The Letters of Horace Walpole - Volume IV | Page 2

June 24.-Thanks for some prints and letters-- 51
29. To John Chute, Esq. July 9.-Account of his journey to Paris--51
30. To the Hon. H. S, Conway, July 30.-French politics. Distress at
court. Vaudevilles against Madame du Barry. Amusements at Paris.
Gaillard's "Rivalit`e de la France et de l'Angleterre"--52
31. To John Chute, Esq. Aug. 5.-Progress of English gardening in
France. New arr`ets. General distress. State of Le Soeor's paintings at
the Chartreuse. The charm of viewing churches and convents dispelled.
Shock at learning the death of Gray--55
32. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 11.-Reflection on the death of
Gray. Lady Beauchamp. Opium a false friend--57
33. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Aug. 12.-Reflections on the death of
Gray--58
34. To the Earl of Strafford, Aug. 25.-Climate of Paris. French
economy and retrenchment. Mademoiselle Guimard. Mademoiselle
Heinel. Suppression of the French Parliaments. Ruinous condition of
the palaces and pictures--59

35. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Sept. 7.-Return to England. Deplorable
condition of the French finances--61
36. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Sept. 10.-Thanks for some particulars of
Gray's death. Dr. James Browne. Gray's portrait--62
37. To the same, Oct. 12.-Mr. Essex's design for the cross at Ampthill.
Calvin and Luther--63
'38. To the same, Oct. 23.-Armour of Francis the First. Ancient window
from Bexhill. Tomb of Capoccio--63
1772.
39. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, January 7.-Effects of an explosion of
powder-mills at Hounslow--64
40. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Jan. 28.-Dean Milles. Relics of Gray. Letters
on the English nation. Garrick and his writings. Wilkes's squint--65
41. To the same, June 9--66
42. To the same, June 17.-Thanks for some literary researches. Letters
of Sir Thomas Wyat. Lives of Leland, Hearne, and Wood. Browne
Willis. Peter Gore and Thomas Callaghan--66
43. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, June 22.-Panic occasioned by Fordyce's
bankruptcy. Cherubims. Exercise. Letters of Guy Patin. Charles Fox's
annuities. Lives of Leland, Hearne, and Wood. Entry in Wood's Diary.
Freemasonry. Peter Gore--68
44. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, July 7.-King Edward's letters. Portrait of
Gray. Death of Mr. West the antiquary. His collections. Foote's comedy
of "The Nabob"--70
45. To the same, July 28.-Archaeologia, or, Old Women's Logic.
Antiquarian Society. Life of Sir Thomas Wyat. William Thomas's
"Peleryne"--70

46. To the same, Aug. 25.-Thanks to Dr. Browne for a goar-stone and
seal belonging to Gray. Lincoln and York cathedrals. Roche Abbey.
Screen of York Minster--71
47. To the same, Aug. 28.-Indolence of age. inquiries after some
prints--72
48. To the same, Nov. 7.-Fit of the gout. Regret at not being able to see
Mr. Essex--73
49. To the same.-On the rapacity of a gentleman who had thinned Mr.
Cole's collection of prints--74
50. To the Countess of Ailesbury, Dec. 20.-Account of Reynal's
"Histoire Philosophique et Politique du Commerce des Deux
Indes"--74

1773.
51. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, Jan. 8.-Mr. Masters's answer to "Historic
Doubts." Antiquarians. Freemasonry. Governor Pownall. Edition of
"M`emoires du Comte de Grammont." Dedication to Madame du
Deffand. Gray's "Odes"--75
52. To the same, Feb. 18.-Miscellaneous antiquities. Governor
Pownall's System of Freemasonry. Mrs. Marshall's "Sir Harry Gaylove,
or Comedy in Embryo"--77
53. To the Rev. William Mason, March 2.-Thanks for submitting his
collections for the "Life of Gray" to his correction. Origin of the
differences between them. Takes to himself the chief blame in the
quarrel--(N.) 78
(54. To the same, March 27.-Mason the author of "The Heroic Epistle
to Sir William Chambers." Account of Gray's going abroad with
him--79

55. To the Rev. Mr. Cole, April 7.-ArchaEologia, or Old Women's
Logic. Masters's answer to "Historic Doubts." Sale of Mr. West's
collections--80
56. To the same, April 27.@Character of authors. Shenstone's and
Hughes' "Correspondence." Declines acquaintance with Mr. Gough.
Scotch metaphysicians. Anstey's "New Bath Guide." "Heroic Epistle."
Oliver Goldsmith. Johnson's pension--81
57. To the same, May 4.-On being mentioned by the public orator at
Cambridge--82
58. To the same, May 29.--83
59. To Dr. Berkenhout, July 5.-Declining to supply materials for a
biographical notice of himself--84
60. To the Hon. H. S. Conway, Aug. 30.-Visit to Houghton. Deplorable
state of his nephew's private affairs. Mortification of family pride--84
61. To the Earl of Strafford, Sept. 24.-Journey to Houghton. State of his
nephew's affairs. Lady Mary Coke's ardour of peregrination. Beatific
print of Lady Huntingdon. Whitfield and the Methodists. Death of the
Duke of Kingston--85
62. To the same, Nov. 15.-Best way of contending with the folly and
vice of the world. Proposed tax on Irish absentees. Lady Mary Coke's
mortifications. Count Gage and Lady Mary Herbert-- 86
63. To Lady Mary Coke.-On her ardour of peregrination--87
64. To the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Dec. 9.-Advice from Dr. Walpole to Lady
Blandford suffering from a fit of the gout--89
65. To Sir David Dalrymple, Dec. 14.-Thanks for his "Remarks on the
History of Scotland"--[N.]