Horace Walpole: A memoir / With an appendix of books printed at the Strawberry Hill Press

by Austin Dobson

Single leaf. Baker says these were by Anna Chamber, Countess Temple.

Besides the above, Walpole printed at his press in 1770 vols. i. and ii. of a 4to edition of his works.

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INDEX

• A.
• Ædes Walpolianæ, the, [75-77], [288].
• Amelia, the Princess, [171], [228], [234].
• American Colonies, the war with the, [252], [291].
• An Account of the Giants, [189].
• Anecdotes of Painting, [142], [150], [241], [295].
• Ashe, Miss, [127-130].
• Ashton, Thomas, [16-19], [58], [59].
• B.
• Balmerino, Lord, trial and execution of, [93-97].
• Beauclerk, Lady Diana, [159], [161], [193], [243], [260], [286].
• Beauties, The, [104].
• Beauty Room, the, [211].
• Benedict XIV., Pope, [50].
• Bentley, Richard, [136], [137], [146], [148], [161], [214], [224].
• Berry, the Misses Mary and Agnes, [233], [235], [244], [259-263], [265], [285], [286], [291].
• Bland, Henry, [12].
• Bologna, visited by Walpole, [42], [43].
• Bracegirdle, Anne, [83].
• Burnet, Bishop Gilbert, [16], [175].
• Burney, Frances, [193], [257].
• Byng, Admiral, [142], [143].
• C.
• Castle of Otranto, The, [161], [163], [164], [168], [192], [195].
• Catalogue of Engravers, [155].
• Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors, [142], [149-152].
• Catalogue of Strawberry Hill, [262].
• Charles X. (Comte d'Artois), [172].
• Chartreuse, La Grande, visited by Walpole and Gray, [38].
• Chartreux, Convent of the, described by Walpole, [34], [35].
• Chatterton, Thomas, [196-200].
• Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, [86], [131], [177];
• his Letters parodied by Walpole, [236].
• Choiseul, Madame la Duchesse de, [174], [176], [177], [180], [212].
• Christopher Inn, the, [17].
• Chudleigh, Elizabeth, Duchess of Kingston, [230].
• Churchill, Lady Mary (Maria), [49], [63], [67], [100].
• Chute, John, [52], [68], [118], [134], [171], [208].
• Clement XII., Pope, [45].
• Clinton, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, [56].
• Clive, Kitty, [83], [121], [133], [140], [143], [192];
• bon mot of, [181];
• allusions to, [213], [217];
• death of, [255].
• Cocchi, Dr. Antonio, [56].
• Coke, Lady Mary, [169].
• Cole, William, [13], [19], [161], [206], [285].
• Congreve, William, [83].
• Conway, Henry, [12], [31], [35], [36], [38], [40], [82], [87], [91], [105], [108], [150], [182], [201].
• Cope, Gen. Sir John, [89].
• Crawford, James, [179].
• Culloden Moor, the battle of, [91], [92].
• Cumberland, William, Duke of, [19], [86], [91], [92], [99], [108], [120], [122], [171].
• Cunningham, Peter, [10];
• his account of a drive with Walpole, [227], [229], [231];
• his specimens of Walpole's letters, [255];
• quoted, [212], [231].
• D.
• Damer, Anna (Miss Conway), [203], [242], [270].
• Deffand, Madame du (Marie de Vichy-Chamrond), [177], [212];
• Walpole's first impression of, [177], [178];
• her conquest of Walpole, [178];
• Walpole's letter to Gray concerning, [178], [179];
• her fondness for Walpole, [179], [180];
• the episode of the snuff-box, [180];
• Walpole's second visit to, [187], [188];
• death of, [252];
• Walpole's letters to, [248], [249];
• Walpole's adieu to, [251];
• will of, [252].
• Delenda est Oxonia, [124].
• Dodington, Bubb, [92], [120].
• Dryden, John, imitated by Walpole, [60];
• claimed as great-uncle by Catherine Shorter, [210].
• E.
• Easton Neston (Northamptonshire), [23].
• Epitaphium Vivi Auctoris, [264].
• Eton College, [11-17].
• F.
• Falkirk, the battle of, [91].
• Fielding, Henry, [79], [83], [160], [161], [230], [285].
• Fielding, William, [160].
• Florence, visited by Walpole and Gray, [43-45].
• Fontenoy, the battle of, [87], [88], [104].
• Foote, Samuel, [173].
• Forcalquier, Madame de, [174].
• Fortescue, Lucy, [105].
• Fox, Charles James, his verses on Mrs. Crewe, [240].
• Francklin, Richard, [111], [123].
• Fraser, Simon, Lord Lovat, [97].
• Frederick, Prince of Wales. (See Wales.)
• Freethinking in France, [167], [170].
• French court, presentation of Walpole at the, [171], [172].
• G.
• Garrick, David, [83], [140], [146], [186].
• Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, Madame de, [173], [257].
• Geoffrin, Madame, [175], [182].
• George I., Walpole's visit to, [8-10];
• the story of the raven, [286].
• (See Reminiscences.)
• George II., [63]. (See Reminiscences.)
• George III. (See Memoirs.)
• Goldsmith, Oliver, [19], [32], [105], [143], [198], [242];
• Walpole's contempt for, [238], [285].
• Gordon Riots, the, [253].
• Granby, Lord, [129], [131].
• Gray, Thomas, at Eton, [16], [19], [22], [25];
• travels with Walpole, [29-32];
• Versailles described by, [32], [33];
• at Rheims, [35];
• at Lyons, [38];
• at La Grande Chartreuse, [38];
• in Italy, [40-44], [49], [50], [53], [57];
• his misunderstanding with Walpole, [52-55];
• subsequent reconciliation, [55], [135];
• praises Walpole's verse, [59];
• quoted, [25], [30-34], [37], [38], [51], [59], [83], [97], [105], [115], [134], [135], [137], [148], [149], [219];
• resumes his intimacy with Walpole, [103], [106], [173];
• visits Strawberry Hill, [135];
• his indebtedness to Walpole, [135];
• his Elegy published by Dodsley, [135];
• the Poemata-Grayo-Bentleiana, [137];
• publication of the Odes at Strawberry Hill, [142-148];
• detects the Rowley forgeries, [197];
• portrait of, [213];
• Walpole's relations with, [285].
• Grenville, George, [290].
• H.
• Harrison, Audrey, Lady Townshend, [101], [156].
• Hawkins, Miss, [160], [244];
• her description of Walpole, [277-279].
• Hénault, Charles-Jean-François, President, [177], [183], [188], [195], [212].
• Hervey, Baron, [123];
• said to be Walpole's father, [4].
• Hervey, Lady, [120], [171], [175], [201], [224].
• Hill, Robert, the learned tailor, [150].
• Historic Doubts on Richard III., [190], [191], [237].
• Hogarth, William, [69], [79], [161], [213], [222], [242].
• Houghton, the seat of the Walpoles, [1], [24], [65], [66], [69], [71], [80], [81];
• the Houghton pictures sold to Catherine of Russia, [69], [246], [247];
• Walpole buried at, [268].
• Hume, David, [167], [171], [181-185].
• Hyde Park, robbers in, [125], [126].
• I.
• Inn, the Christopher, [16], [17].
• Inscription for the Neglected Column, [61].
• J.
• Jennings, Frances, Duchess of Tyrconnell, anecdote of, [7];
• head of, [222].
• Jenyns, Soame, quoted, [127], [131].
• Jephson, Capt. Robert, [237], [239].
• Johnson, Samuel, [55], [84], [236], [285].
• K.
• Kendal, the Duchess of, [8], [228], [287].
• Ker, Lord Robert, [91].
• Kilmarnock, Earl, [92];
• trial and execution of, [93-98].
• King's College, Cambridge, [18-20], [28].
• Kirgate, Thomas, [150], [195], [235].
• L.
• Lens, Bernard, [19].
• Lessons for the Day, [75].
• Letter from Xo Ho, [143], [144], [295].
• Louis XVI. (Duc de Berry), [172].
• Louis XVIII. (Comte de Provence), [172].
• M.
• Macaulay, Lord, [229];
• reviews Lord Dover's edition of Walpole's letters to Mann, [271-273];
• letters to Hannah Macaulay quoted, [271], [272];
• Lady Holland irritated by, [272];
• his opinion of Walpole, [273-275].
• McLean, James, robs Walpole, [125], [126];
• is imprisoned, [126];
• becomes a fashionable lion, [126];
• is executed, [126].
• Mann, Sir Horace, [43], [44], [47], [61], [69], [201], [254];
• death of, [255];
• Walpole's affection for, [286].
• Mason, Rev. William, [53], [197], [202].
• Memoirs of the Reign of King George III., [189], [292].
• Middleton, Dr. Conyers, [286];
• praises Walpole's attainments, [57], [58].
• Montagu, Lieut.-Gen. Charles, K. C. B., [14].
• Montagu, Brig-Gen. Edward, [14].
• Montagu, George, M. P., [14], [17], [21], [29], [187], [201], [286].
• Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, [4], [48], [133];
• described by Walpole, [49-51];
• quoted, [50], [102].
• Mont Cenis, [40].
• Moore, Edward, [131].
• More, Hannah, [258], [264], [285].
• Müntz (German artist), [138], [142], [146], [210], [279].
• Mysterious Mother, The, [190-193];
• Byron's praise of, [193];
• printed at the Strawberry Hill Press, [195];
• illustrated by Lady Di. Beauclerk, [243].
• N.
• Nature will Prevail, [239].
• Neale, Betty, [130].
• Neuhoff, Baron ('Theodore, King of Corsica'), [132], [142].
• Nolkejumskoi. (See Cumberland, William, Duke of.)
• O.
• Officina Arbuteana. (See Strawberry Hill.)
• Orford, George, third Earl of (nephew of Horace Walpole), [69], [141], [202], [245], [247], [263].
• Orford, Horace, fourth Earl of. (See Walpole, Horace.)
• Orford, Robert, first Earl of. (See Walpole, Sir Robert.)
• Orford, Robert, second Earl of. (See Walpole, Robert.)
• Ossory, Lady, [202];
• letters of Walpole to, [207], [233], [246], [247], [252], [260], [266].
• P.
• Paris, Walpole's first visit to, [31], [32];
• state of society in, [166-168];
• second visit to, [169], [173-181];
• third visit to, [186], [187], [189];
• fourth visit to, [249].
• Parish Register of Twickenham, The, [158], [160], [161], [245].
• Parodies by Walpole, [77], [236].
• Patapan, [66].
• Petersham, Lady Caroline, [127-130], [285].
• Picture Gallery at Houghton, [69], [71], [246], [247].
• Pinkerton, John, his Walpoliana quoted, [3], [10], [84], [220], [258], [279], [280], [281];
• a favourite of Walpole, [256];
• his description of Walpole, [279-282].
• Pomfret, Lady, [47-50], [101].
• Pope, Alexander, [103], [109], [139], [216].
• Preston Pans, the battle of, [89].
• Prévost d'Exiles, M. l'Abbé Antoine-François, [31].
• Prior, Matthew, criticised by Walpole, [76], [77].
• Pulteney, William, Earl of Bath, [62], [64], [151], [228].
• Q.
• Quadruple Alliance, the, [14];
• ended, [18], [19].
• Queensberry, the Duke of, [231].
• Quinault, Jeanne-Françoise, [32].
• R.
• Radnor, Lord, his Chinese summer-house, [119].
• Ranelagh Gardens, the, [85], [86].
• Reminiscences of the Courts of George the I. and II., written for the Misses Berry, [262].
• Reynolds, Sir Joshua, [241].
• Richardson, Samuel, [167], [171].
• Robinson, William, [146], [147], [150], [156].
• Rochford, Lady, [156], [157].
• Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, [181], [182];
• sham letter from Frederick the Great to, [182], [183];
• anger of, [184];
• his quarrel with Hume, [184].
• S.
• Saint-Cyr, Walpole's visit to, [188].
• Saunderson, Professor Nicholas, [20].
• Scott, Samuel, [139].
• Scott, Sir Walter, his study of the Castle of Otranto, [164], [165].
• Selwyn, George Augustus, [13], [138], [168], [231].
• Sermon on Painting, The, [71-76].
• Shenstone, William, [149].
• Shirley, Lady Fanny, [160].
• Shirley, the Hon. Sewallis, [102], [103], [202].
• Shorter, Catherine (Lady Walpole), [3], [4], [210];
• death of, [24];
• burial of, [25];
• Dryden claimed as great-uncle to, [210].
• Shorter, Sir John, Lord Mayor of London, [3].
• Short Notes, Walpole's, quoted, [5], [11], [17], [35], [56], [80], [124], [152], [189], [239].
• Skerret, Maria, [4], [49], [63], [210].
• Smollett, Tobias, [101], [105].
• Spence, Professor Joseph, [50], [55], [56], [150].
• Sterne, Laurence, [173].
• Strawberry Hill (Twickenham), Walpole removes to, [86];
• description of, [107-124], [146], [147], [208];
• previous tenants of, [109], [110];
• additions to, [111], [204], [205];
• the Gothic castle at, [113-119];
• views executed by Müntz, [138];
• private printing-press at, [142], [145], [146];
• described by William Robinson, [146-148];
• works published at the Officina Arbuteana, [149-151] (see Appendix), [152];
• Description of the Villa at, [195], [201], [208];
• fêtes at, [205], [206];
• ground plan of the villa at, [208];
• China Closet and China Room at, [210];
• the Yellow Bedchamber (Beauty Room), [211];
• Breakfast Room, [212], [213];
• plan of principal floor, [212];
• Green Closet, [213];
• Library, [214];
• Blue Bedchamber, [214];
• Armoury, [214];
• the Red Bedchamber, [216];
• the Holbein Chamber, [216];
• the Star Chamber, [217];
• the Gallery, [204], [218];
• the Round Tower, [220];
• the Cabinet (Tribune), [220];
• collection of rarities, [220], [221];
• the Great North Bedchamber, [218], [221];
• the Great Cloister, [223];
• the Chapel, [223];
• the Flower Garden, [112], [224];
• Gothicism of the villa, [225], [226];
• bequeathed to Mrs. Damer, [270];
• subsequent disposal of, [270].
• Stuart, Prince Charles Edward (the Chevalier), his descent on Scotland, [88], [96];
• temporary success of, [90], [91], [96];
• escape of, [91].
• Stuart, Lady Louisa, her Introductory Anecdotes quoted, [14-16], [22], [23].
• Suffolk, the Countess of (Mrs. Howard), [9], [122], [139], [157], [201].
• Swift, Jonathan, [19], [103], [139].
• T.
• Townshend, Charles, Viscount, [6], [156].
• Townshend, Lady. (See Harrison, Audrey.)
• Tragedy in England, Walpole's opinion of, [194], [195].
• Triumvirate, the, [14].
• Twickenham. (See Strawberry Hill.)
• V.
• Vane, Henry, Earl of Darlington, [128].
• Vauxhall, [84], [128-131].
• Versailles, visited by Walpole, [32], [171-173].
• Verses on the Suppression of the Late Rebellion, [98-100].
• Vertue, George, the engraver, [69], [70], [77], [154], [216].
• Voltaire, François-Marie-Arouet de, [178], [190].
• W.
• Wales, Frederick, Prince of, [24], [61], [86], [87];
• composes a chanson on the battle of Fontenoy, [87];
• wins £800 from Lord Granby, [131].
• Walpol, Sir Henry de, [1].
• Walpole, Dorothy, Lady Townshend, [6], [210].
• Walpole, Sir Edward, Knight of the Bath, [2].
• ——, Sir Edward (brother of Horace), [100], [202], [203];
• the daughters of, [203];
• death of, [256].
• ——, George (third Earl of Orford), [141], [202], [245].
• ——, Horace (Horatio), his ancestry, [1-4];
• scandal regarding his birth, [3], [4];
• early childhood, [5-10];
• his visit to George I., [9];
• his appearance as a boy, [11];
• his school-days at Eton, [11-17];
• his scholarship, [12], [19], [20];
• his companions at Eton, [13-16];
• enters Lincoln's Inn, [16];
• enters King's College, Cambridge, [18];
• his university studies, [19], [20];
• the 'triumvirate,' [19];
• the 'quadruple alliance,' [18], [19];
• literary productions at Cambridge, [24];
• appointed Inspector of Imports and Exports, [27];
• becomes Usher of the Exchequer, Controller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats, [27], [28];
• leaves college, [28];
• travels with Gray, [29];
• visits France, [30-39];
• in Switzerland, [39];
• crosses the Alps, [40];
• in Italy, [41-56];
• his description of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, [49];
• his misunderstanding with Gray, [52-55];
• his illness in Florence, [55];
• his return to England, [56];
• becomes Member of Parliament for Callington, [56];
• poetical Epistle to Thomas Ashton, [58], [59];
• praised by Gray, [59];
• his letters to Mann, [61], [65], [88];
• his first speech in Parliament, [64];
• his Sermon on Painting, [71-75];
• the Ædes Walpolianæ, [75-77];
• his parodies, [78], [236];
• his paper against Lord Bath, [78];
• his father's death, [79], [80];
• receives legacy from his father, [80], [81];
• his criticism of Mrs. Woffington and of Garrick, [83];
• removes to Twickenham, [86];
• his Verses on the Suppression of the Late Rebellion, [98], [99];
• epilogue to Tamerlane, [98];
• marriage of his sisters, [100];
• his criticism of Lady Orford, [101], [102];
• his contributions to The Museum, [103];
• his poem, The Beauties, [104], [105];
• resides at Windsor, [106];
• his description of Strawberry Hill, [107-120], [147], [195], [205], [206], [227] (see Strawberry Hill);
• his papers in The Remembrancer, [124];
• his tract, Delenda est Oxonia, [124];
• is robbed in Hyde Park, [125], [126];
• his account of Vauxhall, [128-131];
• his papers in The World, [131];
• his reconciliation with Gray, [134];
• his admiration of Gray's poetry, [135-137];
• is chosen Member of Parliament for Castle Rising, [141];
• for Lynn, [142];
• his Castle of Otranto, [142], [163], [168], [169];
• publishes Gray's Odes, [142], [148];
• his Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors, [142], [149], [151];
• his first Memoirs, [142];
• his Letter from Xo Ho, [143], [145], [295];
• his other Catalogues, [145], [149], [151];
• establishes the Officina Arbuteana, [145];
• his publications, [149-151] (see Appendix), [153], [154], [165];
• his Catalogue of Engravers, [155];
• his Anecdotes of Painting, [152], [156], [241], [243];
• his occasional pieces (The Magpie and her Brood, Dialogue between two Great Ladies, The Garland, The Parish Register), [157], [158], [245];
• his second visit to Paris, [167-181];
• is presented to the royal family, [171-173];
• sham letter to Rousseau, [182];
• visits Bath, [186];
• his third visit to Paris, [187];
• his Account of the Giants, [189];
• begins his Memoirs of the Reign of George III., [189];
• retires from Parliament, [189];
• his letters to the Public Advertiser, [190];
• his Historic Doubts on Richard III., [190], [191];
• his tragedy, The Mysterious Mother, [191], [192], [195];
• his relations with Chatterton, [196-200];
• his fondness for his nieces, [203];
• his correspondence, [235];
• his minor writings, [236-239];
• his Nature will Prevail, [239];
• his fourth visit to Paris, [249];
• his correspondence in French, [248];
• his farewell to Madame du Deffand, [251], [252];
• his acquaintance with Hannah More, [258];
• his friendship with the Misses Berry, [259-263], [265], [286], [291];
• his Reminiscences, [262];
• his Catalogue of Strawberry Hill, [262];
• succeeds his nephew as Earl of Orford, [263];
• his Epitaphium Vivi Auctoris, [264];
• his last letter to Lady Ossory, [267], [268];
• his death and burial, [268];
• disposal of his estate, [269], [270];
• Lord Macaulay's criticism of, [271-276];
• portraits and descriptions of, [276-278];
• Pinkerton's reminiscences of, [280-282];
• his character as a man, [284-287];
• as a virtuoso, [288], [289];
• as a politician, [290-292];
• as an author, [293], [294].
• —— of Walterton, Horatio, Baron, [6], [219].
• ——, Maria (Lady Waldegrave), [203], [205].
• ——, Lady Mary (Countess of Cholmondeley), [67], [100].
• ——, Reginald de, [1].
• ——, Sir Robert (first Earl of Orford), ancestry of, [1], [2];
• first marriage of, [3];
• second marriage of, [49];
• decline of his political power, [61], [62];
• resigns the premiership, [63];
• is created Earl of Orford, [63];
• intrigues against Pulteney, [64];
• prevents his own disgrace, [64], [65];
• death of, [78-80];
• will of, [81].
• ——, Robert (second Earl of Orford), [85], [102], [129].
• ——, Lady Robert (Countess of Orford), [48], [101], [102], [202];
• death of, [256].
• ——, Col. Robert, M. P., [2].
• ——, William, [3].
• Walpoles of Houghton, pedigree of the, [1];
• spelled Walpol, [1].
• Walpoliana, Pinkerton's, [3], [10], [84], [256], [258], [279-282].
• Walsingham, Melusina de Schulemberg, Countess of, [9].
• Wesley, John, Walpole's description of, [186].
• West, Richard, [15], [16], [103].
• Whitehead, Paul, [139].
• Wilkes, John, [173].
• Williams, George James, [138], [168], [203].
• Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, [13], [131].
• William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, marries Maria Walpole, [203].
• Woffington, Margaret, [83].
• X.
• Xo Ho, Letter of, [143], [144].
• Y.
• Yarmouth, the Countess of (Madame de Walmoden), [9].
• Z.
• Zouch, Rev. Henry, [196];
• Walpole's letters to, quoted, [152-155], [285].

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Another member for Castle Rising was Samuel Pepys, the Diarist.

[2] The name of Horatio I dislike. It is theatrical, and not English. I have, ever since I was a youth, written and subscribed Horace, an English name for an Englishman. In all my books (and perhaps you will think of the numerosus Horatius) I so spell my name.—Walpoliana, i. 62.