The Letters of Horace Walpole - Volume I | Page 2

the Prince of Wales
37. TO THE SAME, June 12, 1753.--Description of Strawberry
Hill--Bill to Prevent Clandestine Marriages
38. TO MONTAGU, May 19, 1756.--No News from France but what is
Smuggled--The King's Delight at the Vote for the Hanover
Troops--Bon Mot of Lord Denbigh
39. TO THE SAME, Oct. 17, 1756.--Victory of the King of Prussia at

Lowositz--Singular Race--Quarrel of the Pretender with the Pope
40. TO THE SAME, Nov. 4, 1756.--Ministerial Negotiations--Loss of
Minorca--Disaster in North America
41. TO THE EARL OF STRAFFORD, July 4, 1757.--The King of
Prussia's Victories--Voltaire's "Universal History"
42. TO ZOUCH, August 3, 1758.--His own "Royal and Noble Authors"
43. TO THE SAME, Oct. 21, 1758.--His "Royal and Noble
Authors"--Lord Clarendon--Sir R. Walpole and Lord Bolingbroke--The
Duke of Leeds
44. TO MANN, Oct. 24, 1758.--Walpole's Monument to Sir Horace's
Brother--Attempted Assassination of the King of Portugal--Courtesy of
the Duc D'Aiguillon to his English Prisoners
45. TO ZOUCH, Dec. 9, 1758.--A New Edition of Lucan--Comparison
of "Pharsalea"--Criticism on the Poet, with the Aeneid--Helvetius's
Work, "De L'Esprit"
46. TO CONWAY, Jan. 19, 1759.--State of the House of Commons
47. TO DALRYMPLE, Feb. 25, 1759.--Robertson's "History of
Scotland"--Comparison of Ramsay and Reynolds as
Portrait-Painters--Sir David's "History of the Gowrie Conspiracy"
48. TO THE SAME, July 11, 1759.--Writers of History: Goodall,
Hume, Robertson--Queen Christina
49. TO CONWAY, Aug. 14, 1759.--The Battle of Minden--Lord G.
Sackville
50. TO MANN, Sept. 13, 1759.--Admiral Boscawen's Victory--Defeat
of the King of Prussia--Lord G. Sackville
51. TO MONTAGU, Oct. 21, 1759.--A Year of Triumphs

52. TO THE SAME, Nov. 8, 1759.--French Bankruptcy--French
Epigram
53. TO THE SAME, Jan. 7, 1760.--He lives amongst
Royalty--Commotions in Ireland
54. TO THE SAME, Jan. 14, 1760.--Severity of the Weather--Scarcity
in Germany--A Party at Prince Edward's--Charles Townsend's
Comments on La Fontaine
55. TO MANN, Feb. 28, 1760.--Capture of Carrickfergus
56. TO DALRYMPLE, April 4, 1760.--The Ballad of
"Hardyknute"--Mr. Home's "Siege of Aquileia"--"Tristram
Shandy"--Bishop Warburton's Praise of it
57. TO THE SAME, June 20, 1760.--Erse Poetry--"The Dialogues of
the Dead"--"The Complete Angler"
58. TO MONTAGU, Sept. 1, 1760.--Visits in the Midland
Counties--Whichnovre--Sheffield--The new Art of
Plating--Chatsworth--Haddon Hall--Hardwicke--Apartments of Mary
Queen of Scots--Newstead--Althorp
59. TO THE SAME, April 16, 1761.--Gentleman's Dress--Influence of
Lord Bute--Ode by Lord Middlesex--G. Selwyn's Quotation
60. TO THE SAME, May 5, 1761.--Capture of Belleisle--Gray's
Poems--Hogarth's Vanity
61. TO THE SAME, May 22, 1761.--Intended Marriage of the
King--Battles in Germany--Capture of Pondicherry--Burke
62. TO MANN, Sept. 10, 1761.--Arrival of the Princess of
Mecklenburgh--The Royal Wedding--The Queen's Appearance and
Behaviour
63. TO THE COUNTESS OF AILESBURY, Sept. 27, 1761.--The
Coronation and subsequent Gaieties

64. TO THE SAME, Nov. 28, 1761.--A Court Ball--Pamphlets on Mr.
Pitt--A Song by Gray
65. TO MANN, Jan. 29, 1762.--Death of the Czarina Elizabeth--The
Cock-lane Ghost--Return to England of Lady Mary Wortley
66. TO ZOUCH, March 20, 1762.--His own "Anecdotes of
Painting"--His Picture of the Wedding of Henry VII.--Burnet's
Comparison of Tiberius and Charles II.--Addison's "Travels"
67. TO MANN, Aug. 12, 1762.--Birth of the Prince of Wales--The
Czarina--Voltaire's Historical Criticisms--Immense Value of the
Treasures brought over in the Hermione
68. TO CONWAY, Sept. 9, 1762.--Negotiations for Peace--Christening
of the Prince of Wales
69. TO MANN, Oct. 3, 1762.--Treasures from the Havannah--The
Royal Visit to Eton--Death of Lady Mary--Concealment of Her
Works--Voltaire's "Universal History"
70. TO THE SAME, April 30, 1763.--Resignation of Lord
Bute--French Visitors--Walpole and No. 45
71. TO MONTAGU, May 17, 1763.--A Party at "Straberri"--Work of
his Printing Press--Epigrams--A Garden Party at Esher
72. TO CONWAY, May 21, 1763.--General Character of the
French--Festivities on the Queen's Birthday
73. TO THE EARL OF HERTFORD, Dec. 29, 1763.--The ordinary
way of Life in England--Wilkes--C. Townshend--Count Lally--Lord
Clive--Lord Northington--Louis Le Bien Aimé--The Drama in France
74. TO MONTAGU, Jan.11, 1764.--A New Year's Party at Lady
Suffolk's--Lady Temple, Poetess Laureate to the Muses
75. TO MANN, Jan. 18, 1764.--Marriage of the Prince of Brunswick:
His Popularity

76. TO THE EARL OF HERTFORD, Feb. 6, 1764.--Gambling
Quarrels--Mr. Conway's Speech
77. TO THE SAME, Feb. 15, 1764.--Account of the Debate on the
General Warrant
78. TO MANN, June 8, 1764.--Lord Clive--Mr. Hamilton, Ambassador
to Naples--Speech of Louis XV.
79. TO THE SAME, Aug. 13, 1764.--The King of Poland--Catherine of
Russia
80. TO THE EARL OF HERTFORD, Oct. 5, 1764.--Madame De
Boufflers' Writings--King James's Journal

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
I. HORACE WALPOLE
From an engraving after a sketch by Sir THOS. LAWRENCE, P.R.A.
II. SIR HORACE MANN
III. STRAWBERRY HILL, FROM THE SOUTH-EAST
IV. GEORGE MONTAGU
V. THE LIBRARY, STRAWBERRY HILL
VI. HORACE WALPOLE
From a picture in the National Portrait Gallery, by NATHANIEL
HONE, R.A.

INTRODUCTION.

It is creditable to our English nobility, and a feature in their character
that distinguishes them from their fellows of most other nations, that,
from the first revival of learning, the study of literature has been
extensively cultivated by men of high birth, even by many who did