HORACE WALPOLE AND HIS WORLD SELECT PASSAGES FROM HIS LETTERS EDITED BY L. B. SEELEY, M.A. WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS AND SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE LONDON SEELEY, JACKSON, AND HALLIDAY, 54, FLEET STREET 1884, CONTENTS. Introduction - Birth and Parentage- Education - Appoint- - Travels Parliamentary Career-Retirement Fortune - Strawberry Hill-Collections-Writings—Print- ing Press-Accession to Title-Death-Character-Poli- tical Conduct and Opinions-The Slave Trade-Strikes— PAGE Country Life-Ranelagh Gardens-The Rebel Lords-The A new Reign-Funeral of the late King-Houghton revisited General Taste for Pleasure- Entertainments at Twickenham and Esher-Miss Chudleigh's Ball-Masquerade at Rich- mond House-The Gallery at Strawberry Hill-Balls—The Duchess of Queensberry-Petition of the Periwig-makers- Ladies' Head-gear-Almack's-"The Castle of Otranto"- |