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 MARIEANTOINETTE," ETC., ETC.

WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME I

London

T. FISHER UNWIN

PATERNOSTER SQUARE

NEW YORK: G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS

MDCCCXC

CONTENTS.

1736-1764.

1. TO MONTAGU, May 2, 1736.—Marriage of the Princess of Wales—Verylively

2. TO THE SAME, May 6, 1736.—Fondness for Old Stories—Reminiscencesof Eton, etc.

3. TO THE SAME, March 20, 1737.—Wish to Travel—Superiority of FrenchManners to English in their manner to Ladies

4. TO WEST, April 21, 1739.—Theatres at Paris—St. Denis—Fondness ofthe French for Show, and for Gambling—Singular Signs—The Army the onlyProfession for Men of Gentle Birth—Splendour of the Public Buildings

5. TO THE SAME, 1739.—Magnificence of Versailles—The Chartreux Relics

6. TO THE SAME, February 27, 1740.—The Carnival—The FlorentinesCivil, Good-natured, and Fond of the English—A Curious Challenge

7. TO THE SAME, June 14, 1740.—Herculaneum—Search should be made forother Submerged Cities—Quotations from Statius

8. TO CONWAY, July 5, 1740.—Danger of Malaria—Roman CatholicRelics—"Admiral Hosier's Ghost"—Contest for the Popedom

9. TO THE SAME, July 9, 1740

10. TO WEST, Oct. 2, 1740.—A Florentine Wedding—Addison'sDescriptions are Borrowed from Books—A Song of Bondelmonti's, with aLatin Version by Gray, and an English One by the Writer

11. TO MANN, Jan. 22, 1742.—Debate on Pulteney's Motion for aCommittee on Papers Relating to the War—Speeches of Pulteney, Pitt, SirR. Walpole, Sir W. George, etc.—Smallness of the Ministerial Majority

12. TO THE SAME, May 26, 1742.—Ranelagh Gardens Opened—Garrick, "AWine-merchant turned Player"—Defeat of the Indemnity Bill

13. TO THE SAME, Dec. 9, 1742.—Debate on Disbanding the HanoverianTroops—First Speech of Murray (afterwards Earl of Mansfield)—Bon Motof Lord Chesterfield

14. TO THE SAME, Feb. 24, 1743.—King Theodore—Handel IntroducesOratorios

15. TO THE SAME, July 4, 1743.—Battle of Dettingen—Death of LordWilmington

16. TO THE SAME, Sept. 7, 1743.—French Actors at Clifden—A new RomanCatholic Miracle—Lady Mary Wortley

17. TO THE SAME, March 29, 1745.—Death of his Father—Matthews andLestock in the Mediterranean—Thomson's "Tancred andSigismunda"—Akenside's Odes—Conundrums in Fashion

18. TO THE SAME, May 11, 1745.—Battle of Fontenoy—The Ballad of thePrince of Wales

19. TO MONTAGU, August 1, 1745.—M. De Grignan—Livy's Patavinity—TheMaréchal De Belleisle—Whiston Prophecies the Destruction of theWorld—The Duke of Newcastle

20. TO MANN, Sept. 6, 1745.—Invasion of Scotland by the YoungPretender—Forces are said to be Preparing

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