Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II

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

T. FISHER UNWIN - PATERNOSTER SQUARE - NEW YORK: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS - MDCCCXC - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. - I. LADY MARY WORTLEY-MONTAGU - II. THOMAS GRAY, THE POET

V. VIEW OF GARDEN, STRAWBERRY HILL, FROM THE GREAT BED-CHAMBER - VI. REPRODUCTIONS OF HANDWRITING OF THOMAS GRAY AND HORACE WALPOLE - A SELECTION - FROM THE - LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE. - VOLUME II. - MADAME DE BOUFFLERS AT STRAWBERRY—THE FRENCH OPINION OF THE ENGLISH CHARACTER—RICHARDSON'S NOVELS—MADAME DE BEAUMONT. - TO SIR HORACE MANN.

DEBATE ON AMERICAN TAXES—PETITION OF THE PERIWIG-MAKERS—FEMALE HEAD-DRESSES—LORD BYRON'S DUEL—OPENING OF ALMACK'S—NO. 45. - TO THE EARL OF HERTFORD.

HIS "CASTLE OF OTRANTO"—BISHOP PERCY'S COLLECTION OF OLD BALLADS. - TO THE REV. WILLIAM COLE.

ILLNESS OF THE KING—FRENCH AND ENGLISH ACTORS AND ACTRESSES: CLAIRON, GARRICK, QUIN, MRS. CLIVE. - TO THE EARL OF HERTFORD.

RIOTS OF WEAVERS—MINISTERIAL CHANGES—FACTIOUS CONDUCT OF MR. PITT. - TO SIR HORACE MANN.

PROSPECTS OF OLD AGE WHEN JOINED TO GOUT. - TO GEORGE MONTAGU, ESQ.

HAS REACHED PARIS—THE FRENCH OPERA—ILLNESS OF THE DAUPHIN—POPULARITY OF MR. HUME. - TO THE RIGHT HON. LADY HERVEY.

IS MAKING NEW FRIENDS IN PARIS—DECAY OF THE FRENCH STAGE—LE KAIN—DUMENIL—NEW FRENCH INCLINATION FOR PHILOSOPHY AND FREE-THINKING—GENERAL ADMIRATION OF HUME'S HISTORY AND RICHARDSON'S NOVELS. - TO GEORGE MONTAGU, ESQ.