LET. LVI. From Florence.—Remarks on the road between Bologna and Florence—visit to the monastery of La Trappe, with reflections on the monastic life—occasion of the institution of the order of La Trappe—the burning mountains near Fierenzuola—general description of Florence—the grand gallery—the statues of Antinous and Venus de Medicis—the first sketches of Raphael's cartoons—envious behaviour of modern painters, in defacing the productions of the ancients—digressions to some reports raised by Mr P. concerning the writer.
LET. LVII. —Remarks on Paris—reflections on staring and grinning—character of the French people—criticism on statues in the gardens of Versailles—the gardens compared with the royal gardens of England.
LET. LVIII. —Observations on the koran, and the conduct of the Greek priests with regard to it—women not excluded from Mahomet's paradise—who among the women excluded— the exhortations of Mahomet to the women, compared with the monastic institution of popery—the sciences cultivated among the Turks by the effendis—sentiments of an intelligent one respecting abstinence from wine— strange mixture of different countries in the suburbs of Constantinople—different species of men asserted— mongrels in the human species—why the English women so fond of hoop-petticoats.
Inquiry into the truth of Monsieur Rochefoucault's maxim, "That marriage is sometimes convenient, but never delightful."
Verses written in the Chiask at Pera, overlooking Constantinople,
December 26th, 1718. By Lady Mary Wortley Montague.
Verses to Lady Mary Wortley Montague. By Mr Pope.