Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e / Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe

by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

LET. XLVI. From Turin.—Character of Turin, its palaces and
churches—Lady M. waits on the queen—persons of the
king and prince of Piedmont described.

LET. XLVII. From Lyons.—Journey from Turin to Lyons—passage over
mount Cenis—the frontier towns between Savoy and
France.

LET. XLVIII. From Lyons.—Reflections on the insipidity of female
visits—the inscriptions on brass tables on each side
of the town-house at Lyons—remains of antiquity—
cathedral of St John—critique on the statue of Louis
XIV.

LET. XLIX. From Paris.—Miserable condition of the French
peasants—palace of Fontainbleau—fair of St
Lawrence—opera house—general character of the French
actors—comparison between the French and English
ladies.

LET. L. Paris.—General remarks on the palace of Versailles—
Trianon—Marli—St Cloud—paintings at the house of the
Duke d'Antin—the Thuilleries—the Louvre—behaviour of
Mr Law at Paris—Paris compared with London.

LET. LI. From Dover.—Ludicrous distresses in the passage to
Dover—reflections on travelling—brief comparison
between England and the rest of the world in general.

LET. LII. Dover.—Reflections on the fates of John Hughes and
Sarah Drew—epitaph on them.

LET. LIII. —Character of Mrs D —— and humorous representation of her intended marriage with a greasy curate— anecdotes of another couple—remarks on the abuse of the word nature; applied to the case of a husband who insisted on his wife suckling her own child— observations on the forbidding countenance of a worthy gentleman.

LET. LIV. From Vienna.—Remarks on some illustrious personages at the court of Vienna—character of the poet Rousseau —alchymy much studied at Vienna—prince Eugene's library.

LET. LV. —Victory of prince Eugene over the Turks, and the surrender of Belgrade—the news how received at Constantinople—contrast between European and Asiatic manners—estimate of the pleasures of the seraglio— observations on Mr Addison being appointed secretary of state—Mr Addison, Mr Pope, and Mr Congreve, in what respects three happy poets—reflections on the Iliad, and Mr Pope's translation of it.