Lettersof Horace walpole.

(Those Letters now first collected are marked N.)

1735

1.  To Richard West, Esq.  November 9.-Picture of a University life.  Cambridge sophs.  Juvenile quadruple alliance—­121

1736.

2.  To George Montagu, Esq.  May 2.-Marriage of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with the Princess Augusta of Saxe Gotha—­122

3.  To the same, May 6.-Pleasures of youth, and youthful recollections—­123

4.  To the same, May 20.-Jaunt to Oxford.  Wrest House.  Easton Neston.  Althorp—­124

5.  To the same, May 30.-Petronius Arbiter.  Coventry’s Dialogue between Philemon and Hydaspes on False Religion.  Artemisia—­ 126

6.  To Richard West, Esq.  Aug. 17.-Gray, and other schoolfellows.  Eton recollections.  Course of study at the University—­127

1737.

7.  To George Montagu, Esq.  March 20.-French and English manners contrasted—­128

8.  To the same.-Feelings on revisiting Eton—­129

1739.

9.  To Richard West, Esq.  April 21.  Paris society.  Amusements.  Funeral of the Duke de Tresmes.  St. Denis.  Church of the Celestins.  French love of show.  Signs.  Notions of honour—­130

10.  To the same.-, Description of Versailles.  Conventof the Chartreux.  History of St. Bruno, painted by Le Soeur.  Relics—­ 132

11.  To the same, June 18.-Rheims.  Brooke’s “Gustavus Vasa”—­ 134

12.  To the same, July 20.-Rheims.  Compiegne.  Self-introduction—­134

13.  To the same, Sept. 28.-Mountains of Savoy.  Grande Chartreuse.  Aix.  English visitors.  Epigram—­136

14.  To the same, Nov. 11.-Passage of Mount Cenis.  Cruel accident.  Chamberri.  Inscription.  Pas de Suza.  Turin.  Italian comedy.  “L’Anima Damnata.”  Conversazione—­138

15.  To the same.-Bologna.  Letter-writing.  Curl.  Whitfield’s Journal.  Jingling epitaph.  Academical exercises at the Franciscans’ church.  Dominicans’ Church.  Old verses in a new light—­140

1740.

16.  To the same, January 24.-Florence.  Grand Duke’s gallery.  Effect of travel.  English and Italian character contrasted.  Story of the prince and the nut—­142

17.  To the same, February 27.-Florence.  The Carnival.  Character of the Florentines.  Their prejudice about nobility.  Mr. Martin.  Affair of honour—­143

18.  To the Hon. Henry Seymour Conway, March 6.-Complaints of his not writing.  Attachment to Florence—­145

19.  To richard West, Esq.  March 22.-Description of Siena.  Romish superstitions.  Climate of italy.  Italian customs.  Radicofani.  Dome of Siena.  Inscription.  Entrance to Rome—­146

20.  To the same, April 16.-Rome.  Ruins of the temple of Minerva Medica.  Ignorance and poverty of the present Romans.  The Coliseum.  Relics—­148

21.  To the Hon. H. S. Conway, April 23.-Society at Rome.  The Moscovita.  Roman Conversations.  The Conclave.  Lord Deskford—­ 150