The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1

THE LETTER-BAG OF LADY ELIZABETH SPENCER-STANHOPE - COMPILED FROM THE CANNON HALL PAPERS, 1806-1873 BY A. M. W. STIRLING - TWO VOLUMES: VOLUME ONE - "TON IS INDEED A CAMELEON WHOSE HUE CHANGES WITH EVERY RAY OF LIGHT." ALMACK'S - TO CHARLES G. STIRLING THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED - PREFACE

PREFACE - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - CHAPTER I. LETTERS RELATING TO THE WORLD OF TON, 1805-1806 II. LETTERS OF AN EXILE, 1805-1810 III. ON DITS FROM LONDON, YORKSHIRE AND RAMSGATE, 1806-1807 IV. ON DITS FROM GROSVENOR SQUARE AND CANNON HALL, 1808-1810 V. ANECDOTES FROM A PRISONER OF NAPOLEON, 1810-1812 VI. LETTERS FROM AN ESCAPED PRISONER, 1812-1813 VII. LETTERS FROM ENGLAND AND FRANCE, 1811-1821 - LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

THE LETTER-BAG OF LADY ELIZABETH SPENCER-STANHOPE - CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

GROSVENOR SQUARE. - DEAR SMITH,

CHAPTER III

NELSON'S CRESCENT.

PART OF THE JOURNAL OF THE CELEBRATED ELIZABETH WOODVILLE (afterwards Queen of Edward IV.) previous to her first marriage with Sir John Grey. Extracted from an ancient MS. preserved in Drummond Castle.

CHAPTER IV