The letters; with important additions and corrections from his own manuscripts selected and edited by the Rev. John Mitford

CONTENTS.

N. B. Those Letters entirely new, or not published in Mr. Mason's Work,
are marked with an Asterisk*; those imperfectly published by Mr. Mason
with a Dagger ↑.

SECTION THE FIRST.

LETTER

PAGE

I. From Mr. West. Complains of his Friend's Silence

11. To Mr. West. Answer to the Former. A Translation of
some Lines from Statius

III. From Mr. West. Approbation of the Version.

Ridicule on

the Cambridge Collection of Verses on the Marriage of the

Prince of Wales

Preface of the Editor to the subsequent Letter

IV. To Mr. West. On the little Encouragement which he finds

given to Classical Learning at Cambridge. His Aversion

to Metaphysical and Mathematical Studies

V. From Mr. West. Answer to the Former, advises his Cor-

respondent not to give up Poetry when he applies himself

to the Law

VI. To Mr. Walpole. Excuse for not Writing to him, &c. - 11

VII. From Mr. West. A Poetical Epistle addressed to his Cam-

bridge Friends, taken in part from Tibullus and a Prose

Letter of Mr. Pope

VIII. To Mr. West. Thanks him for his Poetical Epistle. Com-

plains of Low Spirits. Lady Walpole's Death, and his

Concern for Mr. H. Walpole

LETTER

IX. To Mr. Walpole.

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How he spends his own Time in the

Country. Meets with Mr. Southern, the Dramatic Poet 18

X. To Mr. Walpole. Supposed Manner in which Mr. Walpole

spends his Time in the Country

XI. From Mr. West. Sends him a Translation into Latin of a

Greek Epigram

XII. To Mr. West. A Latin Epistle in Answer to the foregoing 23

XIII. From Mr. West, on leaving the University, and removing to

the Temple

XIV. To Mr. West. A Sapphic Ode, occasioned by the preceding

Letter, with a Latin Postscript, concluding with an Alcaic

Fragment

XV. From Mr. West. Thanks for his Ode, &c. His Idea of Sir

Robert Walpole

XVI. To Mr. Walpole. Congratulates him on his New Place.

Whimsical Description of the Quadrangle of Peter-House 27

XVII. To Mr. West. On his own Leaving the University

XVIII.

From Mr. West. Sends him a Latin Elegy in Answer to

Mr. Gray's Sapphic Ode

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LETTER

SECTION THE SECOND.

Connecting Narrative. Mr. Gray goes abroad with Mr. Wal-

pole. Corresponds, during his Tour, with his Parents and

Mr. West

I. To his Mother. His Voyage from Dover. Description of

Calais. Abbeville. Amiens. Face of the Country, and

Dress of the People

II.

To Mr. West. Monuments of the Kings of France at St.

Denis, &c. French Opera and Music. Actors, &c.

III. To Mr. West.

Palace of Versailles. Its Gardens and Water-

Works. Installation of the Knights du S. Esprit

IV. To his Mother. Rheims. Its Cathedral. Disposition and

Amusements of its Inhabitants

LETTER

V. To his Father. Face of the Country between Rheims and

Dijon. Description of the latter. Monastery of the Carthu-

sians and Cistercians

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VI. To Mr. West. Lyons. Beauty of its Environs. Roman
Antiquities

VII. From Mr. West. His wishes to accompany his Friend. His
retired Life in London. Address to his Lyre, in Latin
Sapphics, on the Prospect of Mr. Gray's Return
VIII. To his Mother. Lyons. Excursion to the Grande Chartreuse.
Solemn and romantic Approach to it. His reception there,
and commendation of the Monastery

IX. To his Father. Geneva. Advantage of a free Government ex-

hibited in the very look of the People. Beauty of the Lake,

and plenty of its Fish

X. To his Mother. Journey over the Alps to Turin. Singular

Accident in passing them. Method of Travelling over Mount

Cenis

XI. To Mr. West. Turin. Its Carnival. More of the Views and
Scenery on the Road to the Grande Chartreuse. Wild and
savage Prospects amongst the Alps, agreeable to Livy's des-
cription

XII. To Mr. West. Genoa. Music. The Doge. Churches and

the Palazzo Doria

XIII. To his Mother. Paintings at Modena. Bologna. Beauty and

Richness of Lombardy