Letter

journey, and that he might be able to meet

The original sketch of the two preceding let-

ters as published by Warburton

VIII. To Lady Mary. His romantic admiration of
her; is more desirous of hearing of herself
than of what she sees

The original draught of the foregoing let-

ter as retained by Pope

IX. To Lady Mary. Desires she will write to

him, and requests she will bring him a fair

Circassian slave

X. To Lady Mary. Alarmed at her illness, and

wishes he could accompany her

XI. From Lady Mary. Apologies for silence.

Description of Prince Lichtenstein's Villa

at Vienna

XII. From Lady Mary, on leaving Vienna

XIII. To Lady Mary, on their correspondence.

Sends her the third volume of the Iliad,

and the Epistle of Eloisa to Abelard

XIV. From Lady Mary. Description of the Ger-

man and Rascian soldiers

Page

28

30

33

40

4-4

49

52

5555

56

XV. From Lady Mary. Written on the Banks of
the Hebrus; her opinion of Pope's Homer;
Turkish verses on the Sultana

XVI. From Lady Mary at Belgrade Village. De-
scription of the country; considers herself
as a departed spirit.

XVII. To Lady Mary. Written after his illness,
and the death of his father; wishes for her
return; some account of their friends

XVIII. From Lady Mary. Victory of Prince Eu-

gene over the Turks; account of the Se-

raglio; remarks on Pope's Iliad

Letter

XIX. To Lady Mary. Rejoiced at the thoughts
of her return; his admiration of her Ec-

XX. From Lady Mary. Her unwillingness to

return; account of Lyons

Page

88

93

95

XXI. From Lady Mary. Account of Paris
XXII. To Lady Mary. After his illness; wishes
to see her poems; account of the death of
two lovers by lightning; verses on the oc-
casion
XXIII. From Lady Mary. Epitaph on John
Hughes and Sarah Drew, mentioned in
the preceding letter

XXIV. To Lady Mary. His joy on her return;
description of a country seat

XXV. To Lady Mary. Concerning her harpsi-
chord; on her coming to visit him

XXVI. To Lady Mary. On her portrait by Sir

XXVII. To Lady Mary. Mentioning a house likely

to suit her; concerning the Eclogues

. 98

103

105

112

XXVIII. To Lady Mary. His anxiety about a form-
er letter; expresses a wish to see her

XXIX. To Lady Mary. Expresses his regret at

having so little of her society

XXX. To Lady Mary. Informing her that Sir

Godfrey will call to commence her por-

trait

I. To a Lady. Wishes for her friendship;

praises her writings, and encloses some

Le

II. On an Imitation of Shakspeare; opinion of

Bruyère's characters; concerning his new

edition of Shakespear

..123

III. Informing her of his residence in town.

IV. On her determination to write no more; de-

126

scribes Twickenham as a paltry hermitage 126

V. Enclosing verses to a Lady on her birth-day 128

VI. Apologies for delay; on translating the Odys-

VII. Proposals for her friendship; cannot improve
her verses except in trifles

VIII. Concerning an Epitaph sent her; transient

nature of the pleasures derived from writing

poetry

. 137

IX. Prevented seeing her by his sickness

X. Condolence on her indisposition

XI. Reasons for his silence; deprived of part of

his fortune by a late act of parliament; part-

ing with a friend (Bishop Atterbury)

XII. Account of Mrs. H. (Howard); proposes to

join her in writing a fairy tale

. 140

X

..142

XI

XII

XIV

./147

XV

150

LETTERS TO AND FROM THE HON. ROBERT DIGBY.

I. To Mr. Digby. Congratulations on his reco-

very; on Gorboduc; his application to

Homer

II. On letter-writing; account of Lady Scuda-

more

III. From Mr. Digby, on the pleasures of the VX

....country

IV. To Mr. Digby. Account of finishing the

Translation of Homer; account of Twick-

Letter

enham, and his improvements; unexpected!

#death of a friend

V. From Mr. Digby. Rejoices with him on com-

pleting Homer; excuses himself from visit-

ing Twickenham

Page

..157

VI. From Mr. Digby. Happy effects of the South-

sea scheme; congratulates Pope on his:

VII. To Mr. Digby. Rejoices with him in the

pleasures of the country, and recommends

the contemplation of books, gardens, and

marriage.

VIII. From Mr. Digby. Congratulations on the

South-sea scheme

IX. From Mr. Digby. On the change in the

prospects in the South-sea scheme

. 159

159

. 161

. 162

X. To Mr. Digby. Recommending Dr. Arbuth-

not and his brother; death of Mr. Stonor 163

XI. To Mr. Digby. After a visit to Lord Digby;

Philips's Cyder

165

XII. To Mr. Digby. Lord Bathurst's Wood;

camp in Hyde-Park; Bishop of Rochester 167

XIII. To Mr. Digby. Account of Mrs. Pope; in-

vitation to a visit

XIV. From Mr. Digby. His great esteem for him;

effects of his own ill-health; Lord Ba-

thurst; inquiries about the Odyssey, and

his garden, &c.

XV. To Mr. Digby. After his recovery from a fe-

ver; Dean Berkeley's settlement at Ber-

mudas; reflecting-telescopes

XVI. To Mr. Digby. Account of gardens and··

country seats; advantages of folly; envies

his friend's happiness

170

171

175

. 178

VII. To Mr. Digby. Christmas as kept in town

VIII. To the Hon. Edward Digby, on the death

X

LETTERS TO AND FROM DR. ATTERBURY,

BISHOP OF ROCHESTER.

I. The Bishop to Mr. Pope. On the preface to
the Poems, published in 1717 .

On the Tragedy of Gorbo-

II. From the same.

III. From the same, on the death of Mr. Pope's

father; comparison between Virgil and

Milton

XV

192

IV. To the Bishop. On his father's death; on a

change of profession in religion

V. To the same. Concerning the failure of the

South-sea scheme

VI. From the Bishop. An inscription for Dry-

den's monument in Latin, and another in

verse; on the Arabian Tales; the South-

sea scheme

VII. From the Bishop. Pope's Epitaph on Mrs.
Harcourt; on a Latin MS., by Huetius

VIII. Chancellor Harcourt to Mr. Pope. Concern-

ing the Epitaph

IX. From the Bishop. On his ill state of health;

of Waller's Poem, à la Malade; Prior's in-

terment in Westminster-Abbey

X. From the Bishop. Of his retired life at Brom-
ley; his wish to see Mr. Pope; on the de-
dication to Addison's Works

XI. To the Bishop. His regret at not having seen

him lately

.

213