THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY
By Frances Burney
With Notes By W. C. Ward,
And Prefaced By Lord Macaulay's Essay.
Volume 1 (of 3)
(1778-1787.)
“The Cream Of The Diarists And Memoir Writers”
CONTENTS
[ MADAME D'ARBLAY, BY LORD MACAULAY. ]
[ DIARY AND LETTERS OF MADAME D'ARBLAY. ]
[ MISS BURNEY PUBLISHES HER FIRST NOVEL AND FINDS HERSELF FAMOUS. ]
[ “EVELINA” AND THE MYSTERY ATTENDING ITS PUBLICATION. ]
[ A FIRST VISIT TO MRS. THRALE AND AN INTRODUCTION To DR. JOHNSON. ]
[ FANNY BURNEY INTERVIEWS HER PUBLISHER. ]
[ CONVERSATIONS WITH MRS. THRALE AND DR. JOHNSON. ]
[ DR. JOHNSON ON SOME “LADIES” OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE ]
[ A LEARNED MAN ON “EVELINA.” ]
[ CURIOSITY REGARDING THE AUTHOR OF “EVELINA.” ]
[ THE MEMBERS OF DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSEHOLD. ]
[ ANTICIPATED VISIT FROM MRS. MONTAGU. ]
[ FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO A CELEBRATED “BLUE-STOCKING.” ]
[ DR. JOHNSON'S COMPLIMENTS AND GROSS SPEECHES. ]
[ SUGGESTED HUSBANDS FOR FANNY BURNEY. ]
[ THE AUTHOR OF “EVELINA” IN SOCIETY: ]
[ AN EVENING AT SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S ]
[ FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO SHERIDAN. ]
[ AN ARISTOCRATIC RADICAL OF THE LAST CENTURY. ]
[ MR. MURPHY, THE DRAMATIST. ]
[ MR. MURPHY'S CONCERN REGARDING FANNY BURNEY'S COMEDY. ]
[ A SCENE ON THE BRIGHTON PARADE. ]
[ MR. MURPHY CONSIDERS THE DIALOGUE IS CHARMING: A CENSORIOUS LADY. ]
[ A MILITIA CAPTAIN OFFICIATES AS BARBER. ]
[ SOPHY STREATFIELD AGAIN WEEPS TO ORDER. ]
[ PROPOSED MATCH BETWEEN MR. SEWARD AND THE WEEPER-AT-WILL. ]
[ THE FATE OF “THE WITLINGS.” ]
[ “QUITE WHAT WE CALL,” AND “GIVE ME LEAVE To TELL YOU.” ]
[ THE CRYING BEAUTY AND HER MOTHER. ]
[ AT BRIGHTON: A “CURE.” THE JEALOUS CUMBERLANDS. ]
[ AN AMUSING CHARACTER: HIS VIEWS ON MANY SUBJECTS. ]
[ A SEASON AT BATH: MR. THRALE'S DEATH. ]
[ LORD MULGRAVE ON THE “SERVICES.” ]
[ SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. ]
[ MR. HENRY WILL BE SO MORTIFIED. ]
[ ALL THE BEST FAMILIES IN THE NAVY. ]
[ A BATH ALDERMAN'S RAREE SHOW. ]
[ A YOUNG AND AGREEABLE INFIDEL. ]
[ BATH EASTON AND SCEPTICAL MISS W—— ]
[ CURIOSITY ABOUT THE “EVELINA” SET. ]
[ ALARM AT THE “NO POPERY” RIOTS. ]
[ HASTY DEPARTURE FROM BATH. ]
[ A SUGGESTED VISIT To GRUB-STREET. ]
[ FANNY BURNEY'S BROTHER IS PROMOTED. ]
[ MISS BURNEY EXTENDS THE CIRCLE OF HER ACQUAINTANCE. ]
[ YOUNG MR. CRUTCHLEY RUFFLES MISS BURNEY. ]
[ A “POOR WRETCH OF A PAINTER.” ]
[ THE MISERABLE HOST AND MELANCHOLY GUEST. ]
[ TWO CELEBRATED DUCHESSES DISCUSSED. ]
[ MR. CRUTCHLEY IS BANTERED ABOUT HIS PRIDE. ]
[ MISS SOPHY STREATHIELD IS COMMENTED ON ]
[ A PARTING SHOT AT MR. CRUTCHLEY. ]
[ A DINNER AT SIR JOSHUA'S, WITH BURKE AND GIBBON. ]
[ A LETTER FROM BURKE To FANNY BURNEY. ]
[ MISS BURNEY SITS FOR HER PORTRAIT ]
[ “CECILIA”: A PAEAN OF PRAISE: LAMENTATIONS. ]
[ AT BRIGHTON AGAIN, THE “FAmous Miss BURNEY.” ]
[ A CUNNING RUNAWAY HEIRESS. ]
[ MISS BURNEY WILL NOT BE PERSUADED TO DANCE. ]
[ DR. JOHNSON HELD IN GENERAL DREAD. ]
[ SHORT, FAT, HANDSOME MISS MONCKTON: DUCAL INDIFFERENCE. ]
[ MISS MONCKTON'S ASSEMBLY: SACQUES AND RUFFLES. ]
[ AT MISS MONCKTON'S: “CECILIA” EXTOLLED BY THE “OLD WITS,” AND BY BURKE. ]
[ DR. JOHNSON'S INMATES AT BOLT-COURT. ]
[ THE TWO MR. CAMBRIDGES IMPROVE UPON ACQUAINTANCE. ]
[ THE SHILLING, THE CHAIRMAN, AND THE GREEN-SHOP GIRL. ]
[ MR. SOAME JENYNS'S EULOGY ON “CECILIA.” ]
[ AN ITALIAN SINGER'S VIEWS OF ENGLAND. ]
[ RAPTURES OF THE “OLD WITS” OVER “CECILIA.” ]
[ ILLNESS AND DEATH OF MR. CRISP. ]
[ DR. JOHNSON ATTACKED BY PARALYSIS. ]
[ A PLEASANT DAY WITH THE CAMBRIDGES. ]
[ DR. JOHNSON's HEROIC FORBEARANCE. ]
[ “SWEET BEWITCHING MRS. LOCKE.” ]
[ MRS. THRALE'S SECOND MARRIAGE. ]
[ MRS. THRALE to FANNY BURNEY ]
[ FANNY BURNEY to MRS. PIOZZI ]
[ MRS. PIOZZI to FANNY BURNEY ]
[ LADY F.'s ANGER AT MRS. PIOZZI'S MARRIAGE. ]
[ FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. LOCKE. ]
[ DR. JOHNSON'S FAILING HEALTH. ]
[ DR. JOHNSON DYING. HIS DEATH. ]
[ MISS BURNEY IS FAVOURABLY NOTICED BY THE KING AND QUEEN. ]
[ ROYAL GENEROSITY to MRS. DELANY. ]
[ FANNY BURNEY TO DR. BURNEY ]
[ FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. LOCKE. ]
[ ROYAL CURIOSITY ABOUT MISS BURNEY. ]
[ AN ANTICIPATED ROYAL INTERVIEW. ]
[ DIRECTIONS FOR A PRIVATE ENCOUNTER WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY. ]
[ “THE KING! AUNT, THE KING!” ]
[ THE KING CATEGORICALLY QUESTIONS Miss BURNEY. ]
[ THE QUEEN APPEARS UPON THE SCENE. ]
[ “MISS BURNEY PLAYS—BUT NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.” ]
[ A DRAWING-ROOM DURING A FOG. ]
[ WILL MISS BURNEY WRITE ANY MORE? ]
[ A MUSICIAN, WITH A PROBOSCIS. ]
[ GENERAL CONVERSATION: ROYALTY DEPARTS. ]
[ THE KING AGAIN: TEA TABLE ETIQUETTE. ]
[ GEORGE III. ON PLAYS AND PLAYERS. ]
[ LITERARY TALK WITH THE QUEEN. ]
[ THE QUEEN ON ROMAN CATHOLIC SUPERSTITIONS. ]
[ FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. BURNEY. ]
[ DIRECTIONS FOR COUGHING, SNEEZING, OR MOVING BEFORE THE KING AND QUEEN. ]
[ DR. BURNEY IS DISAPPOINTED OF A PLACE. ]
[ A VISIT TO WARREN HASTINGS AND HIS WIFE. ]
[ A PROPOSAL FROM THE QUEEN. ]
[ MISS BURNEY ACCEPTS THE QUEEN'S OFFER. ]
[ FANNY BURNEY TO DR. BURNEY ]
[ FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. FRANCIS ]
[ MISS BURNEY ENTERS UPON HER COURT DUTIES. ]
[ THE TEA TABLE OF THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES. ]
[ EVENING CEREMONIAL IN THE QUEEN'S DRESSING ROOM. ]
[ CONGRATULATORY VISITS FROM COURT OFFICIALS. ]
[ MAJOR PRICE AND COLONEL POLIER. ]
[ MISS BURNEY'S DAILY ROUTINE AT WINDSOR. ]
[ THE COURT AT KEW: A THREE YEAR OLD PRINCESS. ]
[ A DRAWING-ROOM AT ST. JAMES'S. ]
[ MISS BURNEY'S FIRST EVENING OUT ]
[ CASUAL CALLERS TO BE KEPT OFF: A NEW ARRIVAL. ]
[ THE ATTEMPT AGAINST THE KING. ]
[ AGITATION OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCESSES. ]
[ THE QUEEN CONTINUES ANXIOUS. ]
[ LITTLE PRINCESS AMELIA'S BIRTHDAY. ]
[ THE CIPHER BECOMES A NUMBER. ]
[ DISPLAY OF LOYALTY AT LITTLE KEW. ]
[ MISS BERNAR, THE QUEEN WILL GIVE YOU A GOWN. ]
[ THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES IS VERY MUCH PUT OUT. ]
[ ROYAL VISIT TO NUNEHAM, OXFORD AND BLENHEIM. ]
[ THE JOURNEY To NUNEHAM: UNGRACious RECEPTION. ]
[ A HASTY INTRODUCTION To LADY HARCOURT. ]
[ APPARITION OF THE PRINCESSES. ]
[ “THE EQUERRIES WANT THE LADIES.” ]
[ THANKSGIVING SERVICE; AT NUNEHAM. ]
[ ROYAL VISIT TO OXFORD: RECEPTION BY THE UNIVERSITY. ]
[ THE ROYAL FAMILY ARE MUCH AFFECTED. ]
[ THE PRESENTATIONS: RETIRING BACKWARDS. ]
[ THE COLLEGES VISITED: A STEALTHY COLLATION. ]
[ RETREATING FROM THE ROYAL PRESENCE. ]
[ A LIVELY BREAKFAST INCIDENT. ]
[ COURT DUTIES AT WINDSOR AND KEW. ]
[ THE MISCHIEF-MAKING KEEPER OF THE ROBES. ]
[ MISS BURNEY REPINES AT HER POSITION. ]
[ FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. PHILIPS. ]
[ MADAME DE GENLIs DISCUSSED. ]
[ A DISTINGUISHED ASTRONOMER. ]
[ EFFUSIVE MADAME DE LA ROCHE. ]
[ THE PRINCESS ROYAL's BIRTHDAY. ]
[ CUSTODIAN OF THE QUEEN'S JEWEL Box. ]
[ A LAUDATORY ESTIMATE OF THE QUEEN. ]
[ AN EQUERRY'S DUTIES AND DISCOMFORTS. ]
[ ROYAL CAUTIONS AND CONFIDENCES. ]
[ THE QUEEN TIRED OF HER GEWGAWS. ]
[ THE PLUMP PROVOST AND HIS LADY. ]
[ THE EQUERRIES VIOLATE THE RULES. ]
[ MR. TURBULENT ON COURT ROUTINE. ]
[ AN EQUERRY ON THE COURT CONCERT. ]
[ DR. HERSCHFL'S LARGE TELESCOPE. ]
[ ILLNESS, AND SOME REFLECTIONS IT GAVE RISE TO. ]