LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE ***
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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
London
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
NEW YORK: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
MDCCCXC
CONTENTS.
1764-1795.
81. TO MANN, _Dec._ 20, 1764.--Madame de Boufflers at Strawberry--The French Opinion of the English Character--Richardson's Novels--Madame de Beaumont
82. TO THE EARL OF HERTFORD, _Feb._ 12, 1765.--Debate on American Taxes--Petition of the Periwig-Makers--Female Head-dresses--Lord Byron's Duel--Opening of Almack's--No. 45
83. TO COLE, _March_ 9, 1765.--His "Castle of Otranto"--Bishop Percy's Collection of Old Ballads
84. TO THE EARL OF HERTFORD, _March_ 26, 1765.--Illness of the King--French and English Actors and Actresses: Clairon, Garrick, Quin, Mrs. Clive
85. TO MANN, _May_ 25, 1765.--Riots of Weavers--Ministerial Changes--Factious Conduct of Mr. Pitt
86. TO MONTAGU, _July_ 28, 1765.--Prospects of Old Age when joined to Gout
87. TO LADY HERVEY, _Sept._ 14, 1765.--Has reached Paris--The French Opera--Illness of the Dauphin--Popularity of Mr. Hume
88. TO MONTAGU, _Sept._ 22, 1765.--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
89. TO CHUTE, _Oct._ 3, 1765.--His Presentation at Court--Illness of the Dauphin--Description of his Three Sons
90. TO CONWAY, _Jan._ 12, 1766.--Supper Parties at Paris--Walpole Writes a Letter from Le Roi de Prusse à Monsieur Rousseau
91. TO GRAY, _Jan._ 25, 1766.--A Constant Round of Amusements--A Gallery of Female Portraits--Madame Geoffrin--Madame du Deffand--Madame de Mirepoix--Madame de Boufflers--Madame de Rochfort--The Maréchale de Luxemburg--The Duchesse de Choiseul--An old French Dandy--M. de Maurepas--Popularity of his Letter to Rousseau
92. TO MANN, _Feb._ 29, 1766.--Situation of Affairs in England--Cardinal York--Death of Stanilaus Leczinski, Ex-King of Poland
93. TO CONWAY, _April_ 8, 1766.--Singular Riot in Madrid--Changes in the French Ministry--Insurrections in the Provinces
94. TO MONTAGU, _June 20_, 1766.--The Bath Guide--Swift's Correspondence
95. TO CHUTE, _Oct._ 10, 1766.--Bath--Wesley
96. TO MANN, _July_ 20, 1767.--Ministerial Difficulties--Return of Lord Clive
97. TO THE SAME, _Sept._ 27, 1767.--Death of Charles Townshend and of the Duke of York--Whist the New Fashion in France
98. TO GRAY, _Feb._ 18, 1768.--Some New Poems of Gray--Walpole's "Historic Doubts"--Boswell's "Corsica"
99. TO MANN, _March_ 31, 1768.--Wilkes is returned M.P. for Middlesex--Riots in London--Violence of the Mob
