CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE
Introductory—Mrs. Piozzi and the blue-stockings—PenelopeWeston—The Salusbury family—Early years and education—Marriageto Thrale, 1763—Widowhood—Marriage to Piozzi,1784—Foreign travel—Return to England, 1788[1]
CHAPTER II
The Piozzis in Hanover Square—Scotch tour, 1789—Visit toWales—Return to Streatham Park, 1790—Harriet Lee'sromance—Nuneham and Mrs. Siddons, 1791—French Revolution—Cecilia'sadmirers—Apprehensions for Cecilia—TheSeptember massacres—Miss Weston's engagement[18]
CHAPTER III
Miss Weston marries Wm. Pennington, 1792—Execution ofLouis XVI—Reconciliation of Mrs. Piozzi and her daughters,1793—Irish Rebellion—British Synonymy—Fleming'sprophecies—Cecilia's flirtations—Residence at Denbigh,1794—Building of Brynbella[73]
CHAPTER IV
Cecilia's engagement and marriage to Mostyn, 1795—Herdangerous illness—Friction with the Mostyns—Disturbancesin Italy and Ireland—Death of Maria Siddons—Visitto Bath, 1798[121]
CHAPTER V
Adoption of John Salusbury Piozzi—The Canterbury Tales—BathRiots, 1800—Chancery suit with Miss Thrale—Bach-y-graigrestored—Retrospection published, 1801—The Blagdoncontroversy—Political epigram[169]
CHAPTER VI
Attacks by reviewers—The Peace, 1801—Visit to London—SouthWales—Mrs. Pennington's troubles—Bath again—Breachwith Mrs. Pennington, 1804[218]
CHAPTER VII
Renewal of friendship, 1819—Weston-super-Mare—W. A. Conway—Birthdayfête, 1820—Conway's love affair—Penzance—TheQueen's trial—More law—Land's End—Return to Cliftonand death, 1821—Mrs. Pennington's obituary notice—Herrelations with the daughters and the executors—Epitaph[270]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Mrs. Piozzi](Photogravure) Frontispiece
By Meyer, after Jackson, 1811, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
TO FACE PAGE
[Catherine of Berain]7
By W. Bond, after J. Allen, 1798.
[Sir Richard Clough]8
By Basire, after M. Griffith.
[Dr. Johnson's Biographers (Mrs. Piozzi, Carey?, and Boswell)]16
From a caricature, 1786, in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Streatham Park]28
By J. Landseer, after S. Prout, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Anna Seward]34
By W. Ridley, after Romney, 1797, from a print in the British Museum.
[Helen Maria Williams]44
From an engraving by J. Singleton, in the British Museum.
[Mrs. Thrale at the Age of Forty]58
From the original picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, about 1781.
[Mrs. Siddons]70
By R. J. Lane, after Sir Thos. Lawrence.
[Maria Siddons]80
By G. Clent, after Sir Thos. Lawrence.
[Sarah Martha Siddons]89
By R. J. Lane, after Sir Thos. Lawrence.
[Mrs. Piozzi]95
From an engraving by Dance, 1793, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Arthur Murphy]107
From a print in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Cecilia Mostyn]126
From the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Eliza (Farren) Countess of Derby, 1797]141
From a print in the British Museum.
[Cecilia Siddons]144
By R. J. Lane, after Sir Thos. Lawrence.
[Joseph George Holman]150
By W. Angus, after Dodd, 1784, from a print in the British Museum.
[Sophia Lee]160
By Ridley, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1809, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Mrs. Piozzi (about 1800)]180
By M. Bovi, after P. Violet, 1800, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Bach-y-graig House in 1776]199
By Godfrey, after J. Hooper, 1776.
[Hannah More]228
By Scriven, after Slater, 1813, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Mrs. Piozzi (about 1808)]250
By J. Bate, after a medallion by Henning, 1808, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[William Augustus Conway as Henry V]280
By Rivers, after De Wilde, 1814, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[The Lower (Kingston) Rooms, Bath]296
By W. J. White, after H. O. Neill, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Programme of Mrs. Piozzi's Concert, 1820, with MS. Notes.]299
By Mrs. Pennington and Maria Brown
[Miss Fellowes as Herb Strewer at the Coronation of Geo. IV, 1821]314
By M. Gauci, after Mrs. Baker, from the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
["Frying Sprats" and "Toasting Muffins"]342
From a caricature by Gillray, 1791, in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Ticket for Mrs. Piozzi's Fête]355
[The Burning of the Kingston Rooms]355
From a ball ticket, 1821, in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.
[Thomas Sedgwick Whalley, D.D.]376
By J. Brown, after Sir Joshua Reynolds, from a print in the Collection of A. M. Broadley, Esq.