LET.  LIV. From Vienna.—­Remarks on some illustrious personages
              at the court of Vienna—­character of the poet Rousseau
              —­alchymy much studied at Vienna—­prince Eugene’s
              library.

LET.  LV. —­Victory of prince Eugene over the Turks, and the
              surrender of Belgrade—­the news how received at
              Constantinople—­contrast between European and Asiatic
              manners—­estimate of the pleasures of the seraglio—­
              observations on Mr Addison being appointed secretary of
              state—­Mr Addison, Mr Pope, and Mr Congreve, in what
              respects three happy poets—­reflections on the Iliad,
              and Mr Pope’s translation of it.

LET.  LVI. From Florence.—­Remarks on the road between Bologna
              and Florence—­visit to the monastery of La Trappe, with
              reflections on the monastic life—­occasion of the
              institution of the order of La Trappe—­the burning
              mountains near Fierenzuola—­general description of
              Florence—­the grand gallery—­the statues of Antinous
              and Venus de Medicis—­the first sketches of Raphael’s
              cartoons—­envious behaviour of modern painters, in
              defacing the productions of the ancients—­digressions
              to some reports raised by Mr P. concerning the writer.

LET.  LVII. —­Remarks on Paris—­reflections on staring and
              grinning—­character of the French people—­criticism on
              statues in the gardens of Versailles—­the gardens
              compared with the royal gardens of England.

LET.  LVIII. —­Observations on the koran, and the conduct of the
              Greek priests with regard to it—­women not excluded
              from Mahomet’s paradise—­who among the women excluded—­
              the exhortations of Mahomet to the women, compared with
              the monastic institution of popery—­the sciences
              cultivated among the Turks by the effendis—­sentiments
              of an intelligent one respecting abstinence from wine—­
              strange mixture of different countries in the suburbs
              of Constantinople—­different species of men asserted—­
              mongrels in the human species—­why the English women so
              fond of hoop-petticoats.

Inquiry into the truth of Monsieur Rochefoucault’s maxim, “That marriage is sometimes convenient, but never delightful.”

Verses written in the Chiask at Pera, overlooking Constantinople,
December 26th, 1718.  By Lady Mary Wortley Montague.

Verses to Lady Mary Wortley Montague.  By Mr Pope.

F I N I S.