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Translation of a tale from the "Dictionnaire d'Anecdotes."--482
309. To George Montagu, Esq. July 10.-Expected change in the
ministry. The King's letter to Mr. Pitt--485
310. To the same, July 21.-Change of the ministry. Ode on the
occasion--485
311. To David Hume, Esq. July 26.-Quarrel between David Hume, and
Rousseau--486
312. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Sept. 18.-Contradicting a newspaper report
of his illness--487
313. To George Montagu, Esq. Sept. 18.--488
314. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 2.-Journey to Bath. Great dislike
of the place. The new buildings. Lord Chatham--488
315. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 5.-Recovery. Tired to death of
Bath. Lord Chatham. Watering places--489
316. To John Chute, Esq. Oct. 10.-Visit to Wesley's meeting. Hymns to
ballad tunes. Style of Wesley's preaching. Countess of Buchan. Lord
Chatham--489
317. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 18.-Reasons for leaving Bath.
Inefficacy of the waters. "Good hours"--490

318. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Oct. 18.-Lord Chatham wishes him to
second the Address on the King's Speech. Life at Bath. Motives for
leaving the place. Old age. Dread of ridicule--491
319. To George Montagu, Esq. Oct. 22.-Satisfaction at his return to
Strawberry Hill. Visit to Bristol. Its buildings. Abbey church of Bath.
Batheaston--492
320. To Sir David Dalrymple, (Lord Hailes,) Nov. 5.-Thanks for his
"Memorials and Letters." Folly of burying in oblivion the faults and
crimes of princes--[N.] 494
321. To David Hume, Esq. Nov. 6.-On his quarrel with Rousseau. Folly
of literary squabbles--494
322. To the same, Nov. 11.-The same subject. Omissions by
D'Alembert in a published letter of Walpole's. Picture of modern
philosophers--496
323. To George Montagu, Esq. Dec. 12.-Politics. Ministerial
negotiations. Deaths and marriages. Caleb Whitefoord's Cross-readings
from the newspapers--499
324. To the same, Dec. 16.-Thanks for a present of venison--500

1767.
325. To George Montagu, Esq. Jan. 13.-Death of his servant Louis.
Quarrel of Hume and Rousseau. High tide--501
326. To Dr. Ducarel, April 25.-Thanks for his "Anglo Norman
Antiquities"--501
327. To the Earl of Strafford, July 29.-Death and character of Lady
Suffolk--502
328. To George Montagu, Esq. July 31.-State of the ministry. Intended

trip to Paris. Death of Lady Suffolk. Lord Lyttelton's "Henry the
Second." Lean people. Mrs. Clive--503
329. To the same, Aug. 7.-Motives for revisiting Paris--503
330. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 9.-Death and character of
Charles Townshend. State of the ministry. Lord Chatham. Dinner at the
Duc de Choiseul's--[N.] 504
331. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Oct. 24.-Return to England--505
332. To George Montagu, Esq. Nov. 1.-General Conway's refusal of
the appointment to secretary of state. Old Pulteney--506
333. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Dec. 19.-Intended retirement from
Parliament. State of his health. Roman Catholic religion--506

1768.
334. To Sir David Dalrymple, Jan. 17.-Advice on sending a young
artist to Italy. "Historic Doubts." Coronation roll of Richard the Third
--[N.] 507
335. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Feb. 1.-On Sending a copy of his "Historic
Doubts"--508
336. To Sir David Dalrymple, Feb. 2.-On sending him his "Historic
Doubts." Rapid sale of the first impression--(N.] 509
337. To Mr. Gray, Feb. 18.-New edition of Gray's poems. On his own
writings. King of Prussia. Lord Clarendon's "History." "Historic
Doubts." Disculpation of Richard the Third. "Turned of fifty." Garrick's
prologues and epilogues. Boswell's "Corsica." General Paoli--509
338. To the same, Feb. 26.-"Historic Doubts." Guthrie's answer thereto.
Thanks for notes on the "Noble, Authors"--512

339. To George Montagu, Esq. March 12.-Reflections on his retirement
from Parliament. Guthrie's answer to the "Historic Doubts." Sterne's
Sentimental Journey." Gray's "Odes"--514
340. To the same, April 15.-Wit as temporary as dress and manners.
Fate of George Selwyn's bon-mots. Completion of his tragedy of "The
Mysterious Mother." Mrs. Pritchard. Garrick. President Henault's
tragedy of "Corn elie"--516
341. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, April 16.--Rous's rolls of the Earls of
Warwick. Projects a History of the Streets of London. St. Foix's Rues
de Paris. The Methodists. Whitfield's funeral sermon on Gibson the
forger--517
342. To the same, June 6.-History of Ely cathedral. Cardinal Lewis de
Luxembourg. Cardinal Morton. Painted glass--519
343. To George Montagu, Esq. June 15.-Inclemency of the weather.
English summers. Description of the climate by our poets. Hot-house of
St. Stephen's chapel. Indifference to parties. The country going to
ruin--520
344. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, June 16.-Wilkes and liberty.
Ministerial changes. Conduct of the Duke of Grafton. Distressed state
of the country. Lord Chatham. Foote's "Devil upon Two Sticks."
Subject of "The Mysterious Mother"--[N.] 521
345. To Monsieur de Voltaire, June 21.-On his soliciting a copy of the
"Historic Doubts." Reply to Voltaire's criticisms on Shakspeare--523
346. To the Earl of Strafford, June 25.-Wilkes and Number 45. The
King of Denmark. Lady Rockingham and the Methodist Pope Joan
Huntingdon. Brentford election--524
347. To Monsieur de Voltaire, July 27.-Reply to Voltaire's vindication
of his criticism on Shakspeare. Story