PRIVATE LETTERS
OF
E D W A R D G I B B O N

SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT OF EDWARD GIBBON.

Frontispiece, Vol. II.


PRIVATE LETTERS
OF
E D W A R D G I B B O N

(1753-1794).

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
THE EARL OF SHEFFIELD.

EDITED BY
ROWLAND E. PROTHERO,
BARRISTER-AT-LAW, SOME-TIME FELLOW OF ALL SOULS' COLLEGE, OXFORD.

VOL. II.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1896.


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