Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I

LETTERS - OF - HORACE WALPOLE - SELECTED AND EDITED BY - CHARLES DUKE YONGE, M.A. - AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF FRANCE UNDER THE BOURBONS," "A LIFE OF MARIE ANTOINETTE," ETC., ETC. - WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS - VOLUME I

T. FISHER UNWIN - PATERNOSTER SQUARE - NEW YORK: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS - MDCCCXC - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. - I. HORACE WALPOLE

II. SIR HORACE MANN - III. STRAWBERRY HILL, FROM THE SOUTH-EAST - IV. GEORGE MONTAGU - V. THE LIBRARY, STRAWBERRY HILL - VI. HORACE WALPOLE

TO GEORGE MONTAGU, ESQ.[1]

FONDNESS FOR OLD STORIES—REMINISCENCES OF ETON, ETC. - TO GEORGE MONTAGU, ESQ.

WISH TO TRAVEL—SUPERIORITY OF FRENCH MANNERS TO ENGLISH IN THEIR MANNER TO LADIES. - TO GEORGE MONTAGU, ESQ.

THEATRES AT PARIS—ST. DENIS—FONDNESS OF THE FRENCH FOR SHOW, AND FOR GAMBLING—SINGULAR SIGNS—THE ARMY THE ONLY PROFESSION FOR MEN OF GENTLE BIRTH—SPLENDOUR OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. - TO RICHARD WEST, ESQ.

MAGNIFICENCE OF VERSAILLES—THE CHARTREUX RELICS. - TO RICHARD WEST, ESQ. - FROM PARIS, 1739.

THE CARNIVAL—THE FLORENTINES CIVIL, GOOD-NATURED, AND FOND OF THE ENGLISH—A CURIOUS CHALLENGE. - TO RICHARD WEST, ESQ.

HERCULANEUM—SEARCH SHOULD BE MADE FOR OTHER SUBMERGED CITIES—QUOTATIONS FROM STATIUS. - TO RICHARD WEST, ESQ.