authors I collected some very pretty battles which were never fought, & drew a character or two of heroes who never existed, but I find that the work would be too long for a thing of that ludicrous nature. You have been troubled too long with this letter, I shall not give you any farther trouble. If ever it shall be my fortune to be again in England I shall think it my honour to wait on you & to assure you that I ever am with all truth Sir Your most obedient & most obliged humble servant Day: Daleymfle. Edinburgh July S''' 1758. Page 165, note 13, add : The following letter to Walpole from Sir Edward, announcing the engagement, is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Deae Beothee, Your great kindness to my daughters entitles you to every mark of respect from them, in which light I take the liberty Volume IV, pages 165-228 109 to acquaint you with proposals of marriage to my daughter Laura from M^ Fred: Keppel of Windsor, which as soon as he is so fortunate as to encrease his income by further preferment he will immediately carry into execution. I am your affect:*® and obedient Serv* Ed: Walpole. P.S. I give £8000 down, and probably two more some other time, which, observe, differs widely from some time or other. Pall Mall .Tuly 6. 1758 Page 213, note 2, add: The following letter from Lady Townshend to Walpole announcing the news is preserved in the Waller Collection : — ^ ' ' -- Lady Townshends compliments to M^ Walpole, & as she is very sensible that he is alwaj's master of the greatest fortitude, she ventures to inform him that this day an express arrived at Whitehall with an account of the defeat of the Hanoverians under Counts Issenbourg and Oberg near Cassel, by the Prince of Sobiize. The Duke of Marl borough, Marq: of Blandford, Col'^. Wade and Cap* Tuffnel are all down with the camp fever & bloody flux. Whitehall Saturday evening. If Lady T^^. hears how the King supports it she will be sure to let M'' Walpole know, as she is apprehensive he will be under the utmost uneasiness. Walpole has added the date: Oct. 1758. Page 225, Letter 607, for note 1 substitute : A Treatise on Oeconomics, by John Lowther (1655-1700), first Viscount Lonsdale. See Supplement to Royal and Noble Authors, in Works of Lord Orford (1798), vol. i. p. 473. Page 228, note 1, add: Robertson's letter, to which 110 Additions and Corrections the above is the reply, is preserved in the Waller Collec. tion : — Sie, The History of Scotland, part of which you was pleased to read, is now ready to be published. Nothing ever afforded me greater satisfaction than the approbation which you was so good as to bestow upon it ; and the obliging manner in which you have spoken of it to others has made an im pression on them extremely favourable to the work. It is very lucky for such unknown adventurers as I am, that those who are the best writers themselves, pass the most indulgent judgement on the writings of others, & discover, on every occasion, no less candour than taste. Your opinion of my performance encouraged me so much, that I wished greatly to have put some larger parcell of it into your hands, but I was afraid of becoming troublesome to you. I have pre sumed, however, to send you a copy of the book, which I beg you would accept not only as a testimony of my esteem and gratitude, but as an homage due, in the name of his countiy, from the first Scotch writer since the publication of the Catalogue of Royal & Noble Authors. There was no part of my work that I wrote with so much diffidence, as that concerning the affair between Elizabeth & Essex, but it flattered me much to find that my sentiments of it were perfectly conformable to yours, & though I was not able to throw the same light & beauty on the passage which you have done, I am not a little proud of my own sagacity & taste in having differed from the common historians & agreed with you. May I hope that, amidst the avocations of the season, you will find leisure to peruse the rest of my work ; & may I intreat that you will be so good as to point out any mis takes in fact, or defects in composition that you discover in Volume IV, pages 228-246 IU it. I shall receive your corrections with great gratitude & regard. I have the honour to be Sir your most obliged and obedient humble servant William Robeetson. Edinburgh 9'" Janrv 1759. Page 241, Letter 618, add note: Letter 618.— Collated with original in the Waller Collection. Page 243, line 4, at end of letter add : Yours ever, H. W. Page 246, line 11, add note on Charles V : A portion of Robertson's letter, dated from Edinburgh, Peb. 20, 1759, to which the above is the reply, is preserved in the Waller Collection : — • The Emperor Charles V, though neither the most pleasant nor the most perfect character of that age, is on account of the extent of his dominions, & the length of his reign, the most proper person for occupying this capital place. I have therefore some thoughts of writing the history of his reign. The events are great & interesting. The struggle of the Spanish Cortez for their liberty ; the Reformation in Germany ; the wars in Italy ; the Revival of letters ; the conquest of the new world ; the rise of the piratical states in Barbary, & the Emperors expedition against them ; his wars with the Turks ; the rivalship between Charles and Francis ; their intrigues with Henry VIII are all splendid objects in history. The inferior characters too are good, Leo X, Luther, the Constable Bourbon, the Marquis de Pescara &c. are pleasant or (which is as lucky for an historian) strange figures. The field is wide & I shall have many books to read, but as I shall not be plagued with the endless controversies, which perplexed me in my last work, I am not dismayed at mere labour. Allow me to ask the favour that you would bestow an hour upon me ; that you would 112 Additions and Uorrections consider this plan, & give me your opinion how far it is possible to render this subject usefull & interesting. If you think of any other subject that would be more proper for me to attempt, I shall esteem it an important addition to your former favours, if you will take the trouble of writing to me concerning it. Page 261, Letter 629. By an oversight this letter (No. 608 m~Cuniiingham's edition, addressed to Grosvenor Bedford, and dated 'Wednesday, 9th,' without mention of month or year) has been allowed to remain where it was placed by Cunningham, i.e. among the letters of May, 1759. The references to the Strawberry Hill Printing Press (which was set up in June, 1757), and to MacArdell's engraving after Reynolds's portrait of Horace Walpole (which is dated 1757), show that the letter must have been written during the latter end of 1757, and not in 1759. It was doubtless written on Nov. 9^ 1757, which day fell on a Wednesday, and should therefore be placed between letters 547 and 548, and numbered 547*. Page 278, Letter 640, add note: Sir David Dalrymple's letter, to which this is a reply, is preserved in the Waller Collection (see note on Letter 572 above, pp. 105-8). Page 306, line 10, add note on Conway : Conway's letter, to which this is a reply, is preserved in the Waller Collection: — Chatham Lines II Oct: 1759. I find upon looking on your letter a shocking ancient date, but I hope you wont follow my bad example, I make no excuses that I may have the more room for contrition and shall only say I wish you were better acquainted what sort of a place Chatham camp is. I did read L<1 Chesterfield's letter & read it at the fountain head, that is in Lord Holdernesses's hands, the political fountain to whom I believe it was sent & who published it ; Volume IV, pages 261-306 113 and I did not admire it, I suppose for want of knowing whose it was ; now I do I can see something tolerable in it ; but too much of it lS; too much in the pert Foreign Gazette style ; just such as the Cologne and ingenious Brussels Gazettes deal in. have you heard a sort of Epigram on the Duke of Newcastle, which is I think just tolerable too ? Oxford in spite of all her factions Has gained too * ample benefactions Ratcliff a Library decreed Because the Doctor cou'd not read A Riding School was left by Hyde Because his Lordship cou'd not ride ; Let Pelham famed for generous actions To emulate these benefactions On his lov'd Cam's fair margin fix A Nursery for Politicks. But I'll tell you one I heard since which pleases me much better for since vice and insignificance have intitled people to an instalment in Westminster Abbey one Gen: Hargreaves has slipt in among the crowd, and, on his tomb is repre sented as rising from the dead — a Westminster boy wrote on the tomb — Ly still if you're wise You'll be damn'd if you rise. there's a simplicity & conciseness in it that pleases me much. I had heard Charles Townshend's Earthquake, & I had heard a furious retort of Mr. Pitt's to their memorial, which it seems was never made but on the contrary an answer, mix'd with proper caution or at least very decent reserves on the occasion, for indeed, as we were I believe certainly aggressors I think too much bullying so weak a foe wou'd Eot be noble. I see they have not done with L: G. yet, did you read a Second Letter to him ? it is much the strongest thing that 1 Sic, 1638-2 I 114 Additions and Corrections has appear'd being founded on the facts in his own letter & Smith's declaration. I don't hear what becomes of the Court Martial. I had a letter from poor FitzRoy yesterday who has been very ill with his old complaint ; but now recover'd & with the Army again. He seems to think nothing will be done there as both armies are in strong ground & entrenching. Our victory over the army of the Empire is I think a comical one, as by our own account we lost some canon and retired : the Imperialists say sixteen. I have had a letter from L'^ Stormont who is actually married & the happiest creature in the world, I wou'd have him always so for he is the best, he has been at Pr: Chartori^i's country-house, who has he says a fine place, literally eligant and in fast, French eligance in Poland ! but then his life is too good centuries old, with all the nasty hospitality & troublesome state of our forefathers. I long to see him & his wife but a man absorb 'd in the diplomatick course I look upon as lost to his friends. Adieu. L' and Effingham are away. Lady Ailesbury is at Park Place so that I am reduced to my pack here & having except for the field, dinners &c. no acquaintance nor conversables among them am in a manner enterre vis a vis de Mr Stephens. I have just of late been sometimes at Col: Onslow's, the Speaker's heir, who is here with wife. Yesterday I review'd the Militia, and as I don't doubt you'll see in the newspapers, how tcell they perform'd and what particular satisfaction they gave to me & a croivd of spectators & what spirits they are in. I leave that description to their better pens & am Dear Horry most sincerely Your's H. S. C. Page 315, note 1, Dec' 1765. I rejoyce to hear your gout has left you, I conclude you have used it so ill that it cou'd stay with you no longer, for I think nothing wou'd leave you that cou'd stay with you. What do you mean by talking of my gout, I hardly remember ever having had such a disorder ; oh ! yes I think I recollect something of it, some time ago, when I was an old woman ; but since I have been at la Fontaine de Jouvence, at Sunning- hill, I have but an imperfect remembrance of any such thing ; 'tis true I have for a few days felt some flying pains about me, but my youth makes me consider them only as growing pains, such as Miss Lepel used to feel last century. What siJly story has the Duchesse of Richmond told you ? for neither Lord or Lady Holland or I (who hear and talk as much of you as most people) have ever heard anything about your dress, or any silly story of you whatever : I tran scribed to you some time ago, part ofa letter of M™^ Geoflfrin's to me, the same of one she wrote to Lady Holland, in which among other things which she says of you, she adds et il a une figure tres agreable : I do not think we are any of us answerable for her taste, nor, (shou'd we happen to agree with her) for our own, one sees as one can, and one is not obliged to judge of agreemens, as of gold, by the weight. You say the French have not lost their eyes, which I readily believe ; but you add that you have not lost yr senses, which I have some doubt of from all you add so seriously on the Volume VI, pages 352-361 131 subject of le nouveau Richelieu at which Lord and Lady Holland, and my self, laughed not a little, three days ago : I did not laugh so much there yesterday, for I did not think him at all well : he looked ill and complained that he slept ill, I left Hawkins ' there who was just going to bleed him, and I shall call upon him about two o'clock to learn if he is the better for it, they don't talk of coming to town yet. — This moment M'' Favre has brought me yr letter of the 28*'' and I must begin by my congratulations on your trouvaille which I heartily rejoyce at, tho' I must blame the ignorance and laziness of most of my acquaintance, and of the late Gen'l Bulkely in particular, who I employ'd to make all the enquirys imaginable, and particularly in the Grammont family, for a picture or print of the Comte ; what a pleasure have they deprived me of by retarding yours so long : but I rejoyce that you have found it at last. I was sure you wou'd like M™^ D'aiguillon, she is exactly what you describe her, a lively chearful woman of quality ; has a great deal of witt and you will find a great fund of good -nature in her : in short she is a woman after your own heart, but what can you mean by saying I shou'd be entertained, even for a quarter of an hour, with a woman you compare to the D. of N. no, Sir, positively no, not for a minute, a second, I shou'd detest her — for I preserve all my aversions and likings inviolate. I must to my shame confess that after reading several times and studying the enigme I cou'd not make it out, I guessed three or four things, but what answer'd to one line wou'd not to the others, in short I was, as I always am, dull: what a little comforted me, was that Lord Lyttelton, tho' skilled in mysterys, and M" Montagu with all her quickness cou'd not make it out, nay Ramsay nor Lord Chesterfield cou'd make no more of it than my-self, the two people who guessed it, I The surgeon, Sir Caesar Hawkins (1711-1786). k2 132 Additions and Corrections (for 'tis certainly or may be la noblesse) was a German Count and a Siviss gentleman, but all who heard le mot think it extremely pretty. I thank you for the play, there are some pretty things in it tho' 'tis but a moderate performance and not at all what I expected it from the original name. Garrick on his first return to the stage made and spoke what I think a very pretty prologue. I see they have got it into the news-paper so you have probably seen it, but if not, and that you care to see it, let me know and I will send it you : he was so obliging to come and speak it to me in my room hearing I had expressed some concern that I cou'd not go to the playhouse to hear it. My chaise is just come to the door, I am going to Grays to try if I can get yr coinission well executed there, if not I will go into the Citty to morrow-morning, there is a famous cutter up in something Lane out of Cheapside: I give you a thousand thanks for this little coiTiission, trifling as it is; for every time you put it in my power to be of any service to you, 'tis a real obligation you confer upon me, and a very sincere pleasure I feel, when I return I wUl add two lines, tho' I am ashamed of the length of this letter, to tell you how Lord Holland does, his brother ' dines with me to day, and has had as Stee-ish'' an accident as ever he had in his life, he has strained his neck Vf^^ choosing to pat his bolster even, with his head rather than his hand. I have but a moment to tell you that L'^ Holland is much better to-day. and I have bespoke yr scissars. Page 360, line 10 from foot, add note on clergyman : As appears from Walpole's Paris Journal for 1765 (preserved in the Waller Collection) this clergyman was Rev. William Cole, who had joined Walpole in Paris not long after his arrival (see letter to Cole of Sept. 18, 1765). 1 Lord Ilchester. 2 His name was Stephen, and he was familiarly called ' Ste.' Volume VI, pages 360-389 133 Page 368, line 10 from foot, add note on red stockings : In his Paris Journal for 1765 (preserved in the Waller Collection) Walpole records under date Nov. 30 : ' dined at the Marquis de Brancas, with Due de Nivernois, Due de Brissac (He of D'Eon's letters) a wellbred, extravagant old man, laced down the seams & in red stockings. . . .' Page 369, line 15, add note on knives: In the list of letters written from France in his Paris Journal for 1765, under date Sept. 30, Walpole has entered : 'Lord Rockingham] with knives Lady Townshend ] by Lady Hertford.' Page 370, note 3, for 1798 read 1789 Page 375, line 5 from foot, add note on I forget what : In his Paris Journal for 1765, under date Dec. 4, Walpole writes : ' Dined at Mons^^ La Borde's ; he like M' Bentley ; his Wife of Brussels, pretty & pleasing ; he is so fond of her that he always sits by her at dinner, most magnificent house & large garden. To the garden front are 14 windows, each of eight panes of looking glass, in the second anti- chamber are four large tawdry pictures by Le Moine that cost 4000 pd. bas reliefs in marble under them, hung on red damask, large armoires of bronze & tortoishell, inlaid with medals of Louis 14, & festoons, quantities of bronzes, & vases in or moulu. in the Cabinet, Gobelin chairs of flowers very light, fine dogs & fenders to the Chimnies, which inlaid with bronze a la Grecque. a fine gallery but too narrow, all looking glass. porphyry vases, granite tables, statues & bronzes, & Lustres, screens round the dining table to keep cold from the feet. He told us the wood & candles for his House, office, & offices, cost him 28000 livi-es a year.' Page 388, note 2, add : In his Paris Journal for 1766, under date Jan. 1, he tells the story of ' an officer at Geneva.' Page 389, Letter 1085, date, for Jan. 8 read Jan. 7 (see note). 134 Additions and Corrections Page 389, Letter 1085, note, for Dated 1765 read Dated Januaiy 1765; and add: The date of the letter is fixed as Jan. 7, 1766, by the following entry in Walpole's Paris Journal under that date, which records the same visits men tioned in the letter : ' to dine with Marq. de Prie at Bois Preou near Ruel. ... 3 Macaws, 2 blue & red, large Cockatoo, & 2 large green perroquets with yellow heads. At half an hour after 8 was carried with M^ Crawford by Chev. Lorenzi to be presented to the Comtesse de la Marche.' Page 394, line 1, add note on English : A letter written to Walpole in EngUsh by Mme de Forcalquier is preserved in the Waller Collection. Page 419, Letter 1095, date, for Feb. 28 read Feb. 25 ; and add note : That this letter should be dated Feb. 25, not Feb. 28, as hitherto (probably by a misprint), is evident from Walpole's Paris Journal for 1766, in which, under date Feb. 25, he records : ' went to the plaine de Sablon to see the race between Count Lauiagais and Ld Forbes, which was won by the latter ' — a race which in the letter he says he had been to see 'to-day.' Page 421, Letter 1096, date, for Feb. 29, 1766 read Feb. 29 [March 1], 1766; and add note: The year 1766 not being leap-year there was no Feb. 29, so that the correct date ofthis letter is March 1. Walpole made the same mistake at first in his Paris Journal for 1766, the entries for March 1 and March 2 having been originally dated Feb. 29 and March 1, and so on for several days, till he discovered the mistake and corrected it. Page 425, line 7 from foot, for March 1 read March 1 [2] ; and add note : See note on date of letter. Page 430, note 1, for the Hon. Hew Campbell Scott read the Hon. Campbell Scott Page 431, note, add: A French translation of this letter is printed in the notice of Mme du Deffand prefixed to the Volume VI, pages 389-446 135 Marquis de Sainte-Aulaire's edition (1877) of her Correspon dance Complete (pp. civ-x). Page 446, line 4, add note on five or six : Walpole's informant was the Duke of Richmond, who sent the intelli gence in the following letter (preserved in the Waller CoUection) : — Whitehall, March II"' 1766 Deae Sie, Tuesday Morning. I did not know of a messenger's going a few days ago or should have wrote to you, and now that I write by the post I cannot say all I would wish to communicate to you. The Repeal is passed the H. of Commons as you must know, we are to read it a second time to day & shall certainly have a long debate, if Lord Bute goes against us as most people think he will, we shall have a near division but I take it we shall carry it by five or six. if he absents himself or votes with us which I think just possible, we shall have a majority of 25 or more. The first bUl asserting the right occasion'd some talk cV opposition from L'^. Shelburne & LA. Campden, but we had no division it passed the Committee yesterday, h'^. Mans field & L'l Campden have had two good battles, and tho' the first is certainly the finest speaker and ablest man, he has not come off so well as might be expected, having unluckily made a little trip, in quoting to the House a statute, which upon examination never existed. In some other quotations also he has been detected of mistakes by L'^i. Marchmont. Lli. Pomfret yesterday proposed an amendment or addi tional clause, a test oath to be taken by all Governors, Judges, Justices of the Peace, etc: allowing supremacy of England & right to bind by laws in all cases whatever. The etc: alone was sufficient to throw it out. He tried to divide but could gett but four with him. The repeal or rather alteration of the cyder act has 136 Additions and Corrections hitherto met with only verbal opposition, in the H. of Commons they have not divided upon it. M'' Dowdeswell says, his method will produce as much money & without excise. G. Grenville & the Bedfords etc: in the H. of Commons seem wearied out. in the H. of Lords where they have not met with a Conway they are very pert. — Very soon business of another sort will begin, I will only say I wish you was here, tho' you would go mad if you was, to see some things. As I think you know Madame de Monconseil may I beg of you to ask her, if she can lett me S''. Harry Jansen's countiy house at Ennery which he had bought for his life of her nephew Mons: d'Ennery who is now at Martinico. I would take it for one year, I mean the Manner, the Chasse & house, and give two or three thousand livres for it, besides paying the gardes chasse. I think this might accomodate them to lett it for so short a time till the master can determine upon what he would have done with it. & it would suit me very well in all cases to have this autumn's shooting there. Adieu my dear Sir I am ever yours most sincerely Richmond VOLUME VII Page 10, note, col. b, line 9 from foot, for de choisir read d'y choisir ; and add at end of note : The original of this letter is now (1913) in the possession of Mr. F. T. Sabin, of New Bond Street. Page 16, note 5, fm- Eouvel read Rouverel Volume VII, pages 10-52 137 Page 20, line 4, after avant hier insert arrive Page 43, Letter 1139. This letter, as appears from an entry in Walpole's Paris Journals in the WaUer Collection, was written on Sept. 8, 1766 ; it should therefore be placed immediately before the lettor to Mann of Sept. 9, and should be numbered 1132*. line 4 from foot, add note on lettre de moi : The foUowing letter from the President Renault to Walpole on this subject is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Paris 17 Septembre Ne penses pas, monsieur, que j'aye craint de vous com- mettre, en faisant lire vostre lettre a la Reine. S'il y avoit un tribunal encor plus redoutable, je vous y aurois cite ; mais regardes plustost cette indiscretion comme une affaire de vanite, on aime a se parer de tous ses avantages, et la gloire de nos amis tourne a nostre profit, pouves vous croire que j'eusse manque une si belle occasion de luy faire con noitre, qu'un homme digne de la louer, avoit quelque estime pour moy ! Ah, mon cher monsieur, que ne pouves vous la voir, I'entendre, juger d'une si belle ame, qui seule ignore tout son prix, a qui rien n'echappe, a qui les choses les plus fines sont familieres, sans rien perdre dans sa simplicite . . . je vais vous center une hardiesse bien grande ou je me laissai aller il y a quelques annees (j'en meurs encor de peur) la Reine avoit ecrit de sa main quelques lignes a la fin d'une lettre que m'ecrivait mad. la d^^e de Luines, sa dame d'hon- neur et mon amie sans signer, j'osai luy envoyer ces quatre vers en reponse Ces mots traces par une main divine ne m'ont cause que trouble et qu'embarras : c'est trop oser si mon cceur le devine c'est etre ingrat de ne deviner pas Henault. Page 52, line 1, add note on visiting it : Walpole visited Kedleston in Sept. 1768, and wrote an account of his visit 138 Additions and Correctio^ns which is preserved in one of his note-books in the Waller Collection. Page 56, Letter 1147, note 1,/or the Hon. Hew Campbell Scott read the Hon. Campbell Scott Page 71, line 2 from foot, add note on molesta est : Horace, Epist. i. 1. 107-8. Page 72, note 1,/or Rouvel read Rouverel Page 94, Letter 1165*, add to note: Collated afresh with original in the Raphael Collection ; and dele ' This letter . . . Thursday.' This letter should be dated March 11*'' as in original, and numbered 1164*. Page 125, line 1, add note on seventy-nine : Walpole understates Lady Suffolk's age — she was 86, having been born in 1681. Page 160, line 20, add note on Dodsley : Walpole received £100 from Dodsley for his Historic Doubts, as appears from the following receipt, a copy of which was kindly supplied by Mr. F. Harvey, of 4 St. James's St., S.W. : — Received of M'' James Dodsley the sum of One Hundred Pounds for my Historic Doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the third according to our agreement. Hor. Walpole, Jan. 23, 1768. Page 164, note 9, add: It appears from the following letter, preserved in the Waller Collection, that Boswell sent a copy of his book to Walpole ; and that the latter had encouraged him to write it : — Sie, Edinburgh, 23 Febry 1768. I beg your acceptance of a copy of my Account of Corsica to which you have a better claim than you perhaps imagine as I dare say you have forgotten what you said to me at Paris when I had the honour of giving you a few anecdotes of what I had just come from seeing among the brave Islanders. In short Sir your telling me that I ought to publish some thing in order to shew the Corsicans in a proper light, was Volume VII, pages 56-386 139 my first incitement to undertake the work which has now made its appearance. If it gives any pleasure to Mr. Horace Walpole, I shall be particularly happy. I shall think that I have been able to make him some small returii for the pleasure which his elegant writings have afforded me. I have the honour to be Sir your most obedient humble servant James Boswell. Page 199, Letter 1219, add note : Voltaire's letter, to which this is the reply, is printed in Works of Lord Orford, vol. v. pp. 629-30. The original is in the WaUer Collection. Page 227, line 9, add note on Derbyshire, &c. : Walpole's account of this tour, under the heading ' Journey to Weston, Ragley, Warwick-castle. Combe Abbey, Newnhampadox, Kenilworth, Guy's Cliff, Donnington, Kedleston, Matlocke, Wentworth Castle &c. Sept. 'iA. 1768,' is preserved in one of his note-books in the Waller Collection. Page 344, line 14, add note on Dinvaux : Etienne Maynon d'Invault (b. 1721) ; he had been appointed in September, 1768 ; he resigned on Dec. 19, 1769, and was succeeded by the Abbe Terray. Page 350, line 15, add note on Castries : See note 1 on letter to Mann of Oct. 28, 1760 ; he had been appointed to the command of the gendarmerie. Page 386, line 7 from foot, add note on Saturday : Not Saturday, but Sundaj^, as appears from the following letter from Robert Cholmondeley to Walpole announcing his father's death, which is preserved in the Waller Collec tion : — 140 Additions and Corrections Deae Sie, Monday June II'" 1770 I am obliged to address you on a melancholy occasion vvhich is the death of my Father, who died last night of a carbuncle in his back. He has been so bad ever since it came that I had it not in my power to wait on you having never left him. You are a joint trustee named in the will with Gen'. Cholmondeley — had you been in town we should have begged the favour of j^ou to have been present at the opening of it. Lord Cholmondeley desires to join with me in love to you. I am Dr Sir ever yrs most affectly Ret Cholmondeley. VOLUME VIII Page 4, note 1, add: In one of Horace Walpole's note books in the Waller CoUection is the following note on this volume of Patch's designs : ' In 1770 Thomas Patch, an English Painter settled at Florence, published a large thin Folio, dedicated to Sir Horace Mann, the English Envoy there, and his patron, containing etchings from the works of Masaccio, who appears thence to have been a wonderful genius from whom Raphael himself borrowed many ideas. These heads are remarkable for the greatness of style, and at the same time for the extraordinary truth and delivery of nature. The action of the mouth in these designs is perhaps superior to what has ever been reached by any other master, & gives them uncommon life. The eyes are scarce less fine, & in some equal to the expression of the lips. Patch was excellent in caricatura, & was in much favour with the young English nobility who visited Florence ; many of whom allowed him to represent them & their governors ludicrously. Lord Beauchamp, son of the Earl Volume VIII, pages 4-77 141 of Hertford, has a large picture in oil done by Patch at Florence, full of these characters, of Lord Beauchamp, Earl Berkeley, Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, & others. Patch has added some of these & many otiier caricaturas to his volume of Masaccio, & where the exaggeration is not too strong, there is great truth of nature in his drawings.' Page 10, Letter 1339, note, line 1, for Reprinted from read First printed in Une 3, after p. 35. insert : Collated with copy kindly supplied by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, owner of the original. Page 11, line 16, for Horace Walpole de Choiseul read Horace Walpole de Choiseul. Page 42, note 2, add : Walpole's account ofhis ' Journey to Houghton-park, AmpthUl, Hawnes and Wrest. June 1771' is preserved in one of his note-books in the Waller Collection. Page 48, Letter 1354, add note : Letter 1354. — Collated with copy kindly supplied by Mr. Irving Swan Brown, of New- York City, owner of original. Page 49, line 4, for altogether read all together line 15, /or a hundred read an hundred line 20, for and a book read nor a book Page 50, line 12, begin new paragraph at I now step Page 51, line 1,/or Harriet read Harriot line 17 , for wisest, brightest, read brightest, wisest, line 18, for unworthy read not worthy line 25, add signature, H. Walpole. note 12, add misquoted. Page 77, note 1, add : The letter to which this is the reply is preserved in the Waller Collection: — M'^s Abington presents her compliments to M'' Walpole, and is very much mortified that she was not at home when he was pleased to call upon her yesterday — she leaves Paris on Tuesday morning, and shall consider herself exceedingly 142 Additions and Corrections flatter'd if he will permit her to thank him for the honor of his visit, in Southampton Street. Hotel Turanne, August 31" Page 87, line 4 from foot, add note on Eton : Gray's Eton Ode was published in the summer of 1747. The portrait in question was that by Eckhardt. Page 160, line 3 from foot, add note on publication : The early letters of Gray to Walpole not utUized by Mason, as weU as the later ones here referred to, have now been published in the Correspondence of G-ray, Walpole, West, and Ashton, edited by Paget Toynbee (Oxford, 1915). Page 192, line 10, add note on Yorkshire : Walpole's account of his ' Journey to Wentworth Castle, York, and Castle-Howard, Aston and Roch Abbey ' is preserved in one of his note-books in the Waller Collection. Page 221, Letter 1439, add note : Letter 1439. — Incom plete in C. ; now first printed in full from original in Waller Collection. line 4 from foot, before Indeed, Madam, insert : I should not even thank you, dear Madam, so soon for your very kind letter, as I have nothing to tell you, if it was not to join my tears to your Ladyship's for the death of the dear little Colas ! I am not so ungrateful to him as not to lament his murder very sincerely. I think you have worse luck with your favourites than anybody. Mrs. Damer really appears to me better, but I shall not be satisfied till her night-sweats are gone. She is very good and comes to me often, tho' I preach to her. She is not yet gone to Goodwood, but goes this week. I think it a cold house, but the air is certainly dry and wholesome, and the journey is good for her. You shall hear from me the moment she returns. Lady Lyttelton does, as your Ladyship sus pected, find my house cold : I have not seen her this week till this morning ; she is all over cramps and rheumatisms and Mr. de Prie. Indeed, Madam, &c. Volume VIII, pages 87-376 143 line 2 from foot, for two. read two — and add : which in truth you would be as impatient to be at, as they are. Page 222, line 4, for bon mof. read bon mot ; and add : it is perfection : the next I tell you shall be one of Lady Egremont's own, which I dare to say you will admire. line 15, for ginghams read gingams line 16, for rupees, and cowries read roupies, and gowries lines 16-17, for iron cables read iron, cables line 17, for law read Law Page 278, line 10 from foot, add note on capable of it : The reference is to the following passage in Gray's letter from Stoke in 1752, relating to the proofs of the Six Poems of Gray ivith Designs by Bentley : ' Pray, when the fine book is to be printed, let me revise the press, for you know you can't.' (See Correspondence of Gray, Walpole, West, and Ashton, edited by Paget Toynbee, vol. ii. p. 124.) Page 360, line 16, add note on ' black joke ' : The name of a dance^tune, which appears in the third plate of Hogarth's Rake's Progress. An aUusion to it occurs in Henry Carey's Chronotihotonthologos : ' Fiddler. Thus to your majesty, says the suppliant muse. Would you a solo or sonata choose ; Or bold concerto, or soft Siciliano, Alia Francese overo in Gusto Romano ? When you command, 'tis done as soon as spoke. Queen. A civil fellow ! Play us the Black Joak. Music plays. Queen and Ladies dance tlie "Black Joak."' Page 373, note 1, for Claudian read Claudius ; and add at end: See Mme de Sevigne's letter to the President de Moulceau of Jan. 27, 1687. Page 376, line 15, add note on letters to me : These nine letters of West to Walpole, which were not printed by Mason, are included in the recently published Correspondence 144 Additions and Corrections of Gray, Walpole, West, and Ashton, edited by Paget Toynbee (Oxford, 1915). Page 381, note 3, for first line substitute : A poem by Voltaire (the ' new poem ' mentioned just before) written a propos of the Essai general de Tactique recently published by . . . Page 408, line 5, add note on person : This was Thomas Ashton, to whom Walpole addressed an Epistle from Florence in 1740, which is printed in the Works of Lord Orford, vol. i. pp. 4-16. Page 412, Plate : The portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the possession of Earl Waldegrave, hitherto described as ' Maria, Countess Waldegrave ', from which this plate is taken, proves to be the portrait of Sir Joshua's niece, Mary Palmer, afterwards Marchioness of Thomond. This plate should, therefore, be withdrawn, and the reference to it in the List of Portraits prefixed to the volume should be deleted. VOLUME IX Page 6, note 9, for Dolly read Dally ; dele Mrs. Elliot . . . Mme de St. Alban ; and substifute Mrs. Elliot was known as ' Dally the Tall ', in allusion to her maiden name Dalrymple (see Notes and Queries, March 31, 1906). Page 28, line 7, add note o« journeyings: Walpole's account of his ' Journey to Gloucester, Berkeley Castle, Thornbury Castle, &e.' is preserved in one of his note-books in the Waller Collection. Page 81, Letter 1573, add note : Letter 1573. — Incom plete in C. ; now first printed in fuU from original in Waller Collection. The letter is addressed : ' A Madame Madame la Comtesse d'Ailesbury.' last line, for Harriet read Harriot, and add ¦note : In her Volume VIII, page 381— Volume IX, page 83 145 reply (preserved in the Waller Collection) Lady Ailesbury wrote : ' Lady Harriot is sitting by, and desires me to say a thousand kind things to you, & thanks for all you have said of her ; one cannot say too much ; she is very much- admired, but there is nobody here worthy her admiration.' Page 82, lines 18 ff., read : Now for my gazette. Marriages, nothing done. Intrigues, more in the political than civil way. Births, under par, &c. Gaming, low water. Deaths, Lord Morton, &c. Election stock, more buyers, &c. Pro motions, Mr. Wilkes, &c. line 2 from foot, for in Bristol read at Bristol last line, after Sussex insert : I fear it costs the Duke a great sum— and add note on Duke : The Duke of Richmond ; Sir James Peachey was not elected. Page 83, line 9 from foot, for Fontainbleau read Fontaine bleau line 6 from foot, add at end of note on Chevalier de Boufflers : In her reply Lady Ailesbury wrote : ' The Cheva lier de Boufflers is my admiration, but does not take to me so much as I could wish, but I intend to take some pains to bring it about, tho' I fear I shall not succeed. I am actually making a book of his bon mots ; I'll tell you two which I hope you have not heard. One day eating some very tough mutton, somebody remarked the pains he took to chew, it is true, says he, it is un combat entre les voraces ef les coriaces. King Stanislaus sitting to him for his picture, very fat and near fourscore, observed that he was but an unworthy model for a painter ; the Chevalier said, il est vrai, Sire, que votre Majeste est un modele plittot pour les rois que pour les peintres. I am sadly afraid M'^ Conway has told you these already, but there is one more I am sure he has not, as it passed only a few nights ago — Monsr. et Madame de Viry supped at Madame du Deffand's, and the Chevalier, not having seen them before, was amazed at their appearance ; he said they 1636.2 L 146 Additions and Corrections could not be called properly homme et femme, mais le male ef lafemele de Viry.' Page 83, line 4 from foot, add note on Madame de Cambis : Lady Ailesbury replied : ' Madame de Cambis is our intimate acquaintance, and we seldom pass a day without seeing her ; she is uncommonly sensible and lively, and sings Sans depit et sans legerete charmingly.' last line, affer no gout, insert I think Page 84, line 11, a/' say ; and read say — and line 27, for fortune, and read fortune ; and Page 326, line 12, /or respectable situation read respectable a situation line 13, /»>• born to, and read born to ; and line 22, for for ever ; but read for ever — but. Page 343, line 21, for Methuselem read Methusalem line 24, for Beverley read Bewley ; and for nofe 1 substifute : Printed ' Barrett ' by C. In the original (which is written by Kirgate, not by Walpole himself) the name was first written ' Beverley ' & then altered to ' Bewley '. The person in question was no doubt William Bewley, to whom (and not to William Barrett, as hitherto supposed) the letter on Chatterton of May 23, 1778, to Mr. W. B. was addressed. See note 1 on Letter 1862 in Additions and Corrections, p. 157, above. Page 355, line 7, add note on character : In an account of a journey to Hawnes in June, 1771, preserved in one of his note-books in the Waller Collection, Horace Walpole thus describes this portrait : ' a head of the Lady Margaret 160 Additions and Corrections Douglas, Countess of Lenox and Angus, daughter of Margaret Queen of Scotland & mother of Henry Lord Darnley ; her name and titles written round the old frame ; the face is very weU painted, has a shrewd Scotch face, & yet with goodness in the countenance.' Page 421, line 1, add note on Cassette verte : ' Extrait d'une lettre d' Amsterdam du 22 mai 1780 ... II a paru dans ce pays, il y a dej^ du temps, peutetre un an, une brochure tres-courte, intitulee La Cassette verte. C'est un pamphlet centre M. de Sartine. II tire son nom d'une portefeuille de maroquin vert qu'a ce mitiistre, d'oti I'on est cens6 avoir extrait les papiers qui ont fourni le canevas du livre. Ce sont des conversations, aventures, anecdotes de I'ancien lieutenant de police, oii les filles et les filoux jouent un tres- grand role. Ce cadre aurait pu fournir quelquechose de piquant, mais le fond est pitoyable et le style maussade ' {Memoires de Bachaumont, tome xv, p. 189). Page 435, Letter 1953, add note : Letter 1953.— The text of this letter as printed in Letters of Anna Seward (vol. i. pp. 370-1) from a copy sent to Miss Seward by George Hardinge, differs considerably in places from that here printed. Page 446, Letter 1957, add note: Letter 1957. — Incom plete in C. ; now first printed in full from original in Waller Collection. line 5, /or Thomas Walpole read T. Walpole line 10, after just now insert : tho' I am persuaded the French will not stoop to pick up such a minnikin pin — but he is scrupulous even about appearances line 11, for Lady William Campbell read Lady William line 4 from foot, for have read should have Page 447, line 9 from foot, for New York? read New York! Page 448, line 11, for baronesses read baronesses Volmne X, page 421 — Volume XI, page 265 161 line 18, before If I might advise insert: The Duke of Ancaster is dead and Lord Bolinbroke. line 21, before Good night insert: Mr. Burrell is Lord Great Chamberlain-consort of England ' ; and add note : " He had married Lady Priscilla Bertie, daughter of the third Duke of Ancaster, Lord Great Chamberlain, and sister of the fourth Duke, at whose death on July 8 of this year, that office fell into abeyance between her and her younger sister. Page 453, Letter 1960, add note: Letter I960.— Collated with original in Waller Collection. The letter is addressed : ' To the Countess of Ailesbury, at Park place near Henley.' line 9, for Friday night, 1779 read Friday night [July 23, 1779] VOLUME XI Page 47, note 1, for 1777 read 1779 Page 64, Letter 1997, dele (?) affer Stonhewer. This letter, as is evident from Walpole's letter to Mason of Nov. 27, 1773, should be dated Nov. 27, 1773, and numbered 1502**, its place being between 1502 and 1503 in vol. viii (p. 361). Page 180, line 7, for Millamont read Millamant ; and add note : A character in Congreve's Way of the World. line 7, add note on Lady Betty Modish : A character in Cibber's Careless Husband. line 8, add note on Indamora : The name of a captive Queen in Dryden's Aurungzebe. Page 213, note, for Lord Chief Justice read Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Page 246, note 1, for second Marquis read third Marquis Page 265, note 1, add: Walpole's account of his 'Journey 162 Additions and Cof rections to Lee, Canterbury, Knowle, &c. Aug. 28, 1780' is preserved in one of his note-books in the Waller Collection. Page 290, Letter 2102, add note : On the original draft of this letter Walpole has written : ' Copy of my letter sent with the 4*li vol. of my Anecdotes of Painting to M^s Hogarth, to which she returned no answer. H. W.' (information kindly supplied by Mr. H. B. Wheatley, owner of the original draft). Page 393, for note 1 substitute : Staats Long Morris, son of Lewis Morris, of Morrisiana in the State of New York, and elder brother of the better known Gouverneur Morris, diarist and United States minister in Franco. Staats Morris, who became a general in the English Army, died in 1800. Page 412, line 5, add note on too happy : Bentley's letter to Walpole is preserved in the Waller Collection : — SlE, March 7, 1781. I just now receive from a friend at Oxford the enclosed critique of D"" Johnson upon Gray. Excuse me if from the impulse of sudden indignation, I take a liberty with you, which, most probably, if ever I cool, I shall repent of. This work is to make its appearance within these two months, to fhe making, my correspondent adds, all Oxford too Jiappy. Such is University rivalry. I am, Sir, Your most humble servant, R. Bentley. VOLUME XII Page 112, Letter 2243, add note: Letter 2243.— Collated with copy, kindly supplied by Mr. J. A. Spoor, of Chicago, owner of the original. Volume XI, page 2^0— Volume XII, page 401 163 Page 113, line 9 frora foot, for most read an line 7 from foot, for have read has Page 114, line 4, for of sending read to send line 12, for so much, or read so much on line 17, for I have the honour to be, &c. read I have the honour to be, with great respect, My Lord, Your Lord ship's most obedient and obliged humble servant, Hor. Walpole. Page 138, Letter 2255, note, for Arthur W. Frere read Arthur H. Frere Page 152, line 9 from foot, add note on present : This was Malone's Essay on Chatterton, which was sent with the following note (dated Fel). 4) preserved in the Waller Collec tion : ' Mr. Malone presents his Compliments to Mr. Walpole, and takes the liberty of sending him a very hasty Essay on the Chatterton business, which for obvious reasons he does not publicly avow.' Page 171, Letter 2272. This letter lielongs to the begin ning of May, 1774, as is evident from Walpole's letter to Mme du Deffand of May 1, 1774 (No. 1537*), which contains the same references to Pliny and Jupiter. It should there fore be placed between the letters of May 1, 1774 (to Mann) and May 4, 1774 (to Cole), and numbered 1537*'. Page 401, note 1, add : In a note-book of Horace Walpole in the Waller CoUection is the following note on Brown : 'Lancelot Brown, Gaidenist, died Feb. 6, 1783, suddenly at the door of his son-in-law Holland, in Hertford Street, London, aged 67, of an asthma. He was originally kitchen- gardener to Richard Lord Cobham at Stowe. Coined the word capability. Said of the water he designed at Blenheim, "the Thames will never forgive me this." Not long before his death, the Duke of Leinster & Mr ConoUy invited him to Ireland, offering him £1000 on his landing, & to pay for all he should do. Hq excused himself, saying, he Jiad not yet M 2 164 Additions and Corrections finished England. He had wit, learning, and great in tegrity in his dealings with those for whom he laid out ground, & returned money he had received on account if more than the expense he had incurred. He had three sons & two daughters, one of whom was married to Holland the architect. Brown's best works were at Blenheim, the approaches to Lord Cadogan's at Caversham, and to Lord Spencer's at Wimbledon. The water at the latter not well. He distinguished himself too at Nuneham. Latterly he took to architecture & buUt a most admirable house at Claremont for the first Lord Clive ; it has more good rooms than ever I saw in so small a compass, & is very convenient too. A year before his death he had made a great design for improving the house at Belvoir, & for laying out the ground there ; but it was not begun to be executed. He was also employed at his death in both the same ways at Stanstead.' Page 447, Letter 2410, add note: Letter 2410. — Incom plete in C. ; now printed in full from text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. u. pp. 173-7. Page 448, note 1, dele Letter 2410. — Page 449, line 14, after estimable one, insert: Dr. Hunter's magnificent future donation will be a great addition to the collection of curiosities in Scotland, though, I suppose, not much connected with the pursuits of your society : but it will gratify the thirst of knowledge which does your country, my Lord, so much honour. I shall wish much to see Lord Hailes's life of Barclay, and the other of James the first, when finished, and that of the regent Murray. May I ask your Lordship if there is any portrait known of the last ? line 19, after Aubigny. insert : Was not one of your countrymen, my Lord, Constable of France ? I suspect my memory is worse than it was, and therefore you wUl excuse Volume XII, page 447 — Volume XIII, page 111 165 me both if I make mistakes, forget names, or repeat what I have said before, when zeal to obey your commands draws me into blunders or tautology. I have the honour to be Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant, Hoe. Walpole. , VOLUME XIII Page 41, note 6, add : The price paid by Walpole for the picture was three hundred guineas, not eight hundred as is usually stated, as appears from Reynolds's receipt, which is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Received June 7*'' 1782 from the Hon'>le Horace Walpole the sum of three hundred Guineas for £ the Lady Waldegraves Pictures 315 J. Reynolds. (See Times Literary Supplement, Nov. 25, 1915.) Page 55, line 15, add note on oil : Mason seems to have been attempting to paint in oU-colours mixed with the 'body-colour' used in miniature painting and illumination (minium or red lead) — see next letter. Page 60, line 11 from foot, add note on pamphlet: An Essay on fhe True Interests of the Empire (Dublin, 1783). Page 64, Une 10, for Christian read Austrian Page 111, for note 6 substitute : Joseph White, as appears from the following note, the original of which is preserved in a note-book of Horace Walpole in the Waller Collection : Joseph White presents his Duty to Mr. H. Walpole and begs leave to Inform him that the Bedford Missal, King Rene Prayer Book and the greatest part of y® 166 Additions and Corrections Manuscripts were bought by his most Christian Majestie for the use of his public Library at Paris. Paris II. Mars 1784 N.B. The Guirlande of Julia No. 3247 sold for 14,510 Livres'. ' These books were sold at the Due de Julie was, I suppose, the dearest de la VaUere's sale. The Guirlande book ever sold. Walpole. Page 151, Letter 2477, add note : Letter 2477.— Collated with copy kindly supplied by Miss Blanche Hartley, owner of the original. line 6, for May 6 read March 6 ; the leffer should be numbered 2469*, and plaeed between No. 2469 and No. 2470. line 7, for Mr. Walpole thanks read Mr. Walpole not only thanks ; and dele not only after a thousand times note 1, dele Letter 2477. — Page 158, Letter 2481, add note : Letter 2481. — Incom plete in C. ; now first printed in full from original in Waller CoUection. This letter is mistakenly dated 1779 by Miss Berry. line 4, for telling read telling me line 11, after heaven, insert I wish your Ladyship joy too of Miss Campbell's recovery. line 20, for what says read what Prss A. says ; ami add note : Princess Amelia. line 22, for Lady Walsingham's read Lady Walsingham's Page 159, line 5, for dear Madam ! read dear Madam ; I hope your tongue runs like wild fire ! Page 164, note 3, add : Lady Mary Coke writes in her Journal, under date of 29 June 1784: 'The first news Lady Holdernesse told me was that the Dowager Lady Harrington died yesterday. She was poor woman in a great passion with one of her servants, and in coming downstairs fell, but was .supported by a servant and never spoke ; 'tis supposed to be an apoplectic fit.' Volume XIII, pages 151-175 167 Page 175, note 1, add : In a note-book preserved in the Waller Collection Walpole has C(>])ii'd the following extract from a letter written to him by Mann on July 24, 1784, to vvhich this is the replj- : ' Count Albany has by a solemn deed acknowledged his natural Daughter by a M^e Walsing ham, who has been educated in a Conv^ent at Paris, & still resides en Pension by the name of Lady Charlotte Stuart, to which and by his Will, appointing her sole Heiress to all he may be possessed of at his death, he has added the title of Duchess of Albany, & has wrote to Mons^. de Vergennes ' to get that Deed registered in the Parliament of Paris. He will smile probably both at the title & request. The young- Lady is about thirty years of age & it is said, often quits her Convent to visit Prince Rohan, Archbishop of Bourdeaux whose Society his Nephew', who was lately here, says he prefers much to that of les Dames de St. Marie. With the above deeds, Stuart, his old faithfuU Servant, was dispatched to Paris by the last French Courier & with orders to his Daughter to come to Uve with him at Florence, where he proposes to marry her to a Florentine Cavalier, if One good enough can be found. This is his Plan ; but he decays so fast, that it seems dubious if he should live to see the com pletion of it, or whether he may have understanding enough left to enjoy it.' 1 Charles G-ravier, Comte de Ver- whence, however, he had been trans- gennes (1717-87), Minister of Foreign ferred to Cambrai three years before Affairs, 1774-87. the date ofthis letter, 2 Ferdinand MasimiHen Meriadec, ^ Henri Louis Marie de Eohan, Prince de Rohan Guemen(5 (1738- Prince de Guemen6 (1745-1807). 1813), Archbishop of Bordeaux (1769), note 2, add : Walpole wrote Dr. Gem's relation in the note-book above mentioned: 'From D'' Gem June 15. 1776. The Young Pretender, when in Scotland, had an intrigue with a Miss Walkinshaw, sister of the Bedchamber Woman to the Princess Dowager of Wales ; & when He afterwards lived at Bouillon in France, he sent for her & had a Daughter 168 Additions and Corrections by Her, the only Child he ever had. D"^ Gem now attends the Mother & Daughter, when they are ill, at their apart ment in the Convent of La Misericorde rue du vieux Colombier at Paris, where they live : he says the Daughter is now 21. The Pretender used the Mother veiy ill, & often beat her in his drunken fits, as he did his Attendants & Servants. The Old Pretender, who wanted his Son at Rome, thinking M'^8 Walskinshaw detained him, offered to provide for Her & her Child, if She would quit his Son. She was very glad to do so, & made her escape to Paris with her Daughter. The young Pretender wrote to the Marechal de Belleisle', who was then Minister, to have her found out & sent back to him, but the Marechal, who knew the Father's desires, pretended he could not discover Her. The Old Pretender allowed her 8000 livres a year, but made no provision for either Mother or ChUd at his Death. The Cardinal of York continued the pension, but reduced it to 5000. M^^ Walkin shaw since the Pretender went to Rome, followed him thither with her Child in hopes of getting a better provision, & of having her Daughter acknowledged ; but neither He nor the Cardinal would see them ; & the Latter got an order from the Pope for them to quit the Ecclesiastic State ; & the Cardinal threatened to withdraw the pension if they did not live in a Convent. He also wanted the Daughter to take the veil, but the Mother dissuaded her, and still tries to get her acknowledged in hopes of manying her well, & soUicits the Pretender's Wife in her favour ; but It is believed that the House of FitzJames hinder the acknowledgment, as they must then treat her as a Relation & perhaps fear being forced to maintain Her. The Pretender used often to strike the gentlemen of his bedchamber, & drove from him by such usage. Hay, Lumsden, and the ChevaUer Urqhuart, tho the Latter told D"" Gem he had never let the Pretender 1 Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Due de BeUe-Isle, Marechal de France (1681-1761). Volume XIII, pages 175-203 169 strike him, being a stronger man, & holding him when in a passion.' — Dr. Gem, from whom Walpole had the above account, was Physician to the British Embassy in Paris from 1762. He remained in France during the Revolution, and was for a time imprisoned at Versailles. He died in 1800, leaving estates in Sussex and Worcestershire to his great-nephew, WUliam Huskisson, the statesman, whom he had had educated at Paris. Page 179, note 2, line 2, for venial read venal Page 184, line 16, add note on Walkinshaw : The name of the mother of the Duchess of Albany was Clementina, and that of her sister, the Bedchamber Woman, was Fanny. note 4, for July 10 read Aug. 9 Page 187, line 6 from foot, add note on sleeping dogs : In a list of Mrs. Damer's works by Walpole, preserved in the WaUer Collection, is the following entry:--' A rough dog and a smooth one sleeping, in terra cotta at Strawberry Hill. The same in marble, 1784, at the Duke of Richmond's.' Page 188, Letter 2498, add note : Letter 2498.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in Pinkerton's Literary Correspondence, vol. i. pp. 50-2. Page 194, Letter 2500, add nofe : Letter 2500.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. i. pp. 38-43 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspondence, vol. i. pp. 52-7. Page 197, line 3, for had abilities read had the abilities line 8 from foot, for comedy read a comedy Page 202, Letter 2503, add note : Letter 2503.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. u. pp. 20-5 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspon dence, voh i. pp. 57-61. This letter is dated March 17, 1785, in Works of Lord Orford, vol. v. p. 655. Page 203, line 5, for several read some line 9, for to collect read of collecting 170 Additions and Corrections Page 203, line 11, for not im-ife read nof write line 15, for Whoever read Whosoever Page 204, line lb, for disabled read drawn line 12 from foot, for as for read for lines 11-12 from foot, dele the degrees of Page 205, line 2, for good read goal line 16, /or probable read probable Page 243, line 17, add note on another copy : The following letter from the Due de Nivernais to Walpole, accompanying the copy here asked for, is preserved in the Waller Collec tion : — a Paris le 30 avril 1785. M. le C*® de Sarsfield qui va a Londres veut bien se charger de porter a Monsieur Walpole la nouveUe copie que j'ay fait faire du charmant morceau on modern gardening. La copie est faite avec soin et j'espere que Monsieur Horace Walpole en sera content ; mais il luy faudra bien plus d'indulgence pour etre satisfait de la traduction. J'ay profite Monsieur de toutes les observations dont vous aves bien voulu me faire part, et je trouve la copie encore si loin de I'original que ce qu'il y auroit de mieux a en faire seroit ce me semble de la jetter au feu. Monsieur Horace Walpole en sera bien le maitre ; c'est son bien, et c'est asses pour moy d'avoir tent6 d'approcher d'un pareil modele autant que ma mediocrite a pu me le permettre. II me suffit de vous avoir donne par la Monsieur une preuve du prix que je seals mettre a vos ouvrages. Je n'en mets pas moins aux bontes dont vous aves bien voulu m'honorer jusqu'a present ; je vous en demande avec instance la continuation, et je vous suplie de croire que j'en suis digne par I'inviolable attachement et la consideration distinguee avec lesquels j'ay I'honneur d'etre plus parfaite- ment que pei Sonne Monsieur votre tres humble et tres obeis sant Serviteur Le Duo de Nivernois Volume XIII, pages 203-285 171 Pa.oe 274, Letter 2532, add note : Letter 2532.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. i. pp. 78-83 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Corresponilence, vol. i. pp. 67-70 ; and add note on improvement of our lan guage : See Letters of Literature, Lett. XXXIV, pp. 249 ff. line 6, before June 22, add Strawberry Hill, line 12, for frankly read as frankly line 14, for or read for line 2 from foot, for o's read i's note 1, dele Letter 2532. — ; and for on read of P.age 275, line 14 from foot, for final read nasal liue 12 from foot, for it would read would it line 10 from foot, dele though Page 276, line 9, for Both read Both line 16, for deeper read a deejjer lines 10-11 from foot, from his Histoiy to weak one sliould be in italics. line 6 from foot, dele the Page 277, line 8, for I have the honour to be. Sir, &c. read I am. Sir, with great respect and esteem, your obedient humble servant, Hor. Walpole. Page 279, Letter 2534, add note: Letter 2534.— Incom plete in C. ; now printed in full from text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. i. pp. 47-56 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspondence, vol. i. pp. 71-7. This letter is dated June 25, 1785, in Works of Lord Orford, vol. V. p. 658. Page 282, line 16, for denominated read denoted ¦ line 17, for similar read singular line 9 from foot, for on read in Page 285, lines 12-13, for I have the honour to be. Sir, with regard, &c. read I am. Sir, Your obedient humble servant, Hor. Walj)ole ; and add : P.S. Be so good as to let me know, by a line by the 172 Additions and Corrections post to Strawberry Hill, whether I shall have the pleasure of seeing you on Sunday.' Page 287, line 13, add note on green Hastings : This is probably meant as a sneering allusion to Hastings as an up start. ' Green bastings ' (early peas) was once a well-known cry in London streets. (See Hasting in New. Eng. Diet.) Page 301, Letter 2543, add note : Letter 2543.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. i. pp. 103-6 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspon dence, vol. i. pp. 77-9. Page 302, line 8, for to look but read but to look line 10 from foot, for aft'ectation read ostentation line 3 from foot, for still she read she still lines 1-2 from foot, for I have the honour to be. Sir, with great regard, yours, read Adieu Sir. I am, very sincerely, your obedient humble servant, Hor. Walpole. note 1, dele Letter 2543. — Page 306, Letter 2546, add note: Letter 2546.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. i. pp. 130-1 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspon dence, vol. i. pp. 79-80. line 4 from foot, for application read applications note 1, dele Letter 2546. — Page 307, line 11, for in the soundness read in soundness line 12, for have shown and will read have shown and will line 14, after servant add Hor. Walpole. line 16, for in read of Page 323, line 6, add note on presents : In Walpole's MS. Journal ofthe Printing-Office at Strawberry Hill, preserved in the Waller Collection, he states that he printed 400 copies, of which he sent 200 to the Duke, and kept the rest for himself for presents. Letter 2552, note, add : Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. i. pp. 121-5. Volume XIII, pages 287-362 173 Page 325, line 6, for is not to read is not so to line 12, for would read could line 17, for would read could line 26, for others, read others, however sincerely I am myself. Sir, your obedient humble servant, HoR. Walpole. Page 329, Letter 2555, add note : Letter 2555.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. ii. pp. 32-6 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspon dence, vol. i. pp. 90-2. note 1, dele Letter 2555. — Page 330, line 1 8, add note on book of his : A collection of his small tracts and single sheets presented by himself to Speaker Onslow. Page 331, line 12 from foot, for identical read identic line 5 from foot, for best read least last line, after any. add : Yours most sincerely. Hoe. Walpole. Page 332, Letter 2556, for present note substitute : Letter 2556. — Not in C. ; printed in Pinkerton's Literary Corre spondence, vol. i. p. 91 ; now reprinted from original in possession of Mr. H. Yates Thompson. Page 336, for note 1 substitute : The seat of the Earl of Uxbridge in Staffordshire. Page 337, note 3, for Viscount Stafford read Baron Stafford Page 340, line 1, add note on Kirby : Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire, the splendid residence of the Hattons, from whom it passed to the Earls of Winchelsea. The house is now half ruined. Page 361, Letter 2^7'^, add note: Letter 2573.— Collated with original in WaUer Collection. The letter, except for the signature H. W., is in the handwriting of Kirgate. Page 362, last line, for Hor. Walpole read H. W. 174 Additions and Coirections Page 388, lines 7-8, add note on bust to it : This she did not long after, as appears from the following entry in Walpole's list of Mrs. Damer's works, which is preserved in the Waller Collection : — ' 1787. She modelled a breast for Mr Walpole's Jupiter Serapis, & had it cast in bronze, which she repaired & some of the curls. This bust was bought with the famous Barberini vase by Sir W. Hamilton, and sold to the Duchess Dowager of Portland, at whose auction M' W. bought it, & it is allowed to be the finest bust of Jupiter known.' Page 407, note 1, add : He was buried at Northchurch, a suburb of Berkhampstead. The church contains a tablet to his memory. Walpole states in a Journal preserved in the Waller Collection that there was a portrait of him in St. James's Palace. Page 410, note 17, add: Walpole's allusion is explained by the foUowing passage (kindly supplied by the late Hon. J. A. Home) from Lady Mary Coke's unpublished Journal : ' 19 Sept. 1786 I am told the Arch-Duke and Duchess were much pleased with their tour to Oxford, and the places they saw in their journey, particularly with Stow and their reception : at Blenheim something happened that was not so well. The Duke of Marlborough has a very fine con servatory which he had not shown : the Arch-Duke, being very curious, desired to see it, and the report is the Duke of Marlborough sent a footman to show it him. I hope it is not true.' Page 411, Letter 2593, add nofe: Letter 2593. — Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. ii. pp. 28-9. line 2 from foot, for necessity. I read necessity, and Page 415, note, for (afterwards Viscount Castiereagh and Marquis of Londonderry) read (created Baron Londonderry 1789, Viscount Castiereagh 1795, Earl of Londonderry 1796, and Marquisof Londonderry 1816, all in the peerageof Ireland) Volume XIII, page 388 — Volume XIV, page 15 175 VOLUME XIV Page 3, note 4, add : In Walpole's list of Mrs. Damer's works, preserved in the Waller Collection, the date of the capture of the eagle is given as ' before Christmas 1786.' Page 12, Letter 2618, add nofe : Letter 2618.— Collated with copy kindly supplied by Mr. Francis Edwards, of 83 High Street, Marylebone, W., owner of the original. The letter is addressed : ' To John Pinkerton, Esq. at Knights- bridge.' The date of this letter is not August 29, .as hitherto printed, but June 29 ; it .should therefore be numbered 2615* and placed between No. 2615 and No. 2616. line 7 from foot, add nofe on Scottish peerage, 1771 : Considerations on the Present State of the Peerage of Scotland, printed in Edinburgh in 1774. The Correspondents men tioned a little lower down was published in 1775. (See Letter to Lady Ossory of July 7, 1775, vol. ix. p. 214.) Page 13, line 5 from foot, for except two read except of two Page 15, for note 2 substitute : This tapestry, which consisted of portions of tapestry maps woven at Weston in Warwickshire in the sixteenth century, was purchased by Horace Walpole in 1781 at the sale of William Sheldon of Weston, a descendant of the William Sheldon (d. 1570) who established the tapestry works at Weston. Walpole presented it to Earl Harcourt, who built a special room for its reception at Nuneham. It was subsequently (in 1827) presented by Archbishop Vernon (Harcourt) to the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, in whose possession it now remains. {See Descriptive Account of fhe Antiquities in the Museum of fhe Yorkshire Philosophical Society, by Rev. Charles Wellbeloved, Curator, York, 1858, p. 113). For a description of the maps. 176 Additions and Corrections see Richard Gough's British Topography, London, 1780, vol. ii. p. 309. In a MS. note opposite p. *310 of vol. u of Gough's own copy of this work (now in the Bodleian) he has written (c. 1800) : ' A room 25 by 19 and 15 high was added 1787 to Lord Harcourt's apartment at Nuneham for the reception of these maps which were purchast at the sale at Weston house by the late earl of Orford for £30 and by him presented to the present earl Harcourt. I purchast for £1.13 fragments of these maps containing the inland Counties of Hereford Salop Stafford Worcester Warwick Glocester and Oxford and part of Berks.' The statement of John Nichols in his Literary Anecdotes (vol. vi. pp. 326 n., 330 n.) that Lord Harcourt presented his maps to Gough, and that Gough subsequently bequeathed them to the University of Oxford, is an error, which arose apparently from a confusion between the maps purchased by Walpole and presented to Lord Harcourt, and those purchased by Gough, which last he did bequeath to the University. Page 36, Une 14, add ¦note on La Chalotais : See note 1 on letter to Selwyn of Dec. 2, 1765 ; and Walpole's account of La Chalotais in his letter to Miss Mary Berry of July 29, 1789 (vol. ix. p. 172). Page 47, line 5, add note on Strawberry : It appears from the following entry in a MS. 'List of Tickets given for seeing Strawberry hill' in 1788, preserved in the Waller Collection, that this visit was paid on the previous May 25, the visitors for that day being recorded as ' M'' Matthew, Mr Wyat's Foreman and one.' Page 52, note 2, add: The following extract from the unprinted portion of the Journal of Lady Mary Coke (kindly supplied by the late Hon. J. A. Home) gives an account of Hesse's origin :— ' 1787 Friday, Sept. 7. The party at the Duchess of Bedford's was not very brilliant, I played at whist and lost eveiy rubber. One of the party was Mr. Hesse, Volume XIV, pages 36-83 177 one of the nevv favourites of the Prince of Wales : I believe to have told you his grandfather was cook to my uncle the Duke of Argyll, and his father no more than clerk in the Pay Office, yet the son gives dinners to the Prince of Wales, and betted very high with Lord Duncannon and Mrs. Howe, for we played only half guineas which he seemed to despise. Mrs. Howe was very eager to play at hazard, and after we had done playing she got Lord Duncannon, Lord Thanet, and Mr. Hesse, who I heard won all their money.' Page 64, Letter 2642, add to note: and coUated with original in possession of Mr. F. T. Sabin, of 172 New Bond Street, W. lines 8-9, for the simple operation of read so simple an operation as line 17, for are gone, — or read are gone, or Page 67, Letter 2644, add note: Letter 2644.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in Walpolicma, vol. ii. pp. 52-5 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspondence, vol. i. pp. 208-5. line 11, add note on Scotland: Pinkerton notes: 'At Glasgow it should have been.' line 4 from foot, for approve it read approve of it ; and for commanded read commanded Page 68, line 13, after critic, insert I know ; line 12 from foot, for contributing read contributions line 5 from foot, for impression read impress Page 69, after line 3, add Your much obliged humble Servant, Hoe. Walpole. Page 83, line 6, add nofe on Bristol exorcist : This is a refer ence to the case of George Lukins, of Yatton, Somersetshire, known as ' the Yatton Demoniac,' which created a consider able stir in this year, and gave rise to numerous publications. The Bristol Gasette for June 18, 1788, contains an account 178 Additions and Corrections of the casting out of evil spirits from Lukins by a number of ministers in the Vestry-room of Temple Church at Bristol. Among the works published on the subject were An Appeal to the Public respecting George Lukins {called fhe Yatton Demoniac), containing an account of his Affliction and Deliver ance : together with A Variety of Circumstances which tend to exculpate him from the Charge of Imposture. By Joseph Easterbrook, Vicar of Temple in the City of Bristol (Bristol, 1788); A Narrative of the Extraordinary Case of Geo. Lukins, of Yatton, Somersetshire, who was possessed of Evil Spirits for near Eighteen Years : also an Account of his remarkable Deliverance, in the Vestry-Room of Temple Church, in the City of Bristol, extracted from the Manuscripts of several Persons who attended . . . (Bristol, 1788) ; and Authentic Anecdotes of George Lukins, the Yatton Dcemoniac, wifh a view of the Controversy, and full refutation of the Imposture. By Samuel Norman, member of the Corporation of Surgeons in London, and Surgeon at Yatton (Bristol, 1788). Page 90, Letter 2653, add nofe: Letter 2653.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. ii. pp. 67-9 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspondence, vol. i. pp. 208-10. Page 110, Letter 2662, add note: Collated with copy kindly supplied by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, owner of the original. line 10, for the King read the K. line 18, for Well, now, how read Well ! — now, how line 20, for his Queen read his Q. line 21, for his or -read his — or line 23, /or Princes? read Princes ! line 24, /or the Queen read the Q. line 25, /or disunity ? read disunity ! line 26, for the Queen's read the Q.'s Page 111, line 1, for hoard ? read hoard ! line 3, /or grief? read grief! Volume XIV, pages 90-117 179 Page 111, Une 6, /or debts? read debts ! line 7, for Pitt ; wUl read Pitt— will line 9, for page — to read page, to line 14, for minister? I read minister— I lines 14-15, for the King read the K. line 15, for recovery ; but read recovery — but line 17, for future — at read future. At line 23, for letter ; but read letter — but line 27, for character ; for read character, for lines 29-30, ftr Ireland ? Indeed read Ireland ? — indeed Page 112, line 2, for Act ! How read Act — how line 5, for own ? But read own ? — but line 6, for present, he read present — he line 13, for recovered, and read recovered — and line 22, for days ; for read days — for line 25, for themselves. And read themselves — and line 26, for temperate ; and read temperate — and line 32, for tenure, and read tenure ; and line 33, for the King read the K. Page 113, line 2, for Duke of York read D. of York line 9, for understanding. And read understanding ; and line 12, for the King read the K. line 15, for affronted ; and Prince read affronted — and Pr. Une 17, for abroad. The read abroad — the line 26, for King ; but read King — but line 28, for frenzy. The read frenzy — The line 30, for detests ; so read detests — so line 31, for them ! and swallowed, if they can ; yes read them ! — and swallowed — if they can — yes line 32, for stomachs, read stomachs — Page 117, line 14, add note on Tonton is dead : In a note book preserved in the Waller Collection Walpole has made the following entry :— 'Tonton died Feb. 17, 1789, aged 16.' line 3 from foot, add note on marble kittens : In a list n2 180 Additions and Corrections by Walpole of Mrs. Damer's works, preserved in the Waller Collection, under 1789 is the entry — 'Her two kittens in marble, for M'' H. Walpole.' Page 128, line 3, add nofe on gout: — In a note-book pre served in the Waller Collection Walpole has made the following entry under the year 1789: — 'May 2°''. Gout right knee. — 13. left knee. — ^15. left leg and ankle, bad. — 23. eleven hours' sleep. — June 2. took the air. month and three days, had four fits in sixteen months.' Page 145, Letter 2684, add note : Letter 2684.— Collated with copy, kindly supplied by Miss Blanche Hartley, owner of the original. note 1, dele Letter 2684. — • add note on Hannah More : 'Addressed : ' To Miss Hannah More, at Cowslip Green, near Bristol.' Page 163, line 2 from foot, add note on Pen-hood : Lady Juliana Penn and her family. Page 172, line 4 from foot, add note on my sister: Lady Mary Churchill (see note 23 on letter to Mann of Oct. 22, 1741). Lady Mary is frequently mentioned as being in Paris by Mme du Deffand in her letters to Horace Walpole. Page 174, Letter 2695, add note: Letter 2695.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in Pinkerton's Literary Correspondence, vol. i. pp. 223-5. Page 180, line 8, add note on edition : Giles Hussey died in June, 1788, aged 78. In a note-book of Horace Walpole in the Waller Collection is the following note on him : — ' From Mr. Duane, July 15, 1781. Mr. Giles Hussey was a younger son of a gentleman of an ancient family in Dorset shire, who, finding in him a strong propensity to drawing, sent him to Rome with an allowance of only £60 a year. There for eight years he drew after the antique with inde fatigable ardour. He was just proceeding to colour, when his father died, who, having been told that his son would Volume XIV, pages 128-191 181 grow idle, if possessed of a fortune, altered his will & left him nothing, not even the exhibition of £60. The Duke of Northumberland, then Sir Hugh Smithson, & other English at Rome, raised a sum to send him home. His first pro ductions in painting were his two pictures of Bacchus & Ariadne, finely drawn, but poorly coloured ; they are at Northumberland House. His chief employment was draw ing, in which he was a great master. He constructed all his figures on the doctrine of triangles, & maintained that harmony was the principle of drawing as well as of music. He was chiefly employed by Mr. Duane, who has above 400 of his drawings, & Mr. Duane having assisted him in his distress, Hussey was so grateful, that he would draw for nobody else, when Mr. Duane wanted him. His two elder brothers dying, he succeeded to an estate of about £800 a year, & retired into the country, married, had children, and laid aside his talent. He is still living. Scholar of Damini. See a short account of him in Hutchins's Dorsetshire, vol. ii. p. 500.' Page 189, Letter 2702, add nofe: Letter 2702.— CoUated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. ii. pp. 79-83 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspon dence, vol. i. pp. 225-8. line 10 from foot, for conceive I read conceived that I line 8 from foot, for is as able read is able Page 190, line 2, dele so line 8, for work read task line 15, for it is useless read it is very useless Page 191, line 13, for those only who read those who Une 18, for But read Yet line 21, dele the line 24, for as read so line 25, for yours, &c. read your very humble servant, and sincere admirer, Hor. Walpole. 182 Additions cmd Corrections Page 191, Letter 2703, add note : Letter 2703.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. ii. pp. 158-61 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspon dence, vol. i. pp. 228-9. add at commencement : Dear Sir, line 3 from foot, for and myself read and of myself Page 192, line 1, for of sound read of all sound line 2, for application, read application to all abstract science and abstract speculation, and fw very foolish read foolish and very partial line 21, dele of the way line 26, for must read he must line 28, for commencement read commencements Page 193, line 1, for serve read answer line 4, for Adieu, dear Sir ! read Adieu ! Dear Sir, pray believe me, what I am, yours most sincerely, HoE. Walpole. Page 194, line 15, add note on Lady Harriet : Lady Hen rietta Conyers, nee Fermor. (See note 8 on Letter to Mann of Jan. 27, 1747.) Page 201, note 1, after Chaucer add {Prologue to Canterbury Tales, U. 751-2) Page 242, Letter 2722, add fo note : Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. ii. pp. 88- 90 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspondence, vol. i. pp. 241-2. line 13 from foot, for probably be read probably have been line 11 from foot, for involuntary read no voluntary Page 243, line 5, for but few read few but line 9, for so ; that read so, that. Page 246, Letter 2725, add fo nofe, after Scott : The letter is addressed : ' To Thomas Astle Esq., at Battersea Rise.' Page 247, Letter 2727, add to note, after Bros. : The letter is addressed : 'To Miss More, at the Adelphi.' Volume XIV, pages 191-310 183 Page 260, line 4 from foot, add nofe on Lady Herries : Catherine (born c. 1754), daughter of Eev. Francis Hender Foote, of Charlton Place, near Canterbury, Eector of Boughton-Malherb, Kent, by his wife Catherine, daughter of Robert Mann, of Linton, Kent, and sister of Walpole's friend. Sir Horace Mann (whence no doubt the friendship of Lady Herries with Walpole). Miss Foote married, first, a Colonel Ross, and secondly (Aug. 12, 1777), Sir Robert Herries, the banker in St. James's Street, knighted 1774, M.P. for Dumfries Burghs 1780-1784, died 1815. Lady Herries, who died at Cheltenham, Jan. 4, 1808, is mentioned as a well-known Blue-stocking hostess in the letters and memoirs of Hannah More, Fanny Burney, and Lady Louisa Stuart. In the Index Lady Herries is identified with Winifred MaxweU, wife (Oct. 17, 1758) of Mr. Maxwell-Constable, and daughter and heiress of William, titular Earl of Nithsdale, who forfeited that and other titles (including that of Lord Herries of Terregles) by taking part in the rebellion of 1715. Winifred Maxwell, though she called herself Lady Winifred, as though there had been no attainder, never assumed the title of Lady Herries, to which she would have succeeded but for her grandfather's forfeiture. She very seldom visited London, and does not appear to have been acquainted with Horace Walpole. There can hardly be a doubt, there fore, that Walpole's friend was the Lady Herries above mentioned, the niece of Sir Horace Mann. (From informa tion kindly supplied by Mr. David C. Herries.) It was to Lady Herries that Walpole was indebted for his acquaintance with the Miss Berrys (see his letter to Maiy and Agnes Berry of Sept. 17, 1793 ; and letter to Lady Ossory of Oct. 11, 1788). Page 264, for note 3 substitute the folloiving : A French woman, mistress of Lord Cholmondeley. Page 310, note 1, line 5, for Bayond read Bayoud 184 Additions and Corrections Page 320, note 4, add : The letter proved to be a forgery (see letter to Mary Berry of Dec. 17, 1790). Pages 328, note 2, for King of France read King of the French Page 340, line 7 from foot, add note on famous letter: A letter supposed to have been written by Lord Blandford to Miss Gunning, but which proved to be a forgery (eee letter to Mary Berry of Nov. 13, 1790, vol. xiv. p. 320). Page 348, last line, add note on Christmas : In a letter to Walpole, preserved in the Waller Collection, written by Conway from Park Place, near Henley, on Dec. 23, mention is made of this same storm : ' A most uncommon storm we had last night, or this morning more properly, when it began between four & five : in such peals of thunder, light ening, wind, hail, & rain as I think I never in my life heard, so combin'd, before, it was for some time one undistin guishable roar of thunder, & wind with violent hail driving against our windows so violently, we thought they must all be broke, but all escap'd.' Page 361, line 2 from foot, query, for not read now Page 377, line 11, for causeway read Causeway ; and add note : A circular drive between Grosvenor Gate and the Serpentine, which was formerly the only drive in Hyde Park. Page 408, note 1, add: His book was published, as niustrations of British History, in this year. Page 420, note 5, for by Madame de St. Alban (Mrs. Elliot) read by Mrs. Elliot Page 437, line 11 from foot, add note on Mr. French : This was a Mr. Richard French, a long letter from whom to Walpole, dated from Derby, Feb. 14, 1790, and containing extracts from Darwin's Botanic Garden, is preserved in the Waller Collection. Volume XIV, page 320— Volume X V, page 331 185 VOLUME XV Page 46, note 1, for Margravine read Margrave Page 84, line 19, for Oct. , 114 read Oct. 4, 11 Page 96, Letter 2839, add note: Letter 2839.— CoUated with original in possession of Mr. F. T. Sabin, of 172 New Bond St., W. add at commencement : Dear Sir, Page 97, line 2, dele to read line 3, for day and read day to read and ; line 21, for triste read trist Page 98, line 4, for and would read and I would line 8, for Sir ; on read Sir. On line 11, for wronging you read wronging [you] line 19, for yours, read yours, and your obedient humble servant, Hor. Walpole. Page 107, Letter 2846*, add to note : Addressed to Miss Hannah More, at Mrs. Garrick's, Adelphi. Page 174, line 14, add note on St. Alban: The Abbes de St. Farre and de St. Albin were twins. They were the natural sons of the Due d'Orleans (who died in 1785) by MUe Le Marquis, a danseuse of the Italian comedy in Paris. Page 283, Letter 2928, add note : Letter 2928.— CoUated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. ii. pp. 100-1 ; and in Pinkerton's Literary Correspon dence, vol. i. p. 349. Page 290, Letter 2933, add note : Letter 2933.— Collated with text printed from Pinkerton MSS. in WalpoUana, vol. ii. pp. 93-4. Page 331, line 2, add note on dedication: Ofa translation of Aulus Gellius by Mr. Beloe. Walpole. 186 Additions and Corrections Page 336, line 11 from foot, add nofe on Harcourt : Master of Horse to the Queen. Page 340, line 5 from foot, for has read had line 3 from foot, affer primate insert and by no means a persecutor last line, add note on know it : ' Pinkerton had solicited Lord Orford's interest in the following letter (printed from the original in the Waller Collection) : — My Lord, I am much obliged by your Lordship's line. The office vacant in the Museum is that lately held by Mr. Southgate, that of assistant librarian of the MSS. and Medals. Salaiy about £70, with appartments. To this office, my Lord, my pretensions may be regarded as more founded, than to any in the Museum. My work on Medals your Lordship did me the honour to permit me to inscribe to you : and in libraries and MSS. I have been long conversant, having published about nine volumes from MSS. I am sorry to make any application to your Lordship, that may occasion the slightest trouble or inconvenience to you, during your present indisposition. But perhaps your wonted unmerited goodness to me may induce you to sup port my pretensions to the vacant office ; for which my pursuits & publications may be thought to have not ill prepared me. Any recommendation from the Marlborough family will be of great weight with the Archbishop of Canterbury, in whose nomination the office chiefly is. Excuse my adding that an opportunity so favourable from the nature of the department, may never occur again. I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, my Lord, Your Lordship's much obliged & most faithful servant, John Pinkerton. Hampstead 3 Feb. 1795. Volume XV, pages 336-394 187 Page 347, line 8, add nofe on to-morrow : The following letter to Lord Orford on the subject of this visit from Lord Harcourt, Master of Horse to the Queen, is preserved in the Waller Collection : — My dear Lord, I yesterday waited upon the Queen, meaning to talk to H. M. upon the subject of her intended visit to Strawberry hill, but not finding her at home, I wrote at the Queen's house, and left for her, a long letter explanatory of your Lordship's wishes of having a week's previous notice of the said visit, that M^" Damer might be engaged to assist your Lordship in shewing the numberless interesting & beautiful curiosities with which that unrivalled repository abounds, and I moreover added, that tho' your Lordship wished to shew her Majesty every possible mark of respect it would be highly inconvenient, not to say dangerous, to you to wear a sword — in short, I think, I said every thing your Lordship could have wished me to say, but I will this morning have the honour of communicating your note to the Queen, in which you express your own wishes and sentiments far better than I can pretend to express them for you. I have the honour to be Your Lordship's faithful and repeatedly obliged servant, Harcourt. Addressed : To the Earl of Orford. Page 352, line 14, add note on uncial letters: Jerningham wrote a large round hand, as appears from several autograph poems preserved in the Waller Collection. Page 394, Letter 2994, note, after Ford), add: What is evidently the first draft of this letter, written by Lord Orford himself in a very shaky hand, is preserved in the Waller CoUection. 188 Additions and Corrections Page 394, line 12, for founded the draft reads grounded Page 395, line 8 from foot, for these the draft reads those Page 397, for note 1 substitute : The poem in question was The Progress of Civil Society. A Didactic Poem in Six Books, by Richard Payne Knight, published in 1796 (see Modern Language Review, vol. vi. pp. 387-8). line 7 from foot, add note on hogwash : This is a reference to the last line of a sonnet sent by Mason to Walpole in a letter dated March 15, 1796 (hitherto unprinted), which is preserved in the Waller Collection : — Aston near Rotherham My Loed, March 15'"— 96 A friend of your Lordship's & mine & of Mr. Gray's sent me by the post an extract of what he says is a very long poem by the author of the Landscape, the principles of which have been so compleatly confuted by various hands, that I should have imagined he would e're this have felt the less than mediocrity of his talents, & have forborn to trouble the Public with any more of his trash, the extract, which I have before me, contains only six lines of his last production, taken from the very first page, which contain so much rank scepticism, if not worse, plainly declaring that, in his opinion, none but learned fools would decide, that there was a God, that it movd my indignation, and when I was told also that the thing was wished to be considerd as a continuation of our friend's fine fragment on education & civil government, I became stUl more indignant. For I could not bear to think that Gray, who thought Uke Montesquieu upon those subjects, should be brought into company with that madman Lucretius. However I slept well, as (God be thank'd) I usually do, and this very morning awaking, a few thoughts struck me, which I have thrown into the form of a sonnet, & which I herewith present to your Lordship. More just satire than could be compriz'd in Volume XV, pages 394-397 189 that confind species of composition I conclude you would think powder thrown away. If therefore, my Lord, you approve it, I wish you either to print & publish it with my name, or in any other way fully to disseminate it, as your Lordship shall think proper. For surely no quarter ought to be given to your soi-disant gentlemen scribblers of such vile principles. Your Lordship may perhaps recollect, that some years ago we differed in opinion about a Parliamentary Reform, but I am convinced, that if an Association was now form'd (much different from that of the present Whig Club) to petition the House of Commons to exclude, instead of rotten buroughs, those of such rotten principles as this writer's, we should both of us very cordially give it our signature. Whether the present author represents such a burrough, or holds it in fee, I know not ; but this I know, that his principles ought to be exposed before the next general election, that such honest freeholders, who detest the French Jacobins, may be led to make it a point of conscience not to vote for him ; for in one of the worst parts of their worst of characters he clearly fraternises with them, this the six lines I have seen clearly evince, & I wish to read no more. I have the honour to be with true respect. My Lord, Your Lordship's veteran correspondent and devoted servant, W. Mason. N.B. I have no objection against this letter being printed quasi Epistle Prefatory, it cannot properly be calld a Dedi cation because there is no flattery in it. To the Earl of Oxford etc. etc. Sonnet on hearing that a long Poem was lately publishd presuming 190 Additions and Corrections to be a continuation of Mr. Gray's Fragment on Educa tion &c. Old as we are, that wight we need not fear. Who dares debase the Stirling sense of Gray With his vile trash, and by such light allay Hope to buy off the Critic's frown severe. He sings too ! I ! So, when twilight dims the sphere, The raven hoarse, blind owl, & mimic jay Croak, hoot, & chatter o'er the flowery spray. Where Philomel attunes her descant clear. Methinks I see our friend, by fancy's eye, Thron'd on a cloud in yon cserulian plain ' SmUing in scorn ' ; methinks I hear him cry, ' Rude rhymer, cease ! nor meanly try to drain The filthy dregs of Epicurus' sty ; Thy hog-wash shall not mix with my champagne.' W. Mason. Aston, March 15*'' — 1796. Page 399, last line, add note on Orford : Mason's reply (now first printed) to this letter is preserved in the Waller Collection : — My Deae Lord, Aston, March Sl'"— 96 It has given me extream concern that the trifle, I pre sumed to send you, came to your Lordship at so improper a time. I can only say (what I do with strict truth) that I knew nothing of your late severe attack, & that from the late uncommonly temperate winter (hearing nothing to the contrary) I flatterd myself that your old Enemy, which I remember when I last had the honour of seeing you you said had become more placable, had not returned with such hostility. This, I trust, you will take as a sufficient excuse, tho I cannot forgive myself, when I find it has occasioned you to write a second letter with your own hand, which must have given you as much pain as it must & did give the reader pleasure to find that it was full as replete with your original vein of wit & humour as any I ever Volume XV, page 399 191 before rec'' from you, I say not this to flatter you, a man in his 72 year cannot be supposd capable of flattering, with any eff'ect at least, one who is not above 5 years older. But let this pass — we are both of us young enough (absint siiperbiae on both sides) to cope with the wretch you have delineated, with two pencils joind in one, those of Hans Holbein & Salvator Rosa. But you do not chuse to cope with him — let that pass too — I hereby and by these presents excuse you from entering into a corps in which I own I had wished to have had the honour of inlisting you. And now let me apologize for my sonnet, about which if it ever was true that facit indignatio versus, it is absolutely true concerning it. I writ it, in spite of its Petrarchian shackles, as quick as I should have written mere couplets. But I now on the next page send you a copy, so far reformd, as to take it entirely to myself, & have only to beg & even insist that your Lordship should burn the original ; which I think you vvill be the rather inclind to do, when I add that I mean to send a transcript of this last to our common friend the Bp of London,'" but without any mention that I ever sent it to your Lordship, to whom indeed the first copy was sent solely t^ exclusively, & this which I now send is copied from my first & only sketch, so that hereby you will perceive, that, if any bad hap betides, I am the only galld jade that can have occasion to wince, your withers are unwrung. There is however one thing in your Lordship's last, that I cannot agree with you in. Irony & ridicule, sup posing me possessed of those weapons even in a tenth of the degree you partially suppose, are not weapons to be employd on such a subject. I may perhaps not think it worth my while to employ either, but if I do, they must be of the Ebro temper,-^ that I think Othello speaks of. I must weild '*' BeUby Porteus, Bishop of Lon- of ' a sword of Spain, the ice-brook's don 1787-1809. temper,' Otiiello, v. 2. f Apparently Mason was thinking 192 Additions and Corrections them as Hercules would a club to destroy Hydras. I can only add at present that I beg you not to pain your hand to give me pleasure, but till it is more recoverd to content yourself with believing me your Lordships most cordially W. Mason. P.S. I hope an expression * which I have stolen from your excellent letter will not frighten you. Sonnet on hearing that the Author of a thing in rhyme, calld the Landscape, had written a more voluminous thing pretending to be a continuation or supplement to Mr. Gray's fine Fragment on the connection between Education & Civil Government. Old as I am, I still have powers to sneer At him, who dares debase the gold of Gray With his vile dross, & with such false allay Hope to buy off the Critic's frown severe. He sings too ! ! — so, when twilight dims the sphere The raven hoarse, blind owl, & mimic jay Croaks, hoots, & chatters near the flowery spray. Where PhUomel attunes her descant clear. Methinks, I see my friend by fancy's eye Thron'd on a cloud in yonder azure plain, ' Smiling in scorn ' ; methinks, I hear him cry ' Prosaic Poetaster ! cease to drain The filthy dreggs of Epicurus' sty: Thy hog-wash shall not mix with my champayne.' Page 413, line 4, add note on Halnaker House: In one of Horace Walpole's note-books preserved in the Waller Col lection is the following account of Halnaker (visited in 1764) : ' Halnaker in Sussex, near Goodwood. A very ancient seat built round a court, belonged to the Morleys. Some parts within are as modern as the time of Henry 8*'^. The rooms '^ ' Prosaic poetaster ' in the sonnet. Volume XV, pages 413-420 193 are low and bad. ... A very large kitchen, hall with a boarded gallery, a peephole into the kitchen &c. There is a new bad brick part built by the Earl of Derby, who married Mary heiress of the Morleys. They quarreUed about the suckling their infant son, who died in six months, and parted, he living in the new part, into which he forbad her to enter, which she never did, even after his death ; she in the old part, where she lived to her death, at the age of 85, & left the estate & beautiful park to her kinsman. Sir Thomas Ackland, who sold it to the Duke of Richmond.' Page 416, for note 5 substitute : In the parish of Harting, in Sussex, the seat of Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh, second Baronet. Walpole, as appears from a MS. Journal in the Waller Collection, visited Stansted and Uppark in August, 1770. Page 420, Letter 3010, add note: Letter 3010.— The original draft of this letter, written in a very shaky hand, and in places almost illegible, it being probably the last letter written by Lord Orford with his own hand, is in the Waller Collection. line 9, for compassion tite draff reads charity line 13, for politics as simply the draft reads politics as ill, that is, as simply line 14, for unartfuUy, not as cunningly as you can to mislead the draft reads unartfuUy as you can, not as cunningly to mislead line 17, for those monkeys the draft reads those mimick ing monkeys line 18, for invented the draft reads advertised Une 19, for room the draft reads place lines 21-2, for busied in exercising the draft reads busied in planning and exercising line 23, tlie draft omits not line 25, the draft omits trust 194 Additions and Corrections Page 420, line 28, affer Rocks the draft adds as Lord Chesterfield directed a letter to Lord Pembroke (who was always swimming) 'to the Earl of Pembroke inthe Thames, over against Whitehall ' line 32, the draft omits not Page 421, line 7, after that the draft adds day and night line 5 from foot, /or seem the draft reads seemed last line, for This author tlie draft reads Miss B. Page 422, line 1, for now she the draft reads now since she lines 4-5, the draft omits that she brought from the Cave of Tempests line 5, after tied, the draff adds Well, however, I am sincerely [glad] the work has turned out so very profitable. add note on profitable : Madame d'Arblay is said to have cleared 3,000 guineas by Camilla, which was published by subscription in this year. lines 6-10, fhe draff omits the last paragraph Adieu — Orford. Page 435, Letter 3021, add note : Letter 3021.— Collated with original in Waller Collection. In the original there is nothing to indicate the identity of the addressee, who has been conjectured to be Lady Ossory. Except for the date, one or two corrections, and the last line and signature, which are written in an extremely shaky hand by Lord Orford himself, the letter is in the handwriting of Kirgate. line 8, tlie date, written by Lord Orford, is obscured by a blot; as the postmark is 'Jan. 11, 1797' probably for Jan. 15 should be read Jan. 9. line 21, deile about, which has been crossed through by Lord Orford; Kirgate wrote Methusalah, which Lord Orford has altered fo Methusalem. line 22, for contemporaries read cotemporaries line 27, the words so old and have been inserted by Lord Orford. Volume XV, page 420 — Volume XVI, page 79 195 Page 435, last line, for their Kirgate wrote they are, which has been corrected by Lord Orford. Page 436, the last sentence of the letter, and fhe signature {tvhich is a very shaky O, not Orford), are in Lord Orford's handwriting. Page 446, Letter 3044, for note substitute : Not in C. ; reprinted, with date, from copy of original, and renumbered 2726*. Page 452, Letter 3056. This letter is evidently the enclosure which accompanied Lord Orford's letter of Aug. 5, 1792 (No. 2858**), to an applicant for the Crown living of Warham. The blanks can be filled accordingly. The letter should be dated [August, 1792], and numbered 2860*. VOLUME XVI Page lii, col. b, line 28, for Aug. 29 read June 29 (see above. Additions and Corrections to vol. xiv. p. 12). Page 21, head-line, for Belgivioso read Belgioioso ; col. b, line 2 from foot, for Belgivioso read Belgioioso Page 29, col. b, line 12, for Rouvel read Rouverel Page 31, col. a, line 9 from foot, for Louise Julie de Montauban read Louise Julie Constance de Rohan-Mont- auban Page 47, col. a, lines 28-9, dele Chabot, Lady Mary. See Rohan &c. and substitute: Chabot, Mary Howard Comtesse de {Lady Mary Chabot), u 17 n, iv 95 n ; her marriage, ii 17 ; in the country, vi 294 ; visits HW, 324 ; her good nature, 342 ; in danger at sea, vii 131 ; v 270, vi 112, 284, 294, 306, 322, 328, 357, 375. Page 70, col. a, line 8 from foot, after xiv 142 ; insert at Strawberry HiU, 194 ; Page 79, col. b, last line, add xv 193 o2 196 Additions and Corrections Page 89, col. a, line 21 from foot, after xiii 3 add 'my dear old French woman,' 67 Page 93, col. b, line 4 from foot, dele cross-reference, and insert ix 6 n ; elopement, ix 6, 11, 12. Page 94, col. b, between 'Espernon' and 'Espr6menil' insert Espinasse. See Lespinasse. Page 106, col. a, line 11 from foot, for French, Mr., read French, Richard, Page 107, col. b, line 3, for Gardiner, — , read Gardiner, Richard, Page 108, col. a, between ' Gatti ' and ' Gauchet ' insert Gaucher, MUe. Louise, ii 448 n. col. a, line 5 from foot, for Gauchet, MUe., ii 448, read Gauchet. See Gaucher. Page 113, col. b, line 24 from foot, for Gibberne, — , read Gibberne, Gabriel, -Page 124, col. a, line 18, for Griffiths, Mrs., vi 180, read Griffiths, Mrs. See Griffith ; and i^nsert above : Griffith (Griffiths), Mrs. Elizabeth, her play. The Platonic Wife, vi 180. Page 127, col. a, line 3, for x read xi Page 135, col. a, line 4 from foot, for H6ronville read Herouville col. a, line 2 from foot, for (Winifred Maxwell) read (Catherine Foote) (see above. Additions and Corrections to vol. xiv. p. 260). Page 138, col. a, line 8, for Hiel read Stiel, and transfer entry to page 240, col. a. coh b, line 18, for Kt. read Bart. Page 146, ool. b, line 14 from foot, for Viset. read Baron Page 153, col. a, line 21, for Lambert, Mme de read Lambert, Louise Therese de Menou, Marquise de Page 208, col. a, line 19, for Letters on Literature read Letters of Literature Volume XVI, pages 89-354 197 Page 221, col. b, lines 7-13, dele the entry Rohan, Mary Howard, &c. Page 224, col. a, lines 18-19 from foot, dele {Mrs. Ellioft), ix 6 n ; elopement, 6, 11-12 Page 228, col. b, Une 21, dele Hew Page 237, col. a, line 29, /or 41 n read 4 n Page 242, col. b, line 6, for Sturges, — , read Sturges, Thomas Page 267, col. a, for White, Benjamin read White, Joseph Page 340, col. a, Une 6, for li read lii Page 344, col. b, line 28, for xii 117 read xiv 117 Page 350, col. a, line 18, for iii 3 read iii 21 Page 354, col. a, line 9 from foot, foi- Letters on Literature read Letters of Literature LIST OF JVriSSING LETTEKS c. 1740-1795. Exclusive of his letters to Mme du Deffand S of which Walpole kept a list for six out of the fifteen years of their correspondence, viz. from April 17, 1766, to Sept. 25, 1772^, and which, as he wrote to her on an average about once a week, must have amounted during the whole period to something like 800 letters ", there are records of more than 270 letters, written to various correspondents between 1740 and 1795, the present whereabouts of which the Editor has been unable to trace. Extracts from a certain number of these have been preserved, and have been printed either in Mrs. Toynbee's edition or in the present Supplement. As a matter of interest in illustration of Walpole's epistolary activities, and in the hope that some at least of them may be traced, and may be placed at the disposal of the Editor for inclusion in a future edition, a list of these missing letters is appended, with a note in each case of the source whence the record of its existence has been derived. c. 1740. [In a letter dated from Lichfield, Dec. 27, I80I, Miss Seward writes : — 'I lately met with a passage in one of Lord Orford's juvenile lettera to this effect : " I can send you no news ; the late singular novel is the universal and only theme — Pamela is like snow, she covers every thing 1 The bulk of these are known to 1780. Mme du Deffand's letters to have been destroyed (see note 2 on him during the same period amount p. 207), as were all those written to to 838. Walpole's letters to her be- Mrs. Damer (see note 7 on letter to tween April 17, 1766, and Sept. 25, Conway of May 5, 1752). 1772, as appears from his own lists, 2 See note 4 on p. 23'7. numbered 335. = See letter to Mann of Oct. 7-9, List of Missing Letters (i740-i765) 199 with her whiteness.'" (See Letters of Anna Seward, vol. v. p. 431.) Eichardson's Pamela was published towards the end of 1740. Walpole's letter, in which the above reference occurs, was no doubt written not loug after, whilst he was still abroad on his tour with Gray. His correspondent may have been West or Ashton, or possibly Conway.] 1751. May 27. Addressee unknown. [A note — sold at Messrs. Sotheby's i.] 1757. Sept. 6. George Augustus Selwyn. [In a letter to Peter Cunningham, dated Aug. 5, 1857, J. W. Croker writes: 'I am afraid I am again too late for you, but I find this morning a portfolio containing a dozen and a half of original letters and notes of Horace Walpole's, of various dates from 1746 to 1787. They are mostly to George Selwyn, and some of them little more than invitations to dinner ; but half a dozen are of more importance, and one ofthe 6th of September, 1757, is peculiarly curious, as it contains an admission of his consciousness of being hereditarily mad.' (See Letters of Horace Walpole, ed. Cunningham, I89I, vol. i. p. xi, n. I.)] 1765. No date. [Probably April or May.] George Augustus Selwyn. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of Aug. 21, 1872 (Lot 52). Inviting Selwyn to Strawberry Hill with the Abb6 Coyer, where they will meet De Lauraguaia^ and Sarsfield.] Sept. 13*. Sir Edward Walpole. Sept. 13*- Favre "- [These two with letter to Convyay of Sept. II.] I Eeference to sale catalogue lost. in Walpole's list is usuaUy that of 2 The Comte de Lauraguais was the dispatch of the letter from in England in the spring of 1765. Paris. In a letter to Montagu, of See letter to Lord Hertford of April Nov. 21, he says : ' You must not be 18, 1765. surprised when my letters arrive * Letters marked -with an asterisk long after their date. I -write them are from the lists of ' Letters written at my leisure, and send them when from France ' contained in Walpole's I find any Englishmen going to MS. Journals of Journeys to Paris in London.' 1765, 1767, 1769, 1771, 1775, in the ^ Favre was a Swiss servant of Waller Collection. The date attached Walpole's, who was left in charge 200 List of Missing Letters (i765) Sept. 14*. Earl of Hertford. [With letter to Lady Hervey of Sept. 14.] Sept. 17*. John Chute. Sept. 18*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. ['Note.'] Sept. 20*. Countess of Ailesbury. Sept. 20*. Marquis of Rockingham. Sept. 20'*. Viscountess Tovrnshend. [Sent, with letter to Lady Suffolk of Sept. 20, ' by Lady Hertford.' The two last, ' with knives '.'] Sept. 30*. Mr. Hutchins. Sept. 30*. Lady Frances Erskine. Sept. 30*. Mrs. CUve. Sept. 30*. Earl of Hertford. Sept. 30*. Hon. George James Cholmondeley''. Sept. 30*. Lady Lyttelton. Sept. 80*. Favre. [The last seven, with letter to Montagu of Sept. 22, ' by Lord Beau champ^.'] Oct. 3*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. [' Note,' with letters to Lady Hervey and to Chute of Oct. 3, ' by Mr. Stanley ^'] Oct. 5*. Lady Mary Churchill. Oct. 11*. Earl of Hertford. Oct. 11*. Duchess of Grafton. [The two last, with letter to Miss Anne Pitt of Oct. 8, ' by Mr. Elliot 5.'] in ArUngton Street during Walpole's ham, 20 livres,' and ' 2 Do for Ly absence abroad (see letter to Montagu Townshend, 48 Uvres.' of Aug. 31, 1765). 2 i Hr. Chohnondely.' * See note on p. 199. s ' Ld. Beauch.' 1 Under the head of ' Expenses at * Hans Stanley. Paris' for the years 1765-6 in Wai- " GUbert (afterwards Sir Gilbert) pole's Paris Journals are the entries : Elliot. ' Knife at Clermont for Ld Rocking- Oct. 24*. Oct. 24*. Oct. 26* Oct. 31*. Oct. 31*. List of Missing Letters (1765) 201 Oct. 13*- John Chute. Oct. 13*. Countess of Ailesbury. Oct. 13*- Favre. [These three, with letter to Lady Hervey of Oct. 13, ' by Mr. Ramsay '.' ] Oct. 21*. Lady Lyttelton. [With lettera to Lady Mary Coke of Oct. 15, to Lady Suffolk and to Montagu of Oct. 16, and to Brand of Oct. 19, ' by Mr. Taylor's servant.'] Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Favre. [These two ' by M. de Guerchy".'] Countess of Hertford. ['By Mr. BurreP.'] John Chute Earl of Strafford. [These two, with letter to Conway of Oct. 28, ' by C. Lauragais's ' English coachman,^ written 29th, went 31st.'] Nov. 5*. Countess of Hertford, Nov. 5*. Favre. [These two, with letter to Miss Anne Pitt of Nov. 4, ' by Mr. Grafts and Mr. Ehodel, 2 merchants.'] Nov. 6*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. [' By the post.'] Nov. 6*. Favre. [' By the post, with bill on Mr. Mann.'] Nov. 11*. Countess of Ailesbury. Nov. 11*. Mrs. CUve. [These two 'by C. Lauragais's taylor.'] * See note on p. 199. Beekenham, Kent, at this time M.P. ' AUan Bamsay (see letter to Lady for Lannceston. Hervey of same date). ¦* Comte de Lauraguais, Bubse- 2 Comte de Guerohy, French am- quently Due de Brancas. bassador in London. •' See letter to Conway of Oot. 28, 3 Presumably Peter Burrell, of sent by the same bearer. 202 List of Missing Letters (i765) Nov 3*- Lady Mary Churchill. Nov. 20*- Comte cle Guerohy. [The last, with letters to Lady Mary Coke of Nov. 17, and to Gray of Nov. 19, 'by Col. Barrfei.'] Nov. 23*. Viscountess Malpas. Nov. 23 * . Charles Whitw orth \ Nov. 23*. Thomas Brand '. [These three, with letters to Lady Hervey and to Montagu of Nov. 21, and to Bedford of Nov. 20, ' by D. of Richmond's servant.'] Earl of Hertford. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway Countess of Ailesbury. against Lady AUesbury's name is Duchess of Grafton. Lady Lyttelton. John Chute. Favre. [These four ' by Mr. Cole.'] Nov. 24*. William Hamilton \ [With letter to Mann of Nov. 13-15, ' writ a week sooner, by post ' (see P.S. to the letter to Mann).] Nov. 29*. John Chute. [With lettera to Conway of Nov. 29 ' on business,' and to Lady Hervey of Nov. 28 with 'parcel for Lady Rich,' 'by Louis's* cousin.'] Dec. I*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. [' By Staley, messenger, and parcel for Lady Ailesbury.'] "" See note on p. 199. Earl Ligonier. ' See letter to Mann of Nov. 13-15 ^ 'Mr. Hamilton, 'Englishresideut ad fin. at Naples, afterwards Sir WiUiam 2 ' Mr. Whitworth,' presumably HamUton. Charles (afterwards Sir Charles) « Walpole'a Swiss servant, whom Whitworth, at this time M.P. for he took with bim abroad, leaving Bletchingley. the other (Favre) in charge at home 3 ' Mr. Brand.' (see letter to Montagu of Aug. 31, ¦• Colonel Edward Ligonier, after- 1765). wards second Viscount, and first Nov. 23*. Nov. 23*- Nov. 23*. [These three ' by Col. Legonier * written 'lappet.'] Nov. 26* Nov. 26*. Nov. 26*. Nov. 26*. Dec. 5*. Dec. 8*. Dec. 17*. Dec. 17* Dec. 17* Dec. 17* List of Missing Letters (i7G5) 203 Duke of Richmond. Lady Cecilia Johnston. ['With her snuffbox.'] Mrs. Clive. Lady Hervey. Countess of Ailesbury. Favre. [These four, with letters to Lady Suffolk of Dec. 5, and to Conway of Dec. 5-9 ('Wilkes, Chalotais'), 'and another note' to Conway, 'by Mr. Stuart 1.'] Dec. 20*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Dec. 20*. Favre. [These two ' by courier ' ; the letter to Conway is marked ' on Mr. Pitt.'] Dec. 23*. Comte de Guerohy. [' By the post.'] Dec. 26*. Earl of Hertford. [With letter to Miss Anne Pitt of Dec. 25, 'and 2 letters from Me d'Aiguillon, and a snuff-box, and paper to Mr. Bedford,' ' by courier.'] Dec. 30*. Hon. George James Cholmondeley ^ Dec. 30*. Grosvenor Bedford =¦. Dec. 30*. . Tavre. [These three ''by T. Walpole, and etrennes for Dss of Grafton'; against Favre's name, which is bracketed with that of Bedford, is written '300.'] Dec. 30*. Viscount Barrington'. ['By the post ^'] * See note on p. 199. 3 ' Mr. Bedford.' I Andrew Stuart, afterwards ¦• ' Ld Barington.' Keeper of the Signet in Scotland ^ This is doubtless the letter re- (see second part of letter to Conway ferred to by Walpole in his letter to of Dec. 5). Selwynof Jan. 31, 1766, 2 ' Mr. Chomley.' 204 List of Missing Letters (i766) 1766. Jan. 4*. Countess of Hertford. Jan. 4* Dr. William Hunter '. [These two, with letter to Lady Hervey of Jan. 2, 'by Mr. Hume.'] Jan. 10*. Favre. [Marked 'on scissors "' ; sent, with letter to Montagu of Jan. 5, 'by the post.'] Jan. 12*. George Augustus Selwyn. [With letters to Lady Hervey of .Jan. II, and to Conway of Jan. 12, ' by the post.'] Jan. 18*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Jan. 18*: Viscountess Townshend, Jan. 18*. Lady Mary Coke. Jan. 18*. Favre. [These four, with letter to Chute of Jan. 8, ' by Rochester postilion ' ; with the letter to Favre was one from ' Dss d'Aiguillon to Ly Hervey.'] Jan. 20*. Favre. [With ' seeds for Ly Hervey fr. Me d'Egmont,' together with letters to Miss Anne Pitt of Jan. 19, and to William Cole of Jan. 18, 'by Dr. Gatti.'] Jan. 23*. Earl of Strafford. Jan. 23*. Favre. [These two 'by Marmora's^ courier.'] Jan. 27. Joseph TuUie *. [With letter to Gray of Jan. 25, ' by Mr. Crawford, with 2 toothpick cases and egg.'] Jan. 28*. Sir James Macdonald ^- ['By the post' (see letter to Mann of Feb. 9).] * See note on p. 199. Ambassador in Paris. 1 'Dr. Hunter.' * Walpole's Deputy at the Ex- 2 See letter to Lady Hervey of chequer. Jau. II. 6 'S"- J. Maokdonald.' 3 Comte de Marmora, Sardinian List of Missing Letters (i766) 205 Jan. 31*. Countess of Ailesbury. Jan. 31 *. Duchess of Grafton. Jan. 31*. Lady Lyttelton. [These three, witli letter to .Selwyn of Jan. 31, ' by Mrs. Shirley i, with parcel for Mad. Welderen' and snuff-box.'] Feb. 5*. Countess of Hertford. Feb. 5*. Mrs. Clive. Feb. 5*. Favre. [These three, with letters to Lady Hervey of Feb. 3, and to Montagu of Feb. 4, ' by Col. Gordon,' with ' seeds for Ly Hervey ',' and ' Pepp. mint water.'] Feb. 8*. Lady Mary Churchill. [' By the post.'] Feb. 9* Lady Hervey. Feb. 9*. Favre. [These two ' by the post ' ; against Favre's name is written ' I00£.'] Feb. 14*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. [' By messenger, long letter.'] Feb. 15* Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Feb. 15* Countess of Ailesbury. Feb. 15*. John Chute. Feb. 15*- Favre. [These four 'by D. of Richmond.'] Feb. 22*. Favre. ['By Mr. Taylor.'] Feb. 24 * Earl of Hertford. Feb. 24*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Feb. 24*. Lady Hervey. [These three, with letter to Montagu of Feb. 23, ' by young Elliots *.'] '* See note on p. 199. 3 See letter to Lady Hervey of I No doubt the same who is men- Feb. 3. tioned in the letter to Montagu of ¦• GUbert (afterwards Str GUbert July 4, 1760. ElUot, fourth Baronet, and first Earl '^ Wife of Count Welderen, Dutoh of Minto), and Hugh, sons of Gilbert Envoy in England (aee note 2 on (afterwards Sir Gilbert) EUiot, who letter to Lady Ailesbury of .Inly 20, were being educated in France. 1761). 206 List of Missing Letters (i766) Feb. 29*- Favre. [With letters to Cole of Feb. 28, 'by Major Bruce.'] March 1*. Favre. [With letters to Mann of Feb. 29 and to Lady Hervey of March 1, ' by the post ' ; against Favre's name is written ' honeywater.'] March 6*- Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. March 6* Duke of Richmond. Maroh 6*. Favre. [These three, with letters to Miss Anne Pitt of March I, and to Lady Mary Coke and to Montagu of March 3, ' by M. de Lillebonne ' ' ; against ' Mrs. A. Pitt ' is written ' plan '.'] March 13*. Earl of Hertford. ['By Mr. Jennings',' with letter to Lady Hervey of March 10, 'with Ly Albem'. box*.'] March 14*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. March 14*. Favre. [These two, with letter to Montagu of March 12, and ' a note abt Jesuits ' to Conway, ' by Mrs. Sackville ' ; against Favre's name is written 'red box E. W.^'] March 20*- Duke of Richmond. Maroh 20*. Mrs. Clive. March 20*. Favre. [These three, with ' note of Cust. House ' to Favre, ' by Mr. Campbell.'] March 21 *. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. March 21*. Lady Hervey. [These two, with letter to Montagu of March 21, ' by messenger.'] March 23*. Comte de Guerchy. ['By the post.'] * See note on p. 199. Constantine Jennings. ' Comte de LiUebonne. 4 See the description of the box in 2 See commenoement of letters to the letter to Lady Hervey. Miss A. Pitt of March I and 7. ^ No doubt his brother. Sir Edward 3 Perhaps the virtuoso, Henry Walpole. List of Missing Letters (1766) 207 March 27*. Favre. Maroh 27*. Richard Cumberland. [The letter to Cumberland was enclosed in that to Favre, ' by the post.'] March 28*. Countess of Ailesbury. ['By a Swiss.'] Maroh 31 *. Countess of Ailesbury. ['By the post.'] April 3*. Lady Mary Churchill. April 3*. George Augustus Selwyn. [These two, with letter to Montagu of April 3, 'by post.'] April 10*. Countess of Hertford. April 10*. Favre. [These two, with letter to Conway of April 8, ' by Ld Tavistock.'] April 18*. Duke of Richmond. ['By post!.'] April 17t. Marquise du Deffand '. ['From Chantilly.'] April 18t. Marquise du Deffand. [' From Amiens.'] April 20t. Marquise du Deffand. [' From Calais.'] April 20t. Lady George Lennox. ['From Calais.'] * See note ou p. 199. in vols, -ni and ix o{ Letters of Horace ^ This is the last letter from Paris Walpole, and of eleven letters, and of this year. Walpole started for extracta from sixty-seven others, re- England on April 17. He gives the printed in the present Supplement, total number of letters -written dur- none of Wfdpole's letters to Mme du ing this visit as 173. Deffand have been preserved (see *f- Letters marked with a dagger Mrs. Toynbee's Preface to Letters of are from the lists of ' Letters written Horace Walpolb, p. xxiii ; and Intro- to Paris ' contained in Walpole's MS. duction I (§§ li-14) to Lettres de la Paris Journals (see note * on p. 199). Marquise du Deffand dUoraceWalpole, 2 With the exception of seven pp. xxv-xxxi). letters printed by Mrs. Paget Toynbee 208 List of Missing Letters (i766) April 25 1". Marquise du Deffand. ['No. I.'] April 29t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. [This letter was in English, as appears from Mme du Deffand's mention of it in hers to Walpole of May 5-6 : ' Mme d'Aiguillon arriva hier chez moi toute boursoufl^e, toute essoufflee d'une lettre qu'elle avait re9ue de vous en anglais.'] April 29t. Comtesse de Rochfort. April 29t. Madame Geoffrin. May 2t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 2.'] May 6t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 3.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter 1109* in Supplemetii).'] May 6t. Due de Nivernais. May 6t. Comtesse de Boufflers. [A copy of a letter to the Duchesse de Choiseul, sent on the same day as the three last, has been preserved (see Letter Illl).] May 13t. Comtesse de Forcalquier. May 13t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 4.'] May 20t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 5.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been preserved (see Letter 1114"' in Supplement).'] May 20t. Duchesse de Mirepoix. May 20t. Comtesse d'Egmont. May 20t. Marquise de Ferte-lmbault '- May 26t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 6.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been preserved (see Letter 1114** in Supplement).'] June 3t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 7.'] f See note on p. 207. ' ' Mad. de Fertimbeau' — daughter of Mme Geoffrin. List of Mi.ssing Letters (i766) 209 June lot. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 8." An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1117'* in Supplement).] June 15t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 9.'] June 15t. June 17t. June 20t. Madame Elie de Beaumont. Comtesse de Rochefort. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 10.'] June 24t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 11.'] June 24t. June 24t. June 24t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. Comtesse de Forcalquier. Marquise de Jonsao. [These last two letters Walpole of June 28.] are referred to by Mme du Deffand in hers to June 24t. July 3t. Monsieur Mariette. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 12.'] July lit. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 13, Pitt.'] July lit. Comtesse de Boufflers. July 18t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 14. Rousseau.' A copy of a long extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter 1124;.] July 25 1. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 15.'] July 25 1. Aug. It. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 16.'] t See note on p. 207. 1636.2 P 210 List of Missing Letters (i766) Aug. 5t. Monsieur ^^lie de Beaumont Aug. 5t. Monsieur de Laune. Aug. 7t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 17.'] Aug. 7t. Comtesse de Forcalquier. [This letter is mentioned by Mme du Deffand in hers to Walpole of August 18]. Aug. 14t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 18.'] Aug. 21 1. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 19.'] Aug. 28t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 20.'] Sept. 5t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 21.'] Sept. 8t. President Henault. [A copy of a previous letter to President Henault, sent on Aug. 17, has been preserved (see Letter 1132).] Sept. 8t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. [A copy of a letter of the same date to the Comtesse de Forcalquier has been preserved (see Letter II39) ; these three letters are men tioned by Mme du Deffand in hers to Walpole of Sept. 21.] Sept. 12t. Monsieur Helvetius. Sept. 16t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 22.'] Sept. 19t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 23.'] Sept. 23t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 24. Long letter.'] Sept. 26t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 25.'] See note on p. 207. List of Missing Letters (i766) 211 Sept. 28t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 26.'] Sept. 28t. Comte de Guerohy. Oct. 5t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 28. Should have been 27.'] Oct. 7t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 29.'] Oot. lit. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 30.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter 1142* in Supplement').'] Oct. ISt. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 31.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1145'" in Supplement).] Oct. 22t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 32.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1146'* in Suppletnent).] Oct. 28t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 33.' Copies of letters of the same date to the Duchesse de Choiseul and the Comtesse de Forcalquier have been preserved (see Letters 1149, 1150).] Nov. 7t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 34.'] Nov. 14t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 35.'] Nov. 21t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 36.'] Nov. 28t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 37.'] t See note on p. 207. p2 212 List of 3Iissing Letters (i 766-1767) Nov. 28t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. [A copy (in English) of a previous letter (dated Nov. 3) to the Duchesse d'Aiguillon h.is been preserved (see Letter 1151) ; this latter is men tioned by Mme du Deffand in hers to Walpole of Nov. 12.] Deo. 5t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 38.'] Deo. 9t. Dec. lit. Madame Elie de Beaumont. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 39.'] Deo. 23t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 40.'] Dec. 30t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 41.'] 1767. Jan. 9t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 42.'] Jan. 13t. ['No. Marquise du Deffand. 43. By a courier.'] Jan. 20t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 44.'] Jan. 27t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 461.'] Jan. 30t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 47.'] Feb. 6t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 48.'] Feb. lot. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 49.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter 1160'i' in Supplement).] t See note on p. 207. ' No. 45 is omitted, apparently by an oversight. List of Missing Letters (i767) 213 Feb. lot. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. [Mme du Deffand refers to this letter in hers to Walpole of Feb. 20 : < Mme d'Aiguillon est enchantee de la lettre que vous lui avez 6crite ; elle m'en a 6corch6 la traduction.'] Feb. lot. Marquis de Brancas. Feb. 17t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 50.'] Feb. 24t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 51.'] Feb. 24t. Duchesse de Choiseul. Feb. 24t. Monsieur Mariette. Feb. 26t. Monsieur Thomas. March 3t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 52.'] March 7t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 53.'] March lOt. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 54.'] Maroh 13t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 55.' An extract from thia letter has been preserved (see Letter jjg4** in Supplement).] March 17t. Monsieur Mariette. Maroh 20t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 56.'] March 24t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 57.'] March 24t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. March 31t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 58.'] April 7t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 59.'] t See note on p. 207. 214 List of Missing Letters (i767) April 7t. Duchesse de la Valliere. April 7t. Monsieur lillie de Beaumont. April lot. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 60.'] April 21t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 61.'] April 21 1. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. April 28t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 62.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre aerved (see Letter XllO* in Supplement).] May 5t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 63.'] May 12t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 64.'] May 19t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 65.'] May 26t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 66.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1173'* in Supplement).] May 26t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. May 29t. Duchesse de Choiseul. June It. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 67.' An extract from this letter has beeu preserved (see Letter 1174* in Supplement).] June It. Monsieur Mariette. June 9t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 68.'] June 19t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 69.'] June 23t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 70.'] t See note on p. 207. List of Missing Letters (i767) 215 June 30t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 71.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter 1174""* in Suppleinent).] July 7t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 72.'] July 14t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 78.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1175'* in Supplement).] July 21t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 74.'] July 28t. Comtesse de Guerchy. July 28t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 75.'] Aug. 4t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 76.'] Aug. 7t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 77.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter II8I'* in Su-pplement).] Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 78.'] Marquise du Deffand, ['No. 79.'] Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. John Chute. John Chute. Lady Hervey. Earl of Hertford. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Mr. Soley. [The three last, 'by Mr. Lee.'] t See note on p. 207. I Walpole set out for Paris on Aug. 20. * See note on p. 199. Aug. 14t. Aug. 18t^ Aug. 21*. Aug. 27*. Sept. 2*. Sept. 2*. Sept. 6*. Sept. 6* Sept. 6*. 216 List of Missing Letters (i767) Sept. 9*. Earl of Hertford. [With letter to Conway of same date, 'by Lady M. Coke.'] Sept. 13*. Countess of Ailesbury. Sept. 16* Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Sept. 19*. George Montagu. Sept. 19*. Earl of Hertford. Sept. 19*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Sept. 19*. Lady Hervey. [The four last, with letter to Lady Mary Coke of Sept. 20, ' by Mr. Casw.i 21st.'] Sept. 23*. John Chute. Sept. 23*. Favre. Sept. 27*. Earl of Hertford. Sept. 30*. Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. Sept. 30*. Favre. Oct. 4*. Favre. Oot. 8t '. Marquise du Deffand. [' From Chantilly.'] Oot. 9t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 2. From Abbeville.'] Oct. lit- Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 3. Fl-om Dover.'] Oct. 12t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No.4. Fiom Canterbury.'] Oct. 13t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 5. From London.'] Oct. 19t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 6.'] * See note on p. 199. of Nov. 4, 1760. I Presumably the Mr. Caswall t See note on p. 207. mentioned in the letter to Montagu ^ Walpole left Paris ou this day. List of Missing Letters (l767) 217 Oct. 22t. Comtesse de Forcalquier. Oct. 22t. Marquise de Jonsac. Oct. 27t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 7.'] Oct. 27t. Madame i^lie de Beaumont. Nov. 3t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 8.'] Nov. lot. Marquise du Deffand. I 'No. 9.'] Nov. lot. Madame Roland. Nov. 17 1. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 10.'] Nov. 20t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. II.'] Nov. 27t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 12.'] Dec. 4t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 13.'] Dec. 8t. Duchesse de Choiseul. [A copy of -o previous letter to the Duchesse de Choiseul, dated Oct. 16, 1767, haa been preserved (see Letter 1188).] Dec. lit. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 14.'] Dec. 15t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 15.'] Dec. 18t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 16.'] Dec. 25t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 17.'] Dec. 29t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 18.'] t See note on p. 207. 218 List of Missing Letters (i768) 1768. Jan. 8t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 19.'] Jan. 12t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. Jan. 15t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 20.'] Jan. 15t. Duchesse de Choiseul. Jan. 16. Thomas Astle. See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of Dec. 23, 1896 (Lot 276). Extract printed — see Letter 1 198.] Jan. 19t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 21.'] Jan. 19t. Monsieur Mariette. Jan. 22t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 22.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1200'* in Supplement).] Jan. 29t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 23.'] Feb. 2t. Abb(S Barthelemy. Feb. 5t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 24.'] Feb. 12t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 25.'] Feb. 18t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 26.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1203'* in S-upplement).] Feb. 26t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 27.'] March 4t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 28.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1206* in Supplement).] t See note on p. 207. List of Missing Letters (i768) 219 March 4t. President Henault. Maroh lit. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 29.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter 1207'*'* in Supplement).] March 18t. Marquise du Deffand. , [' No. 30.'] March 25t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 31.'] Maroh 29t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. April It. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 32.'] April 8t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 33.' An extract (apparently from thia letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1209'* iu Supplement).] April 12t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 84.'] May 6t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 35.'] May lot. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 36.'] May 17t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 37.'] May 20t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 38.'] May 20t. Madame de Montigny. May 20t. Comte de Grave. [These two last letters were enclosed in that to Mme du Deffand of the same date, as appeara from hers to Walpole of May 25 : ' Votre lettre pour M. de Grave est partie aujourd'hui, celle pour Mme de Montigny lui sera rendue domain.'] t See note on p. 207. 220 List of Missing Letters (i768) May 27t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 39.'] May 28t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 40.'] June lot. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 41.'] June21t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 42.'] June 24t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 43.'] June 29 1. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 44.'] July 4t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 45.'] July 4t. Comtesse de Forcalquier. [From Mme du Deffand's mention of this letter in hers to Walpole of July II it appears that it was written in English : ' La belle Comtesse me traduisit hier votre lettre, elle est fort bien, et d'une longueur raisonnable.'] July 8t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 46.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre- .served (see Letter 122^* in Supplement).] July IBt. Duchesse de Choiseul. [This letter is referred to by Mme du Deffand in hers to Walpole of July 21 : ' Votre lettre ;i la grand'maman est tout au mieux ; elle est gaie, elle esl jolie.' A copy of a previous letter to the Duchesse de Choiseul, dated Feb. 23, 1768, has been preserved (see Letter 1204).] July 15t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 47.'] July 22t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 48.'] ; See note on p. 207. List of Missing Letters (171:8) 221 July 28t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 49.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter 1222* in Supplement). A letter to Voltaire iu English, dated July 27, sent with the above, which is mentioned by Mme du Deffand in hers to Walpole of Aug. 3, has been preserved (see Letter 1222).] Aug. 5t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 50.'] Aug. 12t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 51.'] Aug. 26t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 52.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1227'* in Supplement).] Aug. 29t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 53.'] Sept. lot. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 54. From Wentworth Castle.'] Sept. 19t. Marquise du Deffand. [' billet '—Mme du Deffand refers to ' votre billet du 19 ' in hers to Walpole of Sept. 27.] Sept. 22t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 55.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1231'* in Supplement).] Sept. 22t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. [Mme du Deffand refers to thia letter in hers to Walpole of Oct. 16.] Sept. 30t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 56.'] Oct. 7t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 57.'] Oct. lot. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 58.'] t See note on p. 207. 222 List of Missing Letters (i768) Oct. 14t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 59.'] Oot. 17t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 60.'] Oct. 24t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 61.'] Nov. It. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 62.'] Nov. 8t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 63.'] Nov. 15t. Marquise de Jonsac. Nov. 18t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 64.'] Nov. 25t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 66.'] Dec. 2t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 66.'] Dec. 13t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 67.'] Dec. 13t. Duchesse de Choiseul. [This letter is mentioned by Mme du Deffand in hers to Walpole Dec. 27.] Dec. 20t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 68.'] Dec. 23t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 69.'] Dec. 30t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 70.'] t See note on p. 207. List of Missing Letters (i769) 223 1769. Jan. 6t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 71.'] Jan. 16t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 72.'] Jan. 24t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 73.'] Jan. 31t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 74.'] Feb. 6t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 75.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1247* in Supplement).] Feb. 9t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 76. By Mr. W.'s serti.'] Feb. 17t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 77.'] Feb. 24t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 78.'] Feb. 24t. Hon. Mrs. Cholmondeley '^. March 3t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 79.'] March lOt. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 80.'] March 21 1. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 81.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1249* in Supplement).] t See note on p. 207. Bobert Cholmondeley, son of third 1 That is, by Mr. Walpole's ser- Earl of Cholmondeley, and grandson vant. — Horace Walpole's cousin, of Sir Eobert Walpole. Mrs. Chol- Hon. Eobert Walpole, was Secretary mondeley was at this time resident to the English Embassy at Paris. in Paris. ' Mary WofBngton, wife of Hon. 224 List oj Missmg jLetters (1769) March 28t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 82.'] April 8t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 83.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter 1263* in Supplement).] April 12t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 84.'] April 14t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 85.'] April 18t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 86.'] April 18t. Mrs. GreviUe K April 25t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 87.'] May 2t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 88. ByMr. R.W."] May lit. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 89. fete ' ; this evidently refers to the ' festino ' given by Walpole at Strawberry Hill a few days before, which is described in his letter to Montagu of the same date. In her reply of May 16 Mme du Deffand says: 'Votre fete est charmante ; n'ayez point de regret a Mme de SevignS, vous racontez aussi bien qu'elle.'] May 18t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 90.'] May 26t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 91.'] June 6t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 92.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1261'* in Supplement).] t Seenote on p. 207. 2 jjjg cousin, Hon. Eobert Walpole I Frances Macartney, wife of (see note 1 on p. 223). Fulke GreviUe. List of Missing Letters (i769) 225 June 13t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 93.'] June 20t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 94.'] June 30t. Marquise du Deft'and. ['No. 95.'] July 6t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 96.'] July 13t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 97.'] July 20t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 98.'] July 25t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 99.'] Aug. 4t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 100.'] Aug. 4t. Marquis de Paulmy. Aug. lit.' Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 101.'] Aug. 15. Addressee unknown. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of March II, 1908. To a lady ; mentions Paris.] Aug. 19*. H. W.'s servant. [' To my aervant from Calais by Ld. Ikerrin's - servant.' On the same day was sent, 'by Dover Captain,' the letter to Montagu of Aug. 18 (see endorsement in note on Letter 1271) ; against thia letter Walpole has written ' reed.'] Sept. 2*. Earl of Hertford. Sept. 2*. H, W.'s servant. [These two ' by Edmondson '.^] t See note on p. 207. * Eldest son ofthe Earlof Carrick. I Walpole set out for Paris on ' Presumably Joseph Edmondson Aug. 16. (see note 4 on letter to Chute of '* See note on p. 199. Aug. 5, 1771). 226 List OJ lYiissmg jueuers (i769j Sept. 3*. Mrs. Clive. [' By the post, reed.'] Sept. 9* Countess of Ailesbury. ['By the post,' with letters to Montagu of Sept. 7, and to Lord Strafford of Sept. 8.] Sept. 22*. Samuel Jackson Pratt.' ['By the post.'] Sept. 28*. Earl of Hertford. Sept. 28*. H. W.'s servant. [These two, with (presumably) letter to Montagu of Sept. 17, ' by Col. Philipson.'] Sept. 30*."^ Madame Morel du Faux. Oct. 5t. Marquise du Deffand. [' From Clermont.'] Oct. 7t. Marquise du Deffand. [' From Calais.'] Oot. Bt. Marquise du Deffand. [' From Calais.'] Oct. 9t. Marquise du Deffand. ['From Calais.' s] Oct. lot. Marquise du Deffand. [' From Dover.'] Oct. 13t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. I.'] Oot. 20t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 2.'] Oct. 27t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 8.'] * See note on p. 199. .j- See note on p. 207. , ,'^°ao °" '*"" *° ^°^* "^^ ' Walpole was detained at Calais q?t;', , „ by contrary winds (see letter to Manu ¦" Walpole set out from Paris on of Oct. 8). Oct. 5. List of Missing Letters (i769-i770) 227 Nov. 3t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 4.'] Nov. 3t. Duchesse de Choiseul. [This letter is mentioned by Mme du Deffand in hers to Walpole of Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 5.'] Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 6.'] Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 7.'] Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 8.'] Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 9.'] Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 10.'] Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 11. 'J Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 12.'] 1770. Jan. 2t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 13.'] Jan. 5t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 14.'] Jan. 9t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 15.'] t See note on p. 207. q2 Nov. 12.] Nov. lot. Nov. 14t. Nov. 21t. Nov. 28t. Dec. 5t. Deo. 12t. Dec. 19t. Deo. 26t. 228 List of Missing Letters (i77o) Jan. 12t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 16.'] Jan. 19t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 17.'] Jan. 23t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 18.'] Jan. sot. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 19.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1292* in Supplement).] Feb. 6.t Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 20.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1294'* in Supplement).] Feb. 13t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 21.'] Feb. 16t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 22.'] Feb. 23t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 23.'] Feb. 27t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 24.'] Maroh 2t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 25.'] March 9t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 26.'] March 16t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 27.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1296* in Supplement).] March 23t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 28.'] March 29t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 29.'] t See note on p. 207. List of Missing Letters (i77o) 229 April 6t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 30.'] April lot. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 31.'] April 17t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 32.'] April 24t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 38.'] May It. Marquise du Deftand. ['No. 34.'] May 7t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 35.'] May 15t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 36.'] May 18t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. .37. By Duke of Richmond.'] May 25t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 38.'] June 8t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 39.' An extract from this letter haa been preserved (see Letter 1303* in Supplement).] June 15t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 40.'] June 22t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 41.' An extract from this letter haa beeu preserved (see Letter 1305* in Supplement).] June 28t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 42.'] t See note on p. 207. 230 List of Missing Letters {mo) June 28t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. July lot. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 43.' An extract from thia letter has been preserved (see Letter 1308* in Supplement).'^ July 16t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 44.'] July 24t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 45.'] July 30t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 46.'] Aug. 6t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 47.'] Aug. 13t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 48.'] Aug. 21t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 49.'] Aug. 31t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 50.'] Sept. 4t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 51.'] Sept. 7t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 52.'] Sept. lit. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 53.'] Sept. 14t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 54.'] Sept. 18t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 55.'] Sept. 25t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 56.'] t See note on p. 207. List of Missing Letters (mo) 231 Sept. 28t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 57.'] Oot. 2t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 58.'] Oot. 5t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 69.'] Oct. 16t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 60.'] Oct. 29t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 61.'] Nov. 6t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 62.'] Nov. 13t. Marquise du Deftand. ['No. 63.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (soe Letter 1326* in Suppletnent).] Nov. 15t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 70.' 1] Nov. 20t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 71.'] Nov. 27t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 72.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Lettor 1329* in Supplement).] Dec. 4t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 73.'] Dec. lit. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 74.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1329** in Supplement).] Dec. 18t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 75.'] t See note on p. 207. i So in MS. 232 List of Missing Letters (1770-1771) Dec. 25t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 76.'] Deo. 31t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 77.'] 1771, Jan. 4t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 78.'] Jan. 8t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 79.'] Jan. 12t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 80. Par le courier de Guines.'] Jan. 18t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 81.' An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter 1336* in Supplement).] Jan. 22t. Marquise du Deftand. [' No. 82. A note on the peace.' ^] Jan. 28t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 83. Par M. Francfes.' «] Jan. 28t. Duchesse de Choiseul. [Sent with the preoeding — this letter, which is mentioned by Mme du Deffand in hers to Walpole of Peb. 3, has been preaerved (see Letter 1339, and note).] Feb. 5t. Marquise du Deftand. ['No. 84.'] Feb. 8t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 85.'] Feb. 15t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 86. With fans and silk for netting.' — the receipt of which is acknowledged by Mme du Deffand in hers to Walpole of Feb. 27.] -^ See note on p. 207. tive to the Falkland Islands. 1 The agreement with Spain rela- ^ French Envoy in London List of Missing Letters {mi) 233 Feb. 22t. Marquise du Deffand. Maroh It. Marquise du Deffand. [' By Mr. Churchill.' i] March 8t. Marquise du Deffand. [' By Mr. W.'s '' courier.'] March 16t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 90."] March 22t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 91.'] Maroh 30t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 92.'] April 2t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 93.'] April 5t. Marquise du Deft'and. ['No. 94.'] April 12t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 95.'] April 19t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 96.'] April 27t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 97.' An extract (apparently from this letter) has been pre served (see Letter 1343* in Supplement).] May 3t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 98.'] May lot. Marquise du Deftand. [' No. 99.'] May 17t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 100.'] t See note on p. 207. residing in Paria. 1 Charles ChurchiU, natural son 2 Hon. Eobert Walpole (see note I of General ChurchUl and Mrs. Old- on p. 223). field ; his wife (1746), Lady Mary ' The numbers of the three pre- Churchill, a legitimated daughter of ceding letters are omitted in MS. Sir Eobert Walpole, was at this time 234 List of Missing Letters {mi) May 25t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 101.'] May 31t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 101.' 1] June 7t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 102.'] June 17t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 103.'] June 20t. Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 104.'] June 20t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. June 28t. Marquise du Deffand. ['No. 106.'] July 5t.^ Marquise du Deffand. [' No. 106.' 3] July 14*. John Chute. [A previous letter to Chute from Amiens and Paris, July 9-10, has been preaerved (see Letter 1359).] July 14*. Countess of Hertford. July 14*. Lady Edgcumbe.* July 17*. Earl of Hertford. [' Not sent.'] July 31*. Earl of Hertford. [With letter to Conway of July 30, 'by Ly M. Churchill.'] Aug. 7*. Sir Edward Walpole. Aug. 14* Hon. Henry Seymour Conway. [' With a book,^ by Mr. Edmonson,' * together with the letter to Chute of Aug. 5-13.] t See note on p. 207. * See note on p. 199. 1 So in MS. * Mary Gilbert, wife (1761) of 2 Walpole set out for Paris on George Edgcumbe, third Baron July 7. Edgcumbe, afterwards first Viscount ' Nos. 64-69 having been omitted, and first Earl of Mount-Edgoumbe. and No. IOI having been repeated, ^ No doubt ' Bougainville's book, the actual total should be 106 - 6 -H mentioned in the letter of Aug. 11. = 101. " See note 3 on p. 225. List of Missing Letters {mi) 235 Aug. 22*- Sir Edward Walpole. Aug. 24*. Countess of Hertford. Aug. 24* Mrs. Clive. Aug. 24*. H. W.'s servant. [These three last, with letter to Lady Mary Coke of Aug. 22, ' by Mr. Hanbury's sert.'] Aug. 28*. Duke of Richmond. Aug. 28*.' Countess of Hertford. [These two ' by Mr. Davenport '.^] Sept. 2t.^ Marquise du Deffand. [' From Arras.'J Sept. 4t. Marquise du Deftand. [' From Calais.'] Sept. 5t. Marquise du Deft'and. [' Prom Dover.'] Sept. 9t. Marquise du Deft'and. Sept. 23t. Marquise du Deffand. Sept. 30t. Marquise du Deffand. Oct. 8t. Marquise du Deffand. Oot. 15t. Marquise du Deffand. Oot. 25t. Marquise du Deffand. [An extract (apparently from this letter) has been preserved (see Letter 1379'* in Supplement).] Oct. 25t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. Nov. 15t.* Marquise du Deffand. Nov. 22t. Marquise du Deffand. [An extract from this letter has been preserved (see Letter I38I'* in Siipplement).] -¦* See note on p. 199. Jou-i-nal Walpole recorda that he left I Walpole set out from Paris on Paris on ' Sept. 8, a quarter before Sept. 3. six, dined at Peronne, got to Arras 2 Presumably the Mr. Davenport a quarter after seven.' at whose house at Wootton in Derby- t See note ou p. 207. shire Eousseau resided for a time iu 'A copy of the preceding letter, 1766 (see letter to Mme du Deffand of dated Nov. 7, has been preserved (see July 16, 1766). Letter 1380* in Supplement). 3 A mistake for Sept. 3— in his 236 List of Missing Letters (i77l-l772) Nov. 29t. Marquise du Deffand. Dec. 3t. Marquise du Deffand. Dec. lot. Marquise du Deffand. Dec. 13t. Marquise du Deffand. [' Note with 2 cases.'] Dec. 17t. Marquise du Deft'and. Dec. 24t. Marquise du Deffand. Dec. 30t. Marquise du Deffand. Jan. 9t. Jan. 12t. Jan. 17 1-. Jan. 24t. Jan. 31t. Feb. 7t. Feb. 14t. 1772. Marquise du Deffand. Marquise du Deffand. [' By Ld. Harcourt.'] Marquise du Deffand. Marquise du Deffand. Marquise du Deffand. Marquise du Deffand. Marquise du Deffand. [An extract (apparently from this letter) has been preserved (see Letter 1396* in Supplement).] Feb. 21t. Marquise du Deffand. [An extract (apparently from thia letter) has been preserved (see Letter 1396** in Supplement).] Feb. 28t. Marquise du Deft'and. March 6t. Marquise du Deffand. [An extract (apparently from this letter) has heen preserved (see Letter 1397'* in Supplement).] March 13t. Marquise du Deffand. [An extract (apparently from this letter) has been preserved (see Letter 1397** in Supplement).] t See note on p. '307. List of Missing Letters (1772) 237 March 20t. Marquise du Deffand. March 27t. Marquise du Deffand. April 3t. Marquise du Deffand. April 7t. Marquise du Deffand. April lot. Marquise du Deffand. [An extract (apparently from this letter) has been preserved (see Letter 1398* in Suppleinent).] April 17t. Marquise du Deffand. April 24t. Marquise du Deffand. May It. Marquise du Deft'and. May 8t. Marquise du Deffand. May 15t. Marquise du Deffand. May 24. Addressee unknown. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of Dec. 7, I91I. Mentions Lord Carlisle's verses, which fixes date of year (see letter to Mason of May 26, 1772).] May 26t. Duchesse d'Aiguillon. May 26t. Mademoiselle Sanadon.' [Mile Sanadon's reply to thia letter, dated June 2, has been preserved (see Lettres de la Marquise du Deffand a Horace Walpole, vol. ii, p. 406, n. 2).] June 2t. Marquise du Deffand. June 12t. Marquise du Deffand. June 16t. Mademoiselle Sanadon. ' June 23t. Marquise du Deffand. [' On return.' ^] Jul-y 3t.^ Marquise du Deffand. [' For an answer.' This is no doubt the letter to which Mme du Deffand replied on July 8.] July 21t. Marquise du Deffand. July 21t. Colonel Drumgold. Sept. 16t.' Marquise du Deffand. Sept. 25t.* Marquise du Deffand. t See note on p. 207. ^ These two dates are underlined I Mme du Deffand's companion. in MS., no doubt to mark the breach 2 From Chanteloup, where Mme in Walpole's correspondence with du Deffand had been on a visit to the Mme du Deffand. Due and Duchesse de Choiseul — a * With this date Walpole's Ust of visit to which Walpole had been his letters to Mme du Deffand comes strongly opposed. to an end. 238 List of Missing Letters (1773) 1773. [Jan.] Marquise du Deffand. [Extracts printed — see Letter 1442* in Supplement.] [Feb. 1] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1446* in Supplement.] [Feb.] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1450* in Supplement.] [Feb. 25] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1450*'^' in Supplement.] [Maroh 5] Marquise du Deffand. [Extracts printed — see Letter 1452* in Supplemmt.] [May '] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1465** in Supplement.] [June] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1468* in Supplenwnt.] July 1. Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1474* in Supplement.] [Aug.] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1480* in Supplement.] Aug. 13. Sir William Hamilton. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of April 22, 1912.] [Aug.] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1482* in Supplement] Sept. 19. Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1491* in Supplement. A copy of a pre ceding letter, dated Sept. II, has been preserved (aee Letter 1490* in Supplement),] [Oct.] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1493* in Supplement.] I Copies of three preceding letters, 18, have been preserved (see Letters dated March 30, April 13, and May 1457*. 1458*, lies'* in Supplement). List of Missing Letters (1773-1774) 239 [Oct.] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1496* in Supplement.] [Nov.] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1499* in Supplement.] [Nov.] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1502* in Supplement.] [Dec] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1506* in Supplement.] [Dec] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter I6I4* in Suppleme^it.] 1774. Maroh 1. Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1630* in Supplem,eat.] [March] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1531* in Supplement.] [April] Marquise du Deffand. [Extracts printed — see Letter 1536* in Supplement. A copy of a pre ceding letter, dated April 12, has been preserved (see Letter 1636* in Siqyplement).] [May 1] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1537* in Supplement.] [May] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1640* in Supplement.] [July] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1544* in Supplement.] [July] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1545* in Supplemmt.] [Aug.] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1549* in Supplement.] 240 List of Missing Letters (i 774-1780) [Nov. 25] Marquise du Deffand. [Extract printed — see Letter 1580* in Supplement.] Dec. 7. Addressee unknown. [See Messrs. Sotheby's aale catalogue of Dec. 14, 1901 (Lot 164). Mentions Voltaire. Extract printed — see Letter 1681'* in Supplement.] 1778-95. Aug. 1778. John Pinkerton. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of July 27-Aug. 2, 1885 (Lot 968). Autograph letter, signed ; dated from Strawberry Hill ; 3 pages 4to.] May 2, 1780. Nathaniel Hillier. [Referred to in letter of Hillier to Walpole of Oct. 19, 1780, preserved in Waller Collection.] .- March 23, 1781. Due de Guines. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of March 17, 1876 (Lot 181). In French. Extract printed — see Letter 2158* in Suppilement.] Sept. 5, 1784. John Pinkerton. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of May 20, 1905 (Lot 834).] Dec. 26, 1784. Edmond Malone. [See Messrs. Sotheby's aale catalogue of March 20, 1890. Autograph letter, in third person.] Jan. 7, 1786. John Pinkerton. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogues of May 27-8, 1887 (Lot 410), and of May 28, 1894. Autograph letter, in third person. Regrets that he cannot fulfil an engagement owing to ill health ; his breast is so much affected that he is actually forbidden to see company yet. ' He haa very near read all the prose, and is delighted with it, aud never saw an application of a text more just, and with more wit, than that on Dr. Johnson.'] April 2, 1786. Princess Ameha. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of Nov. 26, I89I (Lot 447). Extract printed — see Letter 2577* in Sxipplement.] List of Missing Letters (1789-1793) 241 Feb. 11, 1789. Mrs. Horace Churchill. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of June 10, 1909 (Lot 371). Extract printed— see Letter 2661* in Supplement.] June 27, 1790. John Niohols. [See Messrs, Sotheby'.s sale catalogue of May 10, 1875 ^Lot 183. Asking Mr. and Mrs. Nichols and Mr. Boydell to visit Strawberry Hill, with the time stated, as so much depends upon the sun. (The visit was duly p.aid a week later — see letier to Miss Berry of July 3, 1790.)] July 25, 1790. Miss Hannah More. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of July 14, 1896 (Lot 344). Extract printed — see Letter 2711.] Sept. 11, 1790. Miss Hannah More. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of July 14, 1896 (Lot 345). Extract printed — see Letter 2748.] July 17, 171)2. Addressee unknown. [See Measrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of June 15-16, 1882 (Lot 140). Autograph letter, aigned Orford ; dated from Strawberry Hill ; half page 4to. Putting off an engagement, as his house is full of gueata, consisting of General Conway and family.] Sept. 13, 1792. Addressee unknown. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of June 15-16, 1882 (Lot 141). Autograph letter, signed Orford ; one page 4to. In reference to ancient title of Clarence.] Sept. 30, 1792. Sir William Hamilton. [See Messrs. Sotheby's aale catalogue of May 21, 1890 (Lot 127). Extracts printed — see Letter 2869* in Supplement.] [1792.] Addressee unknown. [iSee Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of July 28, 1899 (Lot 151). Extract printed — see Letter 2879* in Supplement.] June 26, 1793. William Beloe. [See Messrs. Sotheby's aale catalogue of Dec. 14, 1901 (Lot 154). Autograph letter, signed ; two pages 4to.] 1636.2 H 242 List of Missing Letters (1793-1795) Sept. 25, 1793. Addressee unknown. [See Messrs. Maggs' catalogue. No. 263. Refers to his Crostwick estates.] July 2s, 1794. Edmond Malone. [See Mesara. Sotheby's sale catalogue of Nov. 17, 1908 (Lot 311).] Sept. 19, 1794. Samuel (?) Lysons. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of June 15-16, 1882 (Lot 142). Autograph letter, signed ; dated from Strawberry Hill ; three-quarters of page 4to. Making engagement to see Lysons.] Aug. 15, 1795. Addressee unknown. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of June 15-16, 1882 (Lot 142). Autograph letter, signed 0. ; dated from Strawberry Hill ; one page 4to. Mentions Dugdale.] Oct. 9, 1795. John Pinkerton. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of July 27-Aug. 2, 1885 (Lot 968). Autograph letter, aigned ; dated from Strawberry Hill. Informs Pinkerton that through Lady Di Beauclerc he has obtained per mission for him to look at the Archbiahop's library, but that he will see that most of the books he wants, in writing the ancient history of Scotland, are not there.] Undated Letters. No date. Mr. Adam. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of Dec. 3-4, 1888 1.] No date. Lady Browne. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of Nov. 26, 1891 '. Excusing himself for not calling upon her.] No date. David Garrick. [See Messrs. Sotheby's aale catiilogue of July 7, 1913 (Lot 281).] Feb. 14. Samuel (?) Lysons. [See Messra. Sotheby'a aale catalogue of June 15-16, 1882 (Lot 140). Autograph letter, signed ; dated from Berkeley Square ; half page 4to.] I No. of Lot not preserved. List of Missing Letters {undated) 243 July 1-1. Samuel (?) Lysons. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of June 1.5-10, 1882 (Lot 141). Autograph letter, signed H. Walpole; dated from Strawberry Hill; one page 4to. Mentions Anecdotes of Painting.] No date. Miss Hannah More. [See Messra. Sotheby's sale catalogue of July 14, 1896 (Ld 343).] No date. Rev. Thomas Percy. [See Measrs. Sotheby'a sale catalogue of May 28, 1894 •. Autograph letter, in third peraon, thanking Dr. Percy for the aight of aorae papera.] No date. Addressee unknown. [Formerly in posaession of Messra. Maggs. One page 8vo. In French, regretting that hia correapondent ia departing ; mentions that he has been with the Duke of Richmond.] No date. Addressee unknown. [See Measrs. Sotheby'a sale catalogue of Nov. 8, 1907 '. Six linea accepting invitation.] No date. [179-.] Addressee unknown. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of .July 27-Aug. 2, 1885 (Lot 992). Autograph letter, signed Orford. ' Your . . . notices of engravers . . . are very curious.'] Oct. 4, [179-.] Addressee unknown. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of March 22, 19II'. Signed Orford.] I No. of Lot not preserved. SUPPLEMENTARY ADDENDA SUPPLEMENT, VOL. I. Page 232, Letter 1529*. At beginning, affer date, add . I am much obliged to you, dear Sir, for your own and Lady Orford's letters, which I received last night. I will have the honour of answering her Ladyship's very soon. Aa Lord Orford is perfectly recovered, has taken into his own hands the management of his affairs, and is in the country, I have no longer the least to do with his boroughs, which you, who know my aversion to Parliament, will be sure delivers me from the most irksome of all my trouble. While his Lordship's affairs were in my hands, they necessarily obliged me to trouble Lady Orford with some discussion on her Ladyship's boroughs, in order to save her son's places. In that view I thought it very fortunate that Mr. Skrine declined CaUington for fear of the expense, and that Mr. Charles Boone, in consideration of his obligations to my Lord, offered to stand there, and go as far as spending two thousand pounds, as part of the expense. The moment my Lord began to recover, I advertised her Ladyship of it, and desired she would not send me any answer about the boroughs, as I was not likely to have anything to do with them, and did not think it right to pry into her Ladyship's dispositions. I even told Mr. Sharpe that if the letier came, I would deliver it unopened into his hands. A letter did come, but it was to Mr. Sharpe, who in great anxiety sent me an extract relating to you, dear Sir, and telling me that the nomination of a person abroad would risk the loss of the borough, and invite greater opposition, which was before apprehended. He informed me that he had explained the case to Mr. Eoss, and had convinced him that you could not be chosen there without great expense, and probably not with. Supplementary Aiidenda 245 You may be certain that I should be very glad if you came into Parliament without expense, as I flatter myself it would bring you and Lady Hamilton to England ; but a western borough would undoubtedly not tempt you ; and I have known ever since April or May last by Mr. Boone's oifer that CaUington is in great danger ; and indeed I doubt whether two members will be chosen there on the family interest, unless Lady Orford and her son join. It does not become me to meddle there any longer, but you are welcome to show her Ladyship this letter if you please, as it is for her interest to know her danger. Page 232, line 15, for ... As your friend read As your friend SUPPLEMENT, VOL. II. 2832*. To THE Marquis Townshend. Berkeley Square, Dec. 2, 1791. My Lord, I acknowledge with all due sensibility the great honour your Lordship has done me by condescending to relieve my anxiety and grief about Lord Orford ; and as I well know the sincerity and value of your Lordship's friendship for him, a word of comfort and assurance from your Lordship bears double weight — -but alas! my Lord, since your letter, written while your Lordship was with Dr. Ash ^ at Houghton, and in a moment a little more favourable, I have seen the doctor himself, and he has been far from raising my spirits or giving me much hope. Should the blow come, it will be a heavy one indeed, for added to the insolent and injurious treatment I have re ceived, and which I do resent as I ought, I shall have the grievous mortification of thinking that the life of my poor Letter 2832*.. — Not in C. ; now Bart. first printed from original in posses- ' John Ash, M.D., F.R.S. (1723- sion of Sir George Faudel-Phillips, 1798). 246 Supplementa,ry Addenda nephew has been thrown away, and that had he been under my care as he was twice before i, his valuable life might have been preserved. Neither time was there any such management as of late — there were no contests, no disorders, no impertinence of apothecaries ; all went quietly ; and as Lord Orford was conducted without a moment's danger to his person, and without being hun-ied abruptly from place to place, I will presume to appeal to your Lordship's candour and just partiality to Lord Orford, and ask whether your Lordship ever heard from my nephew, or from any one about him at either of the times, whether I treated him unkindly ? I will go much farther, my Lord ; I will defy any man who has interested himself to be my enemy without having given him any cause to be so, to produce an instance in which either time Lord Orford was treated unkindly by me. On the contrary it was well known that I told the physicians both times that I would set an example of how gently persons in my Lord's unhappy situation might be treated. I went farther, as your Lordship knows ; I firmly resisted both Dr. Battie ^ and Sir Eichard Jebbe ^, who insisted on secluding Mrs. Turk * ; I said,' I understood she was his only comfort, and she should not be taken from him. She remained with him incessantly both times, and my Lord certainly was not the worse. I will be silent on infinitely more that I have to say, and, I beg your Lordship's pardon heartily for troubling you ^vith complaints ; but since they have reached j'Our Lordship's ears, I am incapable of concealing or softening them. I do assert that both Lord Orford and myself have been treated in a manner unparalleled — and it is sufficient to alarm any ' In 1773 and 1777. * Lord Orford's mistress, otherwise 2 William Battie, M.D. (1704-1776) known as 'Patty' — see note 10 on — see letters to Lady Ossory and Sir letter to Sir Edward Walpole of Horace Mann of Dec. 30, I77B. April 21, 1777 (No. 1759* in Sup- 2 Sir Biohard Jebb, Bart., M.D., plement). F.R.S. (1729-1787)— see previousnote. Supplementary Addentla 247 family if such proceedings are to be tolerated !— but that -vvill be a future inquiry — I have submitted, because I would not presume to act without authority from law. May I beg leave, my Lord, after repeating my most gratefull thanks for your Lordship's goodness, to offer my most humble respects to Lady Townshend ^ ? What a happy hour would it be, my Lord, if I could hear that my poor nephew was under her Ladyship's roof and protection. I have the honour to be with the greatest respect, My Lord, your Lordship's most obliged and most obedient humble servant, Horace Walpole. Marquis of Townshend 2, 1 His second wife (m. 1773, d. 1819), Anne, daughterof Sir William Mont gomery, Bart. 2 His correct title was Marquis Townshend of Eaynhara, The draft of Lord Townshend's letter, to which the above is the reply, is preserved among the To"wnsliend papers, now in the possession of Sir G-eorge Faudel- PhUlips, Bart., at Balls Park, Hert ford : — Rainham, Noyr. SOth, 1791. Dkar Sik, Having been at Houghton yester day to enquire after my friend Lord Orford where I heard of your great anxiety and displeasure at his Treat ment, my ¦wish to contribute to your satisfaction ¦will I hope apologise for this Letter : I found that the three Gentlemen of the Faculty, however they had differed before, were ofthe same opinion as to the cause and nature of his disorder, and recon ciled as to the place and future mode of proceeding. This I l>articularly heard from Dr. Ash and Dr, Willis, it was clear to me that Dr. Norford had differed with Dr. Willis, the latter as well as Mr. Edgar of Swaff- ham having thought that too much Calomel had been given His Lordship - which, had reduced him very much. The reason that is given for re-v mo'ving him from Brandon — where he might have had a small private House was, that upon his first appre hensions of a relapse he desired he might not be put into a Shnt up House, and therefore they conceived this step would have increased his disorder and that upon his recovery, he would find such a variety of amusements at Houghton. I must add that last Sunday when I first saw Dr. Willis at Houghton he told me that he was clear Lord Orford's disorder was not Insanity but only a delirium arising from a Fever oc casioned by his Grief on the loss of Mrs. Turk and that when the Fever abated the~ delirium would also.- — The Doctor's only apprehension was that it might turn out a putrid one, but I had the pleasure to hear yester day that this was no longer appre hended, and that our friend was much better. It was not judged proper that anyone should see our fricDd, any attention that I can shew him or you Sir on this occasion, I shall rejoice in, and if upon his 248 Supplementanj Addenda 831*. To John Ratcliffe'. [Strawberry Hill, May, 17(52.] " Sir, The above is the list^ of the prints you was so obliging as to give me. You received I hope a parcel of about 150 that I sent to you on Thursday, but as I was come out of town before the messenger returned, I have heard nothing of them. I have found two or three books here which I hope vvill please you, and will bring them the first time I go to London, which cannot be this week ; but by that time I hope to find my Anecdotes of Painting * bound for you. I wish I knew how late in date you go in collecting the works of old printers, or if any other kind of books would be acceptable to you, as I wish for nothing more than an opportunity of returning your great civilities. If you amendment he can come to Rainham Letter 821'^. — Not in C; now iirst Lady Townshend as well as myself printed from copy kindly supplied by wonld endeavour to make it as agre- Mr. James Tregaskis, 66 Great Russell able to him as possible. Doct'. Willis Street, W.C, owner of the original. continues sometime longer and Mr. ^ John Ratcliffe (d. 1776), a South- Gardiner attends his LordP, who is wark chandler, who beoame a noted a very worthy and attached friend. book-collector. After his death, his With perfect regard collection, which included thirty Your obed^ Humble Caxtons, was sold at Christie's, the Servant, sale lasting nine days (March-April, Townshend. 1776). The letter is addressed, 'To Preserved with the above, a copy Mr. John Ratcliffe, in East Lane, of which Lord Townshend sent to Rotherhithe.' Dr. Willis, who with Dr. Ash was in ^ Date conjectural — the Anecdotes attendance on Lord Orford, are sun- of Painting (Vols, i and ii) referred dry letters written from Houghton to in the letter (which was obviously to Lord Townshend by the two doc- written from Strawberry Hill) were tors, and byCaptainRichardGardiner published on Feb. 15, 1762, asappears and Carlos Cony (friends and agents from Walpole's MS. Journal of tlie of Lord Orford), concerning Lord Printing-Office at Strawberry Hill. Orford's illness, death, and testa- ' This list does not appear. mentary dispositions. " See note 2. Supiilfuif.iitarii Addenda 249 favour me with a line, direct to me at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. I am, Sir, Your most obliged humble servant, Horace Walpole. Further Additions and Corrections. PA'iE 81, insert : Vol. i. Page 277, note 14, for second Baronet read thu-d Baronet Page 85, insert : Vol. ii, Page 158, note 10, for third Baron read fourth Baron Page 89, insert : Vol. ii, Page 353, note 16, rea,d Pierre Louis de Levis (1702-1757), Page 108, line 6 from foot, affer Dalrymple's letter insert : Walpole's reply to this letter is misplaced (No. 640, in vol. iv, pp. 278-80), owing to the date of the year having been printed 1759 instead of 1758 ; as appears from Dalrymple's letter, the correct date is obviously July 11, 1758. Walpole's letter, therefore, should be placed between that to Mann of July 8, 1758 (No. 577), and that to Hume of July 15, 1758 (No. 578). Page 128, insert : Vol. vi. Page 276, for note 8 substitute : Marie Therese de Brancas (1716-82), widow (c. 1740) of Jean Anne Vincent de Larlan de Kercadio, Comte de Eochefort ; she subsequently (1782) married the Due de Nivernais, but died a few mo^nths after. Page 195, insert . Vol. xvi, Page 26, col. a, line 8, for Gontant read Gontaut Page 196, insert : Vol. xvi, Page 90, col. b, line 26, for Ham, vi read Ham, vii Vol. xvi. Page 179, col. b, line 15 from foot, for Charles Pierre Gaston Francois read Pierre Louis 250 Supplementary Jiciaenaa Page 196, insert: Vol. xvi. Page 189, col. b, line 17 from foot, for Marie ]6lisabeth de Talleyrand read Marie Therfese de Brancas Page 240, insert : 1776. Nov. 9, 1776. James Bindley. [See Messrs. Sotheby's sale catalogue of Feb. 25, I9I8 (Lot 2951). Autograph letter, signed ; dated from Strawberry Hill ; one page 4to.] INDEX OP PEESONS Names of persons printed (as head words) in italics in the Index are those of previous Editors, or of persons (mentioned in the Preface, Notes, or Additions and Corrections) from whom the Editor has received assistance. 'Abbe, L'.' See Barthelemy, Abbe. Abercorn, James Hamilton, Sth E. of , ii 123. Abington, Mrs., letter to HW, ii 141-2. Aclaud, Sir Thomas, 3rd Bart., ii 193. 'Ac's and Iski's.' See Polignac; Lubomirski. Adam, — , missing letter of HW to, ii 242. Addington, Henry, Speaker, ii 67. Addison, Joseph, mention of sarco phagus at Bolsena, i .55. 'Adeliza,' character in HWs Myste rious Mother, i 256. Adh^mar, Comte d', French Am bassador in London, ii 16. Afflem, alleged introducer of painted glass into England, ii 34. Aignillon, Anne Charlotte de Crussol deFlorensac, Duchesse d', 'la grosse Duchesse,' i 191 ; missing letters of HW to, ii 208-10, 212-14, 218-19, 221, 230, 234-5, 237 ; — ii 131, 203, 204. AiguiUon, Emmanuel Armand du Plessis-Eichelieu, Due d', son of preceding, i 191. Ailesbury, Caroline Campbell, Coun. tess of, wife of Conway, i 189 ; ii 15, 67, 101, 114, 147, 148, 161, 202 ; her daughters, Duchess of Eichmond and Mrs. Damer, i 277; ii 151-2; letters to HW, 145, 146, 151-2; her brother. Lord William Campbell, 158 ; her sister-in-law, Lady W. Campbell, 160; missing letters of HW to, 200-3, 205, 207, 216. Ailesbury, Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, IstE. (n.cj of, iil50. Albani, Cardinal Alessandro, visited by HW, i 15. Albany, Alexander Stewart, D. of, HWs error as to, i 164. Albany, Charlotte Stewart, Duchess of, acknowledged by CharlesEdward, ii 167 ; her mother, 167, 168, 169. Albany, Count of. See Charles Edward. Albemarle, AnneLennox, Countess of, ii 206. Albemarle, George Keppel, 3rd E. of, i 140, 141 ; Chesterfield's references to, 236. Albemarle, William Anne Keppel, 2nd E. of, ii 91. Alby, Antoine Eainiond Jean Gual- bert Gabriel de Sartine, Comte d', pamphlet {La Cassette verte) againet, ii 160. Alcoforado, Marianna, Lettres porta- gaises, i 132. Aiembert, Jean le Bond d', Eous- seau's giievances against, i 135 ; imaginary harangue of, 177. Alexander Severus, Emperor, HWs medal of, i 49. Alexander the Great, i 156. Almon, John, i 136, 148. Ambassadors, Austrian, to England. /See Belgioioso, Count ; — Danish, to France. See Gleichen, Baron de ; — English, to Prance. See Bedford, D.of; Hertford, E. of ; Eichmond, D.of; Stormont, Viset.; Waldegrave, E.; — French, to England. See Adhemar, Comte d' ; Guerchy, Comte de ; Guines, Comte de ; Luzerne, Comte de la ; Noailles, Duo de ; — to Naples. See Breteuil, Baron de ; — to Vatican. See Tencin, Cardinal; — Sardinian, to France. See Mar mora, Comte de ; Viry, Comte de ; — Spanish, to England. See Mas- seran. Prince de. Amelia (Amelie) Sophia Eleonora, Princess, entertained at Park Place, and at Stowe, i 189-90 ; sends party to visit Strawberry Hill, ii 3 ; invites 252 Inde;K of I'ersons HW to mee Prince of Wales, 12 ; ' Prss. A.', i 166 ; missing letter of HW to, 240. Ames, Joseph, i 98; ii 124; HW's account of, 124. Amphion, ii 67. Ancaster, Peregiine Bertie, 3rd D. ot. Master of Horse to the Queen, i 110 ; Lord Great Chamberlain, ii 161. Ancaster, Eobert Bertie, 4th D. of, death, ii 161. Ancram, Sir Eobert Kerr, 1st E. of, i81n. Anderson, Mrs., ii 65. Ankrom. See Ancram. Anne, Q. of England, ii 107. Anne Boleyn, Q. of England, subject for tragedy, i 249. Anne, Empress of Eussia, i 23-4. Anne Henriette de Bourbon (' the second Madame '), second daughter of Louis XV, said to be going to marry the Due de Chartres, i 44. Anstey, Christopher, ifeio Bath Quidc, i 138. Antenori, Mme., i 31. Antin, Antoine Francois de Par- daiUan, Marquis d', death, i 34. Antinous, bust of, i 48, 54. Antonia, mother of Claudius, HWs bust of, i 48. Antony Mark, HW's medal of, i 49. Arblay, Mme. d' {Frances Burney), Diary, ii 43 n, 44 n, 183 ; visits to Strawberry Hill, 43, 52; Evelina and Cecilia, 43 ; consults HW as to her servant's will, 44 ; resigns her place at Court, 52 ; Camilla, 194. Apollo, i 190. Archer, Catherine Tipping, Baroness, Lord Lyttelton's insult to, ii 153. Arckenholtz, John, ii 107-8. ArgyU, Archibald Campbell, 3rdD. of, ii 177. Argyll, John Campbell, 4th D. of, ii 158. Arras, Bishop of. See Conzie. Arthur, King, ii 39. 'Arthur,' character in Shakespeare's King John, i 253. Arundel, Thomas Howard, E. of, collection of drawings, i 98, Asciotti, — , ii 118. Ash, Dr. John, attends Lord Orford in his last illness, ii 245, 247 n, 248 n. Ashby, George, antiquary, ii 21-3. Ashton, Thomas, HW's Epistle from Florence to, i 45 ; ii 144 ; — ii 199. Ashurst, Sir William, Commissioner of the Great Seal, ii 55 n. Astle, Thomas, ii 182 ; missing letter of HW to, 218. Atabalipa. See Atahualpa. Atahualpa, last of the Incas of Pern, i25In. Athenians, i 173. Atkins. >5'ee Atkyns. Atkyns, Richard, OrijfMiaJ and Growth of Printing, i 99. Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Ro chester, papers at Scots College in Paris, ii 42. Augusm of Saxe-Gotha. iSee Wales, Princess of. Augusta, Princess of Brunswick. See Brunswick. Augustus Frederick, Prince, his size, ii66. Aulus Gellius, translation by Beloe, ii 185. Austria, Ai'chduchess of. See Maria Beatrix of Este. Austria, Archduke of. (See Ferdinand Charles Antony. Austria, Leopold, Duke of, ii 103. Bacchus, i 176. Bachaumont, Louis Petit i\e,Mimoires, ii 160. Bacon, Lord. See St. Albans, Viset. Baireuth, Margravine of, sister of Frederick the Great, ii 127. Balfour, Mrs., HW taken in by, i 155. Ball, Eev. — , parson of Eriswell, i 260 ; his parsonage- house let to Lord Orford, ' a hovel,' 261, 262, 264. Banks, John, Unhappif Favounte, i 252 n. Bannerman, Alexander, i 195-6, 197. ' Banquo,' character in Shakespeare's Macbeth, i 256. Barclay, John, Hailes' Life of, ii 164. Baruabotti, poor nobles at Venice, i 36. Barnave, AntoinePierreJosephMarie, 1160. ' Baron, Le.' See Gleichen, Baron de. Barr6, Col. Isaac, ii 128 ; in Paris, 202. Barrett, William, not the addressee of letter of May 23, 1778, i 260 n, 275; ii 157,159; Bistory of Bristol, 33-5, 37 ; duped by Chatterton, 34-5. Ames — Benedict XIV 263 Barrington, William Wildman Bar rington, 2nd Viset., Secretary at War, i 117 ; missing letter of HW to, ii 203. Barry, Marie Jeanne Gomard Vau- bernier, Comtesse du, HW's mot as to her presentation, i 176 ; favours the Enghsh, 217. Barry, Spranger, actor, i 282 n. Barthelemy, Abbe Jean Jacques, 'I'Abbe,' i 208 ; intimacy with Mme. du DefEand, 238 ; missing letter of HW to, ii 218. Bartolozzi, Francesco, engi-avings of Holbein portraits, ii 61 n. Bateman, Hon. Eichard, i 174 ; ii 118. Bateman, John Bateman, 2nd Viset., Treasurer of Household, ii 96. Bath, Thomas Thynne, 1st M. of {Lord Weymouth), Viceroy of Ii-e- iand, i 111 n ; quarrel with Lord Townshend, 115. Bath, William Pulteney, E. of, his ' Advice of Dr. Oliver to Sir John Cope,' i 69-70, 71 ; ' William,' ii 79 ; 'Lord of Baths,' 80. Bathurst, Allen Bathurst, 1st E., Captain of Yeomen of Guard, ii 79. Battie, Dr. William, attends Lord Orford during insanity, i 267 ; ii 246 ; Treatise on Madness, i 267 n. Bayoud, Peter, ii 44, 183. Beale, Charles, ii 150. Beale, Mrs., ii 150, 151. Beardmore, — , i 141. Beauchamp, Lord. See Hertford. Beauclerc, Lady Diana, ii 242. Beaulieu, Edward Hussey-Montagu, E. of, death of his son, ii 17. Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, action against the Goezman, i 235 ; Tarare, u 16-17. Beaumont, Slie de. See Elie de Beaumont. Beauvau, Charles Juste de Beauvau- Craon, Prince de, at Eome, i 16, 21, 25, 26 ; visits the Pretender, 17 ; intimacy with Mme. du Deffand, 238 ; — i 218. Beauvau, Marie Sylvie de Eohan- Chabot, Princesse de, intimacy with Mme. du Deft'and, i 238. Beanvau-Craon, Franjois Vincent Marc de. Primate of Lorraine, i 17 n ; his faro bank at Eome, 17, 21 ; nick named 'caro Flume,' 22; at Paris, 44; 'the Primate,' 17, 21, 25, 44; 'le Primat.' ii 81; death, 81. Bedford, Charles, HW's deputy at the Exchequer, ii 19 n. Bedford, Francis EusseU, 2nd E. of, picture of his two sons, ii 92 ; mar ries widow of Sir E. Morrison, 92. Bedford, Gertrude Leveson-Gower, Duchess of, i 110, 112, 113 n, 147 ; ii 19, 176 ; hostility to Lord HoUand, i 117, 161 n. Bedford, Grosvenor, HW's deputy at the Exchequer, i 71 ; ii 112, 203 ; missing letters of HW to, 203. Bedford, .John EusseU, 4th D. of. Am bassador Extraordinary to France, i 102 ; Lord President of CouncU, 106 n., 107, 110; threat to resign, 106, 110 ; hostiUty to Lord HoUand, 108; taxes the king with breach of promise, 110 ; unpopularity. 111 ; offers to support Grafton, 139 ; at Bath, 143, 147 ; negotiates with Chatham, 147 ; his party at variance amongst themselves, 149 ; relations with Newcastle, 159. Bedford, Mrs., i 72. Bedfords, ii 136. Beevor, Dr., Norwich physician, attends Lord Orford during insanity, i 263, 264, 265, 266 ; u 154. Behn, Mrs. Aphra, Southerne's Fatal Marriage, and Oroonoko, based on her novels. The Nun, and OroonoJco, i 249 n. Belgioioso, Count, Austrian Ambas sador, account of his escape, ii 19 ; — ii 195. BeUeisle, Charles Louis Auguste Fou quet, Due de, prisoner in England, ii 83 ; dealings with Pretender, 168. BeUenden, John Drummond, 2nd Baron, u 118-19. Bellenden, Sir Harry, ii 118. BeUenden of Broughton, Sir William Bellenden, 1st Baron, ii 119. BeUi, Valeric. See Vicentino. Beloe, WUliam, translation of Aulus Gellius, ii 185 ; missing letter of HW to, 241 ; — n 64 n. Benedetta Ernestina of Este,' eldest sister of D. of Modena, i 32 ; ' Madame Benedette,' 32. Benedict XIV, HW's bas-relief of, ii 100. 254 Index Of i'ersons Bentley, Dr. Eichard, gibe of HW at, 152. Bentley, Eichard, in retu'ement in Jersey owing to pecuniary embar rassments, i 67 n ; his Mabland, 67 ; asked by HW to design chairs, 68 ; asks for bantams and gold-fish to be sent to him, 68 ; asked by HW to ' send slab of Jersey granite, 68-9 ; designs for Wentworth Castle, 74 ; for Six Poems by Gray, ii 143 ; letter to HW, 162 ; — ii 133. ' Berenice,' character in Eacine's Brrnnce, i 170. Bergue, M. de, i 223. Berkeley, Elizabeth Drax, Countess of, ii 123. Berkeley, Frederick Augustus Berke ley, 5th E. of, HW sends him his Fugitive Pieces, i 90; portrait hy Patch, n 141. Berkeley, — , i 102. Bernard, — , i 72. Bernard, Jean, Description des pHn- cipales Villes et Chateaux d'Angle terre, i 242 n. Bernard, Mrs., i 72. Bernis, Cardinal Francois Joachim de Pierre de, Chesterfield's refer ences to, i 236. Bernstorli, Comte de, fii'st minister of Christian vn, i 172 n. Berry, Miss Agnes, HW's mot as to marrying her and her sister, ii 25. Berry, Miss Mary, edition of letters of Mme. du Deffand to HW, i p. vii, 284 n ; HW's mot as to marrying her and her sister, ii 25 ; she aud her sister HW's tenants at Little Straw berry HiU, 46 n, 49 n. Bertie, Lady PrisciUa. See Wil loughby d'Eresby, Baroness. Bessborough, William Ponsonby, 2nd E. of {Lord Duncannon), coUection of bronzes, i 48 ; resigns Jomt-Post- mastership, 141 ; verses on Lady Sarah Lennox, ii 119 ; gambling, 177. Beverley (John), mistake for Bewley (WUliam), ii 159. Bewley, William, in attendance on Lord Orford at ErisweU, i 260, 262 ; ii 158 ; friend of Dr. Burney, i 260 n ; ii 167 ; the addressee (not WiUiam Barrettl of letter of May 23, 1778, i 260 n, 275 ; ii 157, 159 ; contributor to Monthly Itevicic, 157-8. BicUey, Mr. Francis, i p. xi; ii 77. Bienassizes, M. de. Commandant at Calais, i 223, 224. Bindley, James, i 281 n ; applies for tickets for Strawberry HiU, 281; missing letter of HW to, ii 248. Bissy, M. de, Chesterfield's mention of, i 236. Blakiston, Bev. H. E. D., i p. xi. Bladud, King, ii 16. Blah-, Dr. Hugh, ii 25. Bland, Henry, HW's tutor at Eton, i 3 n, 4. Bland, Miss, at Strawberry Hill, ii 102. Blandford, Marquis of. See Marl borough, D. of. Bligh, General Edward, his regiment in '45, n 85. Blot, Marie Cecile Pauline Charpen tier d'Ennery, Baronne de, Chester field's mention of, i 237. Boccage, Mme. du, Chesterfield's mention of, i 237. Boccaneri family at Florence, ii 88. Bodoni, Giambattista, printing-press at Parma, ii 68 n. Boissy, Louis de, L'JIomme du Jour (or Les Dehors Trompeurs), i 239 ; Conway's adaptation of, 239 n. Bolinbroke. See BoUngbroke. Bolingbroke, Frederick St. John, 2nd Viset., resigns oflice, i 117; rumoured death, ii 161. Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viset., in Paris, i 43 ; Chesterfield's character of, 237. Bolingbroke, Marie Clara Deschamps de MarciUy, Viscountess, ii 83. Bolognetti, Mme., entertains Pre tender at Eome, i 16, 21. Bondehnonti, Abbate Giuseppe Maria, Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu urges him to write satire on English at Florence, i 41. Boone, Charles, succeeds HW as M.P. for Castle Rising, ii 99 ; offers to stand for CaUington, 244, 245. Borghese, Princesa, i 17. Bormans,M. Van der Vreehende, iy.yii. Bossuet, Jacques Benigne, Bishop of Meaux, i 195. Boswell, Jamea, letter to HW, 138-9 ; Accoimt of Corsica, 138-9. ii Boufflers, Comtesse Amelie de, 'la petite BonfHers,' i 213. Bentley — Burgit Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte de Campet de Saujeoii, Comtesse de, missing letters of HW to, ii 208-9. Boutllers, Stanislas, Mai-quis de ((.'Ae- ralier deBoi{lflcr.,i'),bons uiots,'n 1 15 -6. Boufllers-Iunucrol, t'onite do, ii 136, 133, 195. Bougainville, Pierre Jean, ii 231 n. Bourbon, Charles, Duke of. Constable of Frauce, ii Ul. Bourbon, House of i 112. Eourdieu, M., ii 117. Bourgofjiic, Marie Adcla'idc de Savoic, Dnchcyso de, reputed intrigue with Due de iiichoUcu, i 237. Bouzols (Laura Fitzjauies), Marquise do, nostrum for gout, ii 210. Bowyer, William, printer, ii 102. BoydeU, John, his editions oJ Shako- spcaro and Milton, ii 58 nu ; im ited to Strawberry HiU, 211. Boyle, Eobert (1627 '.11), bust in (ihieen's Hermitage at Richmond, ii 96n, 97. Bradshaw, Thomas, suicide, ii 146. Brancas, Louis de Brancas, Due de. issues a lettre dc cachet against his son, i 129. Brancas, Louis LSon Felicile de Brancas, Due de {(^'iitte de Jjuura- giicia), horse-racing, i 128-9, 204 n ; ii 131 ; on bad torms with his father, i 129; 'le Visigoth,' 204; at Straw berry HiU, ii 199 ; English coaeh- mau, 201 ; tailor, 201. Brancas, ]Marquis do, ii 133; missing letter of HW to, 213. Brand, Thomas, at Paris, ill; love of laughter, 96 ; missing letters of HW to, ii 202. Breteuil, Lonis Ciiarles Auguste lo Tonnelier, Baron de, Frencii Am bassador at Naples, i '201. Briguoli, — , beauty at Eeggio, i 32 -3. Brissac, Jean Paul 'riraoliou de CosacS, Due de, his red stockings, ii 133. Bristol, Augustus Johu Hervey, 3rd E. of {Augii^lits Hemy), ii 153 ; reconciles Oreiivillo and 'I'cmple, i HI ; resigns oflice, 117 ; bis old .stories, 174. Bristol, George William Her\ ey, 2nd E. of (.l/r. Hervey), at Eeggio, i 33; roeoueUes Grenville and Tomple, III ; as Viceroy of Inland obtains dukedom for Lord KUdare, 118 ; unsuccessful proposals of marriage, 150 ; replaced as Viceroy by Lord Towushend, l.'>9; HW's epitaph on his mother, 178-9, 180-1; letter to HW, 179 n. Brooks, Mr. Olirir A'., i p. x. Brown, Lancelot (' Capability '), HW's account ol", ii 163-1. Brown, Mr. li-ring .Swan, i p. x; ii 111. Browne (Frances Sheldon), Lady, missing lettor of HW to, ii 242. Bruce, Major, ii 206. Brunswick (-Wolfenbiittel), Charles W illiam Ferdinand, D. of (//('>('(/('/(n7/ Prince of' /Iruusiric/,), HW meets hhn iu London, i 153 ; commands allied forces against Franee, ii 67. Brunswick (-Wolfenbiittel), Augusta, Duchess of {Princess ofBrimswick), i 188. Brutus, M., Middleton's Epistles of .'/. 'P. Cicero to M. Bi-ulus and of /Iriitiis to Cictni, i 1() -7 ; his murder of Caesar, KKi. Buchan, David Steuart Erskhie, Uth E. of. Life of John .Wipier of Mer- ehiAton, ii 21. Buck, Sir George, History oj llichard UI, i 83. Buckingham, Catherine Darnley, Ducheaa of, story of, and Sir E. Walpole, ii 156. Bnekingbani, Henry Stafford, D. of, i 164. Bneliingham, George ViUiers, 1st D. of. i 93. Buckingham, (reorge Villiers, 2nd D. of, Eeluarsal, i 134 ; Percy's edition of works, ii 56. Buffon, Jean Lonis Leclerc, Comte de, i 241. Bulkeley, Gen., ii 131. Bulmer, W., printer, ii 58 nn, 61 n. Bulstrode, — , tutor to Lord Shrews bury at Eome, i 16, 30. Bunbury, Henry William, wishes to become tenant of Little Strawberry Hill, ii 49 50 ; draiving of Eichmond HiU, 49; letter to HW, 50 n. Buubm-y, Lady .' ; \'oltaire compared with, 240 ; eould be 'Eoman', 255; contrasted with Eacine, 255. CornwaUis, Hon. Edward, letter to HW, ii 85. Corradini, Cardinal Pietro Marcellini, candidate for Papacy, i 14. tlorry, — , Lord Orford's steward, i 260; 261, 262 ; ii 154. See Cony. Corsica, King of. See Theodore. Cotes, Humphrey, i 136. Coulanges, Marie Angelique du Gue, Marquiae de, her letters, i 175 ; ii 146. Coulanges, PhUippe Emmanuel, Marquis de, letters to Mme. de Sevigne, i 175. Courtauld, Mr. George, i p. xi ; ii 45 n. Courtauld, Mrs. Serena Eli:Mheth, i p. vi; ii 45 n. Coventry, Barbara St. John, Countess of, ii 127. Coventry, George William Coventry, 6th E. of, ii 127. Condey, Abraham, HW's miniature of, by Zincke, i 225 ; ii 150. Coyer, Abbe Gabriel Framjois, ii 199. Craon, Anne Marie de Ligneville, Princesse de, at Rome, i 13, 15, 16, 19, 24, 25 ; visits Pretender, 15-16, 27 ; formerly mistresa of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, 21 n ; ii 78 ; at tentions to HW, i 27, 29 ; admiration of, in Eome, 29 ; plays at faro with HW, 30 ; HW's account of, ii 78 ; letter to HW, 80-1, Craon, Marc de Beauvau, Prince de, at Eome, i 13, 15, 16, 19, 24 ; visits Pretender, 16-16, 21 ; invested with Toison d Or, 16, 21, 24 ; attentions to HW, 27, 29; HWs account of, U 78 ; letter to HW, 81. Craufurd, John, i 214; ii 128, 134, 204. Craven, Elizabeth Berkeley , Baroness, letter to HW with her Country Eclogue, ii 148-50; HW's lines iii reply, 150. Crawford, — , actor, i 282 n. Crawford, Mrs. (Ann Street), actress, i 282. Crawfurd. See Craufurd. CrebUlon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de, i 172. Creacimbeni, Giovanni Mario, ii 103 101. Crewe, Mrs., house atEichmond,iil8. Croft, Ml-., banker, ii 20. Croker, John Wilson, unpublished letters of HW owned by, ii 199. Cromarty, George Mackenzie, Ist E. of, ii 106-7. Cromwell, Oliver, portrait of, i 225 ; Sir T. Frankland descendant of, 225 n ; — ii 108. Cromwells, picturea of, i 225. Crosby, Brass, Lord Mayor, i 196. Cumberland, Anne Luttrell, Duchess of {Mrs. Ilorton), marriage, i 200-1 ; at Calais, 200, 202. Cumberland, Henry Fi'ederick, D. of, marriage to Mrs. Horton, i 200-1 ; at Calais, 200, '202. Cumberland, Eichard, missing letter of HW to, ii 207. Cumberland, William Augustus, D. of {Prince Willia-m), HW sends his duty to, i 2 ; ' the Duke,' 59, 109 ; ii 85 ; position during ministerial crisis of 1765, i 107, 109, UO, III, 112; Chesterfield's references to, 236; his size, ii 66; Conway A.D.C. to, 66 n ; pursuit of rebels in '45, 85. Cunningham, Peter, ii 199. Cunninghame, Lt.-Col. James, A.D.C. to Irish Viceroy, i 119, 120 n. Cust, Sir John, Speaker of H. of C, i 147. Czarina. See Anne. Dacre, Dorothy North, Baroness (subsequently wife of Challoner Chute) (d. 1698, aged 93), ' the old Lady Dacre,' i 82. Dagay, Comte de, intendant of Picardy, i 224. D'Alerabert. See Aiembert. Dalkeith, Caroline Campbell, Countess of. See Greenwich. Dalrymple, Sir David. See Hailes, Lord. Damer, Hon. John, suicide, ii 151. Damer, Hon. Lionel, i 134. Damer, Hon. Mrs., modelling and sculptui'e, ii 125, 169, 174, 175, 180 ; husband's suicide, 151 ; destruction of HW's letters to. 198 u ; — i 277 n, 278 ; ii 142, 187. Damini, — , artist, ii 181. Danes, ii 34. Daniell, Mr. W. V., i pp. vi, vii, 71 n"; U 13 n. D'Antin. See Antin. Cornwallis — Douglas 261 DarUngton, Henry Vane, 1st E. (n. c.) of {Hairy Vane), epigi'ams on his appointment as Joint Paymaster, i 70 ; Irish Vice-Treasurer, ii 79. Darnley, Henry Stewart, Baron, ii 160. Dartmouth, William Legge, 2nd E. of, resigns Board of Trade, i 138. Darwin, Erasmus, Botanic Garden, u 184. Dashwood, — , in Paris, i 43. Davenport, — , in Paria, ii 235 ; Eousseau's host at Wootton, 235 n. David (HW's footman). See Mon- nerat. Deffand. See Du Deffand. Delorme, Antoine, picture attributed to, bequeathed to HW, i 104 n. Demosthenes, i 143. Denmark, K. of. See Christian VII. Denmark, Q.of. See Caroline MatUda. Denny, Mr., ii 7n. D'Eon. See Eon. Derby, James Stanley, IOth E. ot, ii 193. Derby, Mary Morley, Countess of, ii 193. Deskfoord, Lord. See Fiiidlater, E. of. Desmond, Catherine Fitzgerald, Countess of, gi'eat age, i 81, 82, S3, 84, 85, 86 ; tradition that she danced with Eichard III, 81, 82, S3 ; par ticulars of her life, 81-6 ; anecdote as to her death, 86 n ; her three sets of teeth, 86 n ; — i 81 n. Desmond, Eleanor Butler, Countess of (subsequently wife of Denogh O'Connor of Shgo), i 80 u, 81 n, 82. Desmond, Ellen (or Shela) Mac- Carthy, Countess of, i 85. Desmond, Gerald Fitzjames Fitz gerald, 15th E. of, i 81 n, 82. Desmond, James Fitzinaurice Fitz gerald, I3th E. of, i 85 n. Desmond, Maurice Fitzthomas Fitz gerald, 10th E. of, i 85. Desmond, Thomas Fitzjohn Fitz gerald, 6th E. of, i 84. Desmond, Thomas Fitzthomas Fitz gerald, 12th E. of, i Sl n, 85. Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of, ii 65. Devonshire, William Cavendish, 2nd D. of, purchase of Lord Pembroke's gold medals, ii 24. Devonshire, William Cavendish, 4th D. of {Lord Hartington), at Rome, iI5; goes to Naplea,21 ; to Venice, 25; Lord Chamberlain, 81 n ; his heads of Q. Elizabeth by Vicentino, 99 ; father-in-law's wUl, ii 93 ; K.G. ,96 ; Prime Minister, 98. Devonshu'c, Williain Cavendish, 5th D. of, ii 122 ; robbery at Devonshire House, 23; Lort his librarian, 23 n. Devonshire, Williain Cavendish, 1st E. of, U 48. Deyverdun, M., letter of Hume intro ducing him to HW, ii 76 ; M-inoires litteraires de la Grande-Bretagnc, 76. Diana (of Ephesus), HAVs statuette of, i 48. Digby, Hemy Digby, 7th Baron and 1st E., created English Baron, i 11.") ; friend of HW, 121. Digby, Sir Everard, portrait, ii 125. Digby, Sir Kenelm, ii 125. Digby, William, Canon of Christ Church, i US. DiUon, Gieneral Theobald, uiurder at Lille, ii 63 n. Dineley. See Dingley. Dingley, Charles, Pitt'shost atllamii- stead, i 133-4, 137. D'Invault, Etienne Maynon, ii 139. Dinvaux. See D'Invault. Dohell, Mr. Bertram, i p. vi ; ii 30 n. Dodd and Livingston. Messrs., ii). vi, 102 n, 126 n, 142 n, 175 n, 211 n; n 3 n, 10 n, 19 n. Dodsley, Jaines, pays HW £100 for Historic Doubts, ii 138. Dodsley, Eobert, Collection of Poems by Several. Hands, i 45n; publisher of the World, 7S ; ii 92 ; letter of King Theodore to, 92-3. Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), picture by.purchased by Lord Orford, i 53 n. Domville, Sir Compton, ii 124. Doran, John, his Mann and Man-nrrs at the Court of Florence, ii SOn, 82. Dorchester, Catherine Sedley, Coun tess of, her outspokenness, i 127. Dorchester, Joseph Damer, 1st E. (ll. c.) of {Lord Milton), i 134 ; U 151. Dorset, Charlea Sackville, 2nd D. of, 1201. Douglas, Lady Margaret. See Lennox, Counte.ss of. 262 Index of Persons DowdesweU, WiUiam, Ex-Chancellor of Exchequer, i 140 ; — ii 136. Dpwnshire, WUls Hill, Ist M. of {Lord HilUborough), i 75 ; English Barony, ii 96. Drogheda, Anne Seymour-Conway, Countess of, marriage, i 126. Drogheda, Chai'les Moore, 6th E. (1st M.) of, marriage, 1 126 n. Dromgoole. See Drumgold. Dromore, Bishop of. See Percy, Thomas. Druids, i 233 ; U 25. Drumgold, Col., correct spelling of name, ii 126 ; missing letter of HW to, 237. Dryden, John, Indian Emperor, and King Arthur, i 251 n ; All for Love, and Don Sebastian, 255 ; knowledge of nature in The Cock and the Fox, 255 ; poured music into Engliah language, 266; Ordipus,ii^5-, Gray's reference to, lOO; Aurungzebe, 161. Duane, Matthew, account of Giles Hussey, u 180-1. Duchesne, M., i 278. Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Cbam- rond. Marquise, relations with Mme. de Lambert, i 128 n ; corre spondence with HW, 129-33,144,145, 148, 161-8, 161-3, 166-73, 175-8, 181-2, 184-96, 198-213, 214-24, 225- 8, 229-32, 234-44, 262 n ; ii 146, 148, 151, 152, 180, 196, 198, 207-40; portrait by Carmontelle, i 162-3, I6S, 175 ; her characteristic, 168 ; H'W anxious to make up her loss of income, 185-6 ; visit to Chanteloup, 206-7, 221; n 237 n ; her style, i 208 ; HW dedicates edition of Me moires de Gramont to, 209 ; Voltaire resumes correspondence with, 221 ; death, 280 ; bequest of papers to HW, 280 n, 283^; HW's affection for, ii 60, 196 ; her suppers, 145 ; charade, 151 ; ' my dear old French woman,' 196 ; missing letters of HW to, 198, 207-40 ; HW's breach with her, 237 n. Dugdale, Sir Williain, mentioned in missing letter of HW, ii 242. Dumouriez, General CharlesFranijois, ii 63 n. Dunbar, James Murray, titular E. of, at Eome, i 23, 24; dealings -ndth Pretender, 23. Dunboyne, Sir Edmond Butler, 1st Baron, i 82 n. Duncannon, Lord. See Bessborough, E. of. Duncombe, — , at Rome, i 22. Dundas, Henry, Home Secretary, ii 67. Du Pin. See Dupin. Dupin, Mme., i 172 ; Chesterfield's mention of, 237. Durand, M., i 19^. Dutens, Louis, Memoires d'un Voya geur qui se repose, ii 152 ; trans lation of letter of HW to Mme. de Viry, 152. Dysart, Charlotte Walpole, Countess of {Charlotte Walpole; Lady Hunt- ingtoicer) (yomigest daughter of Sir Edward Walpole), i 78. Easterbrook, Joseph, Appeal to the Public respeetim/ George Lukins . . . , n 178. Eboli, Ana, Princess of, i 249. Eboli, Ruy Gomez de Silva, Prince of, minister of PhUip II of Spain, i 249. Eckardt. (See Eckhardt. Eckhardt, John Giles, portrait of Middleton, i 61 ; of Gray, ii 142. Edgar, — , attends Lord Orford in his last Ulness, ii 247 n. Edgcumbe. iS'ee Mount-Edgcnmbe. Edgcumbe, George Edgcumbe, 3rd Baron. jSeeMount-Edgcumbe, IstE. of. Edgcumbe, Lady. .See Mount-Edge- cumbe. Countess of. Edgcumbe, Eichard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron, Irish Vice-Treasurer, ii 79. Edgcumbe, Eichard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron, his mistress (Anne Day), i 216 ; Comptroller of Household, ii 96. Edmondson, Joseph, in Paris, ii 225 n, 234. Edmund, K. of England, ii 34. Edward I, K. of England, ii 101. Edward III, K. of England, ii 101. ' Edward IV, K. of England, i 81, 83, 84, 86, 165 ; ii 89. Edward V, K. of England, i 164. Edwards, Mr. F., i pp. vi, x ; ii 175. Effingham, Anne Bristow, Countesa of, at coronation of George III, ii 122. Effingham, Elizabeth Beckford, Countess of, ii 114. Effingham, Thomas Howard, 2nd E. of, U 114. _,,„ ,... ._, _ Dowdeswell — Ferdinand I 263 Egmont, Jeanne Sophie EUsabeth Louise Armande Septimanie de Eichelien, Comtesse d', commissions HW to procure honey-water, i 124 ; sends seeds to Lady Hervey, ii 204 ; missing letter of HW to, 208. Egremont, Alicia Maria Carpenter, Countess of, ii 143. Eleonora of Guastalla, Princess, at Venice, i 36, 38 ; her ' kennel of dogs,' 36. Eleanor of Provence, ii 103. Eleanor, Queen of Henry II, ballad of her Confession, ii 72n-3n. Elibank, Patrick Murray, 5th Baron, Considerations on the Present State of the Peerage of Scotland, ii 175. £lie de Beaumont, Anne Louise Morin DumenU, Mme., missing letters of HW to, n 209, 212, 217. Elie de Beaumont, Jean Baptiste Jacques, missing letters of HW to, ii 210, 214. Elizabeth {Princess Elizabeth), Q. of England, u 90, 106, UO ; her spur, i 62 ; heads of, by Vicentino, 99 ; HW's portrait of, 196 ; letter to Catherine Parr, ii 7 n ; Catherine Parr jealous of, 23; her governess, Lady Tyrwhitt, 23. Elizabeth, Q. of Spain, third wife of Philip n, relations with Don Carlos, i249. Elizabeth Theresa of Lorraine, Q. of Sardinia, death, i 38. Elliot, George Augustus. See Heath- field. EUiot, Hugh, in Paris, ii 205. ElUot, Mrs., ii 144, 184. EUiot, Sh' Gilbert, 3rd Bart. {Mr. Elliot), in Paris, ii 200. Elliot, Sir Gilbert, 4th Bart. {Mr. Elliot), Commissioner at Toulon, ii 67 ; in Paris, 205. Elphinstone, Hon. George Keith, defence of 'Toulon, ii 67. Ely, Matthias Manson, Bishop of, ii 116. ' Emily.' See Leinster, Duchess of. 'Emmeline,' character in Dryden's King Arthur, i 251. Emperor. See Francis I ; Joseph II. Englebert, HW's aervant in Eome, i IS, 20, 22, 23. English, at Paris, i 11 ; at Eome, 13, 27 ; at Florence, 41 ; ii 141 ; as easy to change their character as that of a cat, i 241. Ennery, M. d', ii 136. Envoys and Ministers, Danish, in Paris. iSee Gleichen ; — , Dutch, in London. See Welderen ; — , Eng lish, at Florence. jSee Mann ; at Naples. See Hamilton; at Turin. (See Hampden-Trevor; Villettea; — , French, in London. See Frances ; — , Neapolitan, in London. See .Castelcicala. Eon, Charles Genevieve de Beaumont d', n 133. Epicurus, ii 190, 192. Erskine, Capt. John Francis, A.D.C. to Lish Viceroy, i US, 120. Erskine, Lady Frances, i 118 n ; miss ing letter of HW to, ii 200. ' Essex, Earl of,' character in Banks's Unhappy Favourite, i 252. Essex, Harriot Bladen, Countess of, marriage, i 160. Essex, Eobert Devereux, 2nd E. of, U UO. Essex, WUliam Anne HoUes-Capel, 4th E. of, second marriage, i 150. Exeter, Hannah Sophia Chambers, Countesa of, at coronation of George III, ii 122. Eyre, Sh' James, Commissioner of Great Seal, ii 55 n. Faidit, Anselm, ii 104. Fairborne, Sir Pahnes, portrait, ii 150-1. ' Fanny.' See GreviUe, Mrs. Fulke. Faudel-Phillips, Mr. B. S., i p. xi. Faudel-Phillips, Sir George, Bart., i pp. vi, xi ; ii 245 n, 247 n. Favre, — , HW's Swiss servant, i 124; n 131, 199 n, 202 u; missing letters of HW to, 199-207, 216. Fawkener, Sir Everard, ii 88. Fayette. iSee La Fayette. Fenouilbet, Lady (Anne Day), former mistress of Lord Edgcumbe, i 216 ; her house at Calais, 217-18, 223-4. FenouUhet, Sir Peter, i 216 n. FenouiUot de Falbaire, Charles Georges, L'honnHe Criminel (or Le Gal(-rien), i 166. Ferdinand (Marie Philippe Louis F.), Duke of Parma, excommunicated by Clement XIII, i 163. Ferdinand I, K. of Naples, ii 63 n. 264 Index oJ Persons Ferdinand Chai'les Antony, Ai'ch- duke of Austria, ii 174. Fermor, Lady Charlotte, at Florence, i 13 n. Fermor, Lady Henrietta. See Holland, Baroness. Fox, Stephen. See Ilchester, Ist E. of. Fox- Strangways.Lady Frances Muriel (Lady Fanny), i 102. Fox-Strangways, Lady Susan, i 101. France, K. of. cara.nres, by Conway, i 239 n. Fans, i 26; ii 232. Faro (pharaoh). See Gaming. Fatal Ma/rriage, by Southerne, i 249. Festivals: Ascension (at Venice), i 27 ; Corpus Domini (at Naples), 30 ; St. Peter (at Rome), 30 ; St. John (at Florence), 30. Fireworks : at Venice, i 37. Floods : Thames, i 73-4, 234. French Revolution, u 42, 60-8, 71. Fugilire Pieces, by HW, i 45 n, 79 n, 89 n, 90 n. Gi'lerieit,Le. See lionne te Criniinel.L'. Gaming, ii 145 ; losses at, i 43 ; biribis, 34; faro, 17, 21, 27, 30; 1178; betting, 177 ; hazard, 177. (hardening. History of Modern Taste iu, byHW, i 278. Garter, Order of, registers of, ii 90. General History of the Science and Practice ofMvMc, hy Hawkins, i 233. General AVarraats, i 112. Gentleman's Magazine, i p.viii ; ii 70 n. ttrrmana. quanlam Antiquitatis eru. dilae Monumenta, by Middleton, i .52 n, 54 n, 57. Gil lllas. by Le Sage, i 219, 2'20. Giles Colin., ballad ot, li 127. Glass, painted, introduction of into England ascribed by Chatterton to Afflem, ii 34; HW's purchase of, from Flanders, UH. Gloucestershire, New History of, by S. Rudder, ii 6 n, 7 n. Gold-fish, i 68. Gout : HW, i 111, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 127 ; u 45-6, 65, 75, 129, 150, ISO, 190, 192 ; Lady Hervey, 130. Granite, from Jersey, i 68-9. Gray and his Frieuds,hyT!ovey, u 77. Green bastings (early peas), ii 172. (Grenville Papers, i 109 n. 111 n. Gninea-fowds, i 143. Guirlande de Julie, ' the dearest book ever sold,' ii 166. Gvllirer's Travels, i 68-9, 240. Hamlet, i 254, 2511. Harleian Collection of MSS., 190, 91 ; Wanley's Catalogue of, 90 n. Harpy, HW's statuette of, i 48. Hazard. See Gaming. Head-dresses, monstrosities ot, in 1777, u 157. Hehnet : ot Emperor Charles V, i 52. Henry IV, i 253. Henry VIII, i 249. Heraldry, ii 88 ; introduction of, ascribed by Chatterton to Hengist, u34. Heralds' Office, U 89. Hie-roglyphic Tales, by HW, ii 16-17. Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules, by Bussy, i 203. Histoire de Lovis XIII, by Le Vassor, i 194. Histoire des Checaliers de Malte, by Vertot, i 191, 194. Ilistario, Natwralis, ot Pliny, i 240, 241. Historic Doubts ou the Life aud Reign of King Ric/iard III, by HW, i 83 n, 153 n, 164 n, 171, 207, 242; u 41. Historical Collections of the noble Fa/milies of Cavendish, Holies, Vere, Harley, and Ogle, by Collins, ii 48 n. History amd. Antiquities of Evesham, by Tindal, ii 70-1. 302 Index of Subjects History and Antiquities of M'indsor Castle, by Pote, i 81 u. History, Local, HAV on, ii 70. Histryry of B-ristol, by Barrett, ii 33-5. Histo-ry of Dorsetshire, by Hutchins, U 181. History of Ilenry II, by Lyttelton, ii 102. History of Ricliard III, by Buck, 183. History of Scotland, by Robertson, ii 106, no. History of the Modern Taste in Gardening, by HW, i 278 n ; French transl9.tion of, ii 170; number printed, 172. Histo-ry of the Wi,rld, by Raleigh, i 84, 85, 86. Histo-ry of the Wo-rthies of England, by FuUer, i 86 n. Homme du Jour,L', by Boissy, 1239. Honey- water, i 124 ; ii 206. Ilonnete Criminel, V , by FenouiUot de Falbaire, i 166. Horse-racing, i 216 ; in France, 128- 9 ; u 134 ; at York, i 141 ; at New market, 235. Hounds, Conway's, ii 114. Hudibras, ii 30, Ibises, i 52. Illustratieyns of British History, Bio graphy, and Manners . . .,by Lodge, u 41 n, 184. Pmitations of Horace, by Pope, ii 40. Imitations of Original Drairings by Hans Holbein . . ., ii 61 u. Indian E'mperor, by Dryden, i 251 n. Indian ink, i 69. Ink, i 69 ; U 29. Inoculation, i 1S2. Iphigenie, by Racine, i 219, 239. Irish House of Commons, Speaker ot. See Ponsonby, John. Jane Shore, by Rowe, i 2, 255. Jews' harp, ii 120. Joint-Paymastership of Forces, i 70. Journal of Lady Mary Coke, ii 166, 174, 176. Journal of the Printiiig-Offlee at Strawberry Hill, by HW, i 88 n, 90 n, 278 n; ii 59 n, 102, 126, 172, 248 n. Journal to Stella, by Swift, i 165. Journals of Journeys to Paris, by HAV, ii 128, 132, 133, 134, 137, 147, 199n, 200n, 207n, 235n. Journey into England, by Hentzner, 188. Journey into Greece, by Wheler, i 99. Julius Caesar, i IOO. Jupiter (planet), its four moons, 1240; ii 163. K'ing Arthur, by Dryden, i 251 n. King John, i 253. Kni-ves, French, ii 133, 200. Knotting-bag, ii 129. Lady Alice, baUad ot, ii 127. Landscape gardening, ii 163-4. Landsaojje, The, by R. P. Knight, ii 188, 192. Last Journals, by HAV, ii 155. Lathmon, Latin poem by Lord Hamp den, ii 68 11. Lesson for the Day, by HW, ii 78-80, Letter from Rome, 'by Middleton, i 44. Letters of Anna Seward, u 160, 199. Letters of Horace Walpole, edited by Peter Cunningham, ii 199. Letters of Litera.twre, by Pinkerton, ii 171, 196, 197. Letters of Lord Cliesterfield to his Son, i 236-8. Letters of Sivift, i 165 n. Letters of tlie Marq-uise du Deffand, to the Hon. Horace Walpole, edited by Miss Berry, i p. vii, 284 n. Letters to Henry p'ox, Lord Holland, edited by Earl of Ilchester, ipp.vii, x, .59 n, 74 n, 77 n, 89 n, 90 n, 92 n, lOOn, 106 n, 108 n, 133 n, 136 n, 137 nn, 139 n,146 n, 149 n, 1.58 n, 160 n, 174 n. Lettres de cachet, i 129. Lettres de la Marcpuise du Deff'a'nd n. Horace Walpole, edited by Mrs. Paget Toynbee, ip. vn, 129 u, 130 n, 131 n, 132 n, 144 n, 145 n, 148 n, 151 n, 153 n, 154 n, 155 n, 1,56 n, 157 n, 158 n, 161 n, 162 n, 163 n, 166 n, 167 n, 168 n, 170 n, 171 n, 175 n, 176 nn, 178 n, 181 n, 184 n, 185 n, 187 nn, 188 n, 189 n, 191 n, 192 n, 193 n, 194 n, 198 n, 199 n, 200 n, 201 n, 202 n, 203 n, 204 n, 205 n, 206 n, 207 n, 209 nn, 210 n, 211 n, 212 nn, 214 n, 216 nn, 217 n, 218 u, 220 n, 221 n, 223 n, 225 n, 227 n, 228 n, 229 n, 230 n, 231 n, 234 n, 2.35 n, 236 u, 238 n, 240 n. History and Antiquities ' — ' New History ' 303 241 nn, 242 nn, 244 u, 262 n : ii 148, 150, 152, 207 n, 237. Lettres de Mme. de Maintenon et de la Princesse des Crsius, i 167. Lettres de Mme. de .Sevigne, i 168, 175 n, 203, 219, 229-30. " Lettres du President de Montesguieu, i 158. Lettres nouvelles de la Marquise de Sr eigne et de laMarguise de Simiane, i 229 n. Lettres portugaises, by M. Alcoforado, i 132. fife ofBa,rclay,'byLoi-d Hailes,iiI64. Life of Cicero, by Middleton, i 5 n, 6n, II, 12. List of Letters ivritten from France, byHAV, nl99n. Llit of ¦Tickets for seeing Strau-berry Hill, HW's, ii" 48 n, 176. Literary Anecdotes, by John Nichols, ii 176. Literary Correspondence of Pinker ton, ii' 169, 171, 172, 173, 177, 178, ISO, ISI, 182, 185. Lives of English i'rinters, by Ames, u 124. Local History, HW on, ii 70. Lois de Minos, by Voltaire, i 210. London Magazine, i 88. London Parks. Rangership of, i 270n, 271 ; Deputy-Eangership, 270-1. Lottery tickets, ii 115. Mabland, hook of drawings by Bentley, i 67. Macbeth, i 253, 256. Mahomet, by Voltaire, i 219, 239, 253, 256. Malapropisms, i 13, 143. Mann a,nd Manners at the Court of Florence, by Doran, ii SOn, 82. Masquerades, i 34, 37, 38. MedaUista. See Hamerani ; Eotier. Medals, i 13, 17, 27, 56, 196 ; ii 133 ; of Young Pretender, i 23 ; Alexander Severus, 49 ; Antony aud Octavia, 49 ; spintria medal, 55 ; by Eotier, 99 ; Lord Arundel's, piu'chased by Lord WinchUsea, 99 ; Bindley's col lection, 281 n ; Duke of Devonshire's, ii 24 ; Lord Pembroke's, 24 ; Pinker ton on Medals, 186. Medecin malgre Lui, by Moliere, i 234. Memoires de Saint-Simon, i 193, 194. Memoires du Comte de Bussy, i 203. Memoires du Comte de Gramont, HW's edition of, i 207 n, 209. Memoires d'un Voyageur qui se re- jm.se, by Dutens, ii 152. Meniiu're.s litteraires de la, Crandr- Bretague, by Deyverdun, ii 76. Memoires pour serrir a, V Histoire de France et de Bourgogne, i 242 n. Memoires secrets pour servir a I' His toire des lettres en France, by Bachau mont, ii 160. Memoirs of Dr. I'.uruey, i 260 n, 261 n, 262 n; U 53 n. Memoirs nf the Abate Metastasio, by Dr. Burney, ii 73 n. Memoirs nfthe lleign of lle.orgr III, hy HAV, i 109 n, 112 n,' 153 n.' Memoirs ofthe thii d Duke ofGraflon, by Sir W. Anson, i III n, 112 n'. Menagerie, at Worksop, i 74. Mezzotinto, i 196. Miniatures : Cowley, by Zincke, i 225 n ; Mme. d'Olonne, by Petitot, U 148. MisreUaneous Antiijulties, by HW, ii 56 n. Missals : Bedford Missal, ii 165. Mithridate, by Eacine, i 218, 239. Modern Language Review, ii 188. Monthly Culeuiiur, i II. Monthly Review, i 260 n ; 11 157. Monuments: Denogh O'Connor, at Sligo, i 79n; Sir C. Hanbury Wil liams, in Westminster Abbey, 92 ; Lady Hoby, at Bisham, ii 90 ; Lady Hunsdon, at Bisham, 90 ; Aylmer de Valence, and Gen. Wolfe, in West minster Abbey, 120-1. Muffs, i 33. Mummy, presented to Cambridge Univeraity, i 51 n, 52. Music : Pliny on ancient, i 233. Mv.sic, General History of tlie Science and. Practice uf, by Hawkhis, i 233 n. Mysterious Mother, by HW, i 166-7, 208, 247, 250, 255, 256 ; ii 38. Narrative of the E.draordinary Case of Geo. Lukins ...,11 178. Natural and Civil Histo-ry of the County of Gmk. See Antient and Present State of the County of Cork. Nature will prevail, by HW, i 273-4. A'ew Bath Guide, by Anstey, i 138. New History of Gloucestershire, by Eudder, ii 6 n, 7 n. 304 Index of Subjects Nun, The, by Aphra Behn, i 249 n. Oeconomics, Treatise on, by John Lowther, ii 109. Oedipus, by Dryden aud Lee, ii 85. ^ Old Style, i 8 n. Opera, ii 34, 122 ; at Florence, i 35. Operas: Tarare (Beaumarchais), ii 16. Orange-trees, at Strawberry Hill, i IOI. Ordere : Toison d'Or, i 16, 24 ; Garter, registers of, ii 90. Original and Growth of Printing, 'by Atkyns, i 99. Oroonoko, play by Southerne, i 249 ; tale by Aphra Behn, i 249 n. Orphan, The, by Otway, i 249 ; ii 92. Othello, i 253 ; ii 191. Pagoda, at Kew, ii 119. Pamela, by Bichardson, ii 198, 199. Paradise Lost, i 127, 256. Paris Journcds. See Journals of Jou'rneys to Paris. Parliamentary Eeform, ii 189. Parliaments, French (Parlements), i 127-8. Parrots : perroquets, ii 122, 134 ; macaws, 134 ; cockatoos, 134. Parsley beds, aUusion explained, ii 78, 95. ' Patapan.' See Dogs. Patchwork hanginga at Hardwicke, ii48. Pea-fowls, i 143. Pedigrees : KUdare, i 82 ; book of, in Harleian Collection, 91; Mann's, ii 88-9. Peerage of Ireland, by Lodge, i 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 n. Peppermint water, ii 205. Peregrinaggio di Tre Giorani, F'i- gliuoli del Re di Serendippo, ii 94. Periodicals ; A nnee Litteraire, i 148 n ; Bodleian Quarterly Record, ii 89 ; Bristol Gazette, 111; Brussels Gazette, 113 ; Camhridge Chronicle, 33 n, 37 n ; Cologne Gazette, 113 ; Critical Re riew, 147 ; Dublin Gazette, i 120 n ; flentleman's Magazi-ne, i p. viii ; ii 70n ; LondonMagazi'ne,i88 ; Modern Language Revieio, ii 188; Monthly Calendar, i 11 ; Mo-nthly Be-uiew, '260 n; ii 157; Public Advertiser, 105; H'o/'M, i 62n, 77n, 78n; ii 92, 96. Phaedra and Ilippolitus.hy E. Smith, i 255. Pharaoh. See Faro. Phedre, by Eacine, i 219, 239, 255. Philanthropists : Howard, ii 31 ; Han way, 31 ; Porter, 32, 35. Philosophe .sans le scavoir, Le, by Sedaine, i 124, 186. Pictures : Houghton Domenichino, i 53 n; Vandyke at Clifton Hall, 73 ; Rembrandt at Windsor Castle, 81 n ; (alleged) picture by Delorme be queathed to HW, 104 n ; sale of Sir J. Eeynolds's, ii 72 ; Prometheus, by Vandyke, 126; pictures by Le moine, 133 ; Bacchus and Aiiadne, by Hussey, ISI. Pitture ed, i Brnuzi d' Ercolano, Le, i 233 n. Plague, at Smyrna, ii 148. Platonic Wife, by Mrs. Griffiths, ii 196. Plays : All for Love (Dryden), i 255 ; Ahire (Voltaire), 219, 239, 253; Athalie (Eacine), 219, 220, 239; Aurungzebe (Dryden), ii 161; Bere nice (Eacine), i 170, 173 ; Braganza, (Jephson), 245, 246, 247, 250; B-ritan- -nicus (Racine), 219, 239, 255; British Woi-thy (Dryden), 251 n ; Careless Husband (Cibber), ii 161; Cinna (Corneille), i 219 ; Comte de Warvic (La Harpe), 250 ; Count of Na-rbmine (Jephson), 282 ; Country Wife (AVycherley), ii 119 ; Dehors Trom- peiirs (Boissy), i 239 ; Don Carlos (Otway), 249 ; Don Sebastian (Dry den), 255; Earl of Essex,1; Enfant P-rodigue^y oMsXxe), 239 ; Fair Peni tent (Rowe), 255 ; p'alse Appearances (Conway), 239 n ; Fated Ma-rriage (Southerne), 249; Ga ler leu (F. de Falbaire), 166 ; Hamlet, 254, 256 ; Hem-y IV, 253; Ilenry VIII, 249; Homme du .lour (Boissy), 239 ; Honnite Criminel (P. de Falbaire), 166 ; Indian Enipjeror (Dryden), 251 n ; Iphigenie (Racine), 219, 239 ; Jane Shore (Eowe), 2, 255; Julius Caesar, IOO ; King Arthur (Dryien), 251 n; King John, 253 ; Lois dcMinos (Voltaire), 210; Macbeth, 253, 256; Mahomet (Voltaire), 219, 239, 253, 256; Medecin malgre Li'iCMolilire), • Nun ' — Revival 305 234 ; Mithridate (Racine), 218, 239 ; Mysterio-us Mother (HW), 166-7, 208, 247, 250, 255,256 ; ii 38 ; Natwre will prevail (HW), i 273^ ; Oedipus Dryden and Lee), ii 85; Oroonoko (Southerne), i 249 ; Orphan (Otway), 249 ; ii 92 ; Othello, i 253 ; ii 191 ; Phaedra aud Hippolitus (E. Smith), i 255; Philosophe sans le .si^aroir (Sedaine), 124, 186; Platonic Wife (Mrs, Griffiths), ii 197 ; Prejuge ii la mode (La Chaussee), i 239 ; Reduc tion de Paris (Rozoy), ii 147 ; lie- /iearset? (Buckingham), 1134; Rerenge (Young), 255 ; liodogune (Corneille), 219, 255; Semiramis (Voltaire), 239, 253 ; Siege of Damascus (Hughes), 255 ; Tamerlane (Rowe), ii 87 ; Tem- pest, i 127, 261 ; Cnlw.ppy Favourite (Banks), 252 ; Venice Preserved (Otway), 249; Way of the World (Congreve); Wi.-uter's Tale, 249; Zaire (Voltaire), i 218, 239, * l^olymetis : or au J-lnguiry concern- Ing ihe Agreement between tlie Works of the Ro-uia-n Poets and the Remains of the Antient Artists, by Spence, i 53. Poor Robin's Almanack, i II. Portraits : Lord Beauchamp, ii 141 ; sons of Duke of Bedford, 92 ; Lord Berkeley, 141 ; Bess of Hardwicke, 47; Duchesse de Choiseul, i 163, 168; Cowley, ii 150; CromweUa, i 225 ; Sir Everard Digby,ii 125 ; Lady Margaret Douglas, 160; Mme. du Deffand, i 162, 168, 175 ; Edward IV, ii 89; Prince Edward, 89; Queen Elizabeth, i 196 ; English portrait prints, ii 124 ; Sir Palmes Fair borne, 161 ; Mrs. Godfrey, 150 ; Comte de Gramont, 131 ; Gray, 142 ; La Grifona, i 32 n; Hanneman, ii 150 ; Henry V, 89 ; Henry VI, 89 ; Court of Henry VIII, 61 n ; heads by Holbein, 126 ; Lady MandeviUe, 126 ; Conyers Middleton, i 61 ; Mme. d'Olonne, ii 148 ; Mary Palmer, 144 ; Peter the Wild Boy, 174 ; Mme. de Prie, 146 ; Bichard III, 41 ; Earl ot Shrewsbury, 47 ; Ladies Waldegrave, 165 ; price paid by HW, 165 ; Maria, Countees Waldegrave, 144; Horace Walpole (Reynolds), 112; Earl of Warwick, 126; Sir W. WUliama Wynn, 141. Post, ii 66. PostUions, ii 204. Postmarks, ii 33, 194. Postmen, ii 43. Prejucje u la mode, Le,by La Chaussee, i 239. I'riuciples of Government deduced from Reason, by Nares, ii 61 n. Printing, Original and Growth of, by Atkyns, i 99. Printing Press, at Strawberry Hill, i 233; ii 104, 112 (see Journal of Printiug-Office at S.H.) ; at Parma, 68. Prints : after Holbein by Hollar, i 98 ; of Hogarth, 283 ; of Earl of Shrews bury, ii 47 ; ot Bess of Hardwicke, 47-8 ; after Bunbury, 49 ;, of HW, 112 ; English portrait-prints, 124 ; after Pars, 148. Prisons : King's Bench, ii 97, 98 ; Fleet, 116. Procesaiona : at Venice, i 36. Progress of Civil Soc'iety, by R. P. Knight, ii 188, 189, 190,192. Progress of Poesy, by Gray, ii 147. Proverbs, acting of, in France, 1 274. Public Advertlser,ii 105. Puns, on the Miss Berrys, ii 25. Queen Eleanor's Confession, ballad of, ii 72 n. Eace-horses, i 128-9, 223. Rangership of London Parks, i 270 n, 271. Recipe for Stewing VeM,l, by Gay, ii 78. Reeueil de Lettres de diverses per- sownes, amis de Mme. de Sevig-ne, i 175 n. Reduction de Paris, play hy Barnabe Farmain de Rozoy, ii 147. Reformation, ii 111. Rehearsal, by Duke of Buckingham, i 134. Remarks ou a Letter sig-iied * Scru tator ' in the Cambridge Chronicle, by HW, ii 33 u. Re-marlcs on Se-veral Parts of Italy, by Addison, i 55 n. Re-marks on the Life and Writings of Swift, by Lord Orrery, i 148 n. Revenge, The, by Young, i 255. Revival of Lettere, ii III. 306 Index of Subjects Revolutions Romaines, hy A'ertot, i 191. ^ Eiots : in London, i 107. Roads, badness ot, i 73. Robberies : at Lady Townshend's, i 135 ; Conway's, 166 ; HW's house in Arlington St., 196-7 ; Devonshire House, ii 23. Rodogune, by Corneille, i 219, 265. Roll of Earls of Warwick, by Rous, i 164 ; U 41. Roman Senate, Discourse on, by Lord Hervey, i 6 n. Roman Senate, Treatise on, by Middleton, i 60. Rowley Poems, by Chatterton, ii 36 n, 37, 39. Rowwaggon; ii 119. Royal and Noble Authors, Catalogue of. See Catalogue. Russel MS., i 86. Saisons, Les, by Saint-Lambert, i 176-7. Sales : Sir J. Reynolds's pictures at Chriatie's, ii 72 ; Lovibond's pic tures, I5()-l ; Due de la Valliere's library, 165-6 ; Duchess of Portland, 174 ; Weston house, 176. St. Antony's fire (erysipelas), i 69. Sans depit et sans legerete, song, ii 146. Sarcophagus, at Bolsena, i 55. Scissors, ii 132, 204 ; (gold), i 42. Seeds, from France, ii 205. Semiram-is, by Voltaire, i 239, 253. Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, by Sterne, i 165. Servants : HW's Swisa (David), ii 146; (Favre\ i 124; ii 131, 199 n, 202 n, 203-7, 216; (Louis\ 202; Comte de Lauraguais's English, 201. Sheet-cows. See Cows. SheUs: basket ot sheU-flowers, ii 46. Shields, Gothic, i 233. Short Notes of my Life, by HW, iin, 44 n, 92 n, 151 n, 152 n, 153 n, 166 n, ISO n, 245 n, 274 nn; u 77. Sieele de Louis XIV, by Voltaire, i 222. Siege of Damascus,by 'B.-agbes, i 255. Signs: Tully's head, n 92, 93. Silk, for netting, ii 233. Six Poems of Gray with Designs by Bentley, ii 143. Snuff-boxes, i 28 ; ii 203, 205, 206 ; of coal, i 124-5. Societies : Dilettanti, ii 147 ; Arts and Sciences, 148 ; Yorkshire Philo sophical, 175 ; Whig Club, 189. Sphinxes, i 52. Spurs : Q. Elizabeth's one, i 52. St. Bartholomew, massacre ot, ii 62. State (i.e. state-chau'), at Hardwicke, 1148. Statues : Louis XV at Bordeaux, i 42 Statuettes : Diana ot Ephesus, i 48 Ceres, 48; Mars, 48; Apis, 48 Harpy, 48 ; Fortune, 48. Storms (Dec. 1790), ii 184. Strait-waistcoat, i 262. Stucco, ii 67, 94. Suicides : Bradshaw, ii 146 ; Damer, 151. Tactique, La, by Voltaire, i 230. Tamerlane, E2}ilogue to, by HW, ii 87-8. Tapestry : at Hampton Court, i 98 ; tapestry maps, ii 175-6. Tar water, i 267. Tarare, by Beaumarchais, ii 16-17. Tea, i 17, 21, 23. Tempest, i Vii ; CaUban in, 251. Theatres : Covent Garden, i 274 n ; Drury Lane, 88 n ; Haymarket, 273 n, 274. Three Generations of Fa,scinating Women, by Lady EusseU, ii 119. Threni Can tabrig lenses, poem by HW's grandfather in, ii 36 n. Tickets tor Strawberry HiU, i 281 ; ii 3 ; HW's liat of, 48 n, 176. Times Literary Supplement, ii 165. Toiaon d'Or. .See Orders. Tom Jones, by Fielding, i 219, 220. Tombs : Egyptian, i 52 ; Turkish, 62 ; Earls of Salisbury at Bisham, ii 90 ; Gen. Wolfe, 120-1 ; Ayhner de Va lence, 121. ' Tonton.' See Dogs. Toothpick cases, ii 204. Townshend pap)ers, i p. xi. Trackscoot, ii 123. Traduction de Suetone, by La Harpe, i 191-2. Tragedy, HW's letters to Jephson on, i 245-57. Travels and Adventures of Three Princes of Serendip, li 93-4. Traverse, for brushing clothes, ii 48. Revolutions Romaines ' — ' Zaire ' 307 Treatise on Oeconomics, by John Lowther, ii 109. Treatise on the Boman Senate, by Middleton, i 60. Trois Siecles de notre Littcrature, Les, by Sabatier de Castres, i 210, 211. - Tulipe.' .See Dogs. Typography, u 41, 58, 61, 68. Unhappy Favourite, by Banks, i 252. t'n'igeuitus, buU (I7I3) of Clement XI against the Jansenists, i 195. Vases : engravings from, ii 62 : Bar berini or Portland, 63, 174. Venice Presrrred. by Otway, i 249. Villa Bromhamensis, Latin poem by Lord Hampden, ii 68 n. Vows. See Antiques. Voyage (Le) et les Aventureg des Tnis Princes de Sarendij', ii 94. Wagers: as to taking ot Cartagena, i43. Waller CoUection, i pi*. v, vi. viU, ix, x, 1 n, 2 n, 3 n, 4 n, 5 n, 6 n, 11 n, 12 n, 14 n, 18 n, 20 n, 22 n, '25 n, 26 n, 28 n, ¦29 n, 31 n, 35 n, 38 n, 39 n, 42 n, 44 n, 46 n, 47n, 49n, 61n, 53 n, 54n,6(ln, 57 n, 59 n, 60 n, 62 n, 67 n, 72n,75u, 76 n, 77 n, 87 n, 94 n, 96 u, 97 n, 101 n , 106 n, 112 n, 142 n, 160 n, 161 n, 179 n, 182 n, 183 n, 276 n, 280 n, 283 n; ii 5n,7n, 8n. 13 n, 15 n, 17 n, 21 n, 25 n, 26 n, 28 n, 31 n, 32 n, 33 n, 35 11, 36 n, :-i9 n, 48 n, 50 n, .51 n, 64 r , 68 n, 76, SO, 82, 84, 85, 87, ss, 89, 91 - 100, 102, 103, 105, 108-12, 114-18, 120, 122, 124, 125, 127, 128, 130, 132, 134, 135, 137-42, 144, 145, 147, 148, 150. 151, 153-63, 165-7. 169, 170. i 172-5, 179, 180, 184, 186-8, 190. 192-4, 199 n. WalpoUana, by Pinkerton, ii 164,169. 171, 172, 173, 174, 177, 178, 181, 182, 185. Waters : Bath, i 69, UO, 142-i, 145, 147, 149; U 1, 16; SunninghUl (Berks), ii 130. AVax modeUing, by Mrs. Damer, ii 125 ; by Gosset, 125. ]['ai/of fhe World, by Congreve, ii 161. Weather, ii 89 ; rain iu Aug. 1756, i 73-4 ; floods at Strawberry HiU, 234 ; storm of Dec. 1790, ii 184. Weepers, ii 123. Weymouth pine, ii 95-6. Whig Club, ii 189. WUls : Lady Mountrath, i 134 ; Duchess of Kiugston, ii 25 ; Mary Queen of Scots, 42 ; Miss Burney's servant, 44 ; Lord Orford, 54 ; Lord Burlington, 93. Windsor Castle, History and Antiqui ties of, by Pote, i 81 n. Winter Evening's Tale (i.e. Shake speare's Winter's Tale), i 249. Works of Lord Orford, i p. vii, 45 n, 77 n, 79 n, 83 n, 99 nn, 104 n, 165 n, 169 n, 170 n, 225 n, 245 n, 246 n,248n, 252 n; ii 16 n, .33 n, 59 n, 109,146, 169. Works of , Sir C. Hanbury millains. i92n. World, The, HW's character of Henry Fox printed as extraordinary number of, i 62 n, 77 n, 78 n; u 96; pub hshed by Dodsley, i 78 ; HW's paper on King Theodore, ii 92. Zaire, by Voltaire, i 218, 239. PKISTED IN ENGLAND AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITV TRESS YALL UNIVERSITY a39002 003803195b yal:e university LIBRARY Bequest of WILLIAM LYON PHELPS YALE 1887