LET. XII. Vienna.—Dress
and assemblies of the Austrian
ladies—gala
days—convent of St Lawrence—wooden
head
of
our Saviour—dress of the Nuns—their
amusements—
particulars
concerning a beautiful Nun—reflections on
the
monastic state, &c.
LET. XIII. Vienna.—Description of the emperor’s repository.
LET. XIV. From Prague.—General
state of Bohemia—Prague
described
with reference to Vienna.
LET. XV. From Leipzig.—Dangerous
journey from Prague to
Leipzig—character
of Dresden—the Saxon and Austrian
ladies
compared—anecdotes of the countess of Cozelle—
Leipzig
and its fair described.
LET. XVI. From Brunswick.—Brunswick, for what considerable.
LET. XVII. From Hanover.—Bad
regululations of the post in
Germany—character
of the young prince (afterwards king
George
II.)—short account of Hanover—view
of the
country
in travelling through Germany, compared with
England.
LET. XVIII. Hanover.—Description
of the women at Hanover—the
traineaus
or snow-sledges described—particulars of
the
empress
of Germany.
LET. XIX. Blankenburg.—Motive
of Lady M’s journey to
Blankenburg—her
reception by the duchess of
Blankenburg—the
description of Hanover continued—
perfection
to which fruit is brought by means of stoves
at
Herenhausen—recommendation of chamber-stoves.
LET. XX. From Vienna.—Diversions
of the carnival—remarks on
the
music and balls—the Italian comedy—the
air and
weather
at Vienna—the markets and provisions.
LET. XXI. Vienna.—Lady M’s
audience of leave—absurd taste for
dwarfs
at the German courts—reflections on this
taste
—remarks
on the inhabitants of Vienna—a word or two
concerning
prince Eugene, and the young prince of
Portugal.
LET. XXII. Vienna.—Reflections
on her intended journey to
Constantinople.
LET. XXIII. From Peterwaradin.—Journey
from Vienna hither—
reception
at Raab—visit from the bishop of Temeswar,
with
his character—description of Raab—its
revolutions—remarks
on the state of Hungary, with the
Emperor
Leopold’s persecution of his protestant
Hungarian
subjects—description of Buda—its
revolutions—the
inhabitants of Hungary—Essec
described—the
Hungarian ladies and their dress.