MEMOIR AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF

Inne (Macvicar)

MRS. GRANT OF LAGGAN,

AUTHOR OF

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"LETTERS FROM THE MOUNTAINS," MEMOIRS OF

AN AMERICAN LADY," ETC.

1. TO MRS. LOWELL, Aug. 16. Visit to Hatton House, near

Edinburgh. Death of Miss Isabella Loudon. Colonel

Hay

2. TO MR. JOHN HENNING, Sept. 17. The Guinea fever

3. TO MRS. BROWN, Nov. 19. Society in Edinburgh con-

trasted with that of London and Glasgow.

"Countess and Gertrude"

The

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4. TO MRS. FEILDING, Feb. 20. Condolence on the death

of her Grandson. Striking death of Miss C―e.

Meets John Kemble at the Bishop of Meath's.

Scott's Poem of "Rokeby." Princess Charlotte

5. TO MRS. SMITH, April 16. Miss Isabella Smythe. Re-

marks on Scott's Poem of "Rokeby." No local

poetry in England

6. TO THE SAME, May 13. Her daughter Anne's improve-

ment. Mrs. E. Hamilton's "Essays."

Morals," by Hannah More

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7. TO MRS. LOWELL, May 23. Illness of her daughter, Mary.

Henning's success in London. Dr. Thomas Brown

8. TO MRS. BROWN, Oct. 13. Reflections on her Son's going

abroad. Her own feelings on a similar occasion.

How comforted in London

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9. To MRS. SMITH, Jan. 1. Remarks on the New Year.

Madame de Staël in London. Meeting of Lord Byron

and Madame de Staël

10. To MISS C. M. FANSHAWE, March 24. Island on Loch

Lomond. Illness of her daughter, Anne. Mr. Jeffrey's

voyage to America, and marriage there.

Simond at a dinner party

Meets Mr.

11. TO MR. JOHN HENNING, April 24. Religious advice and

reflections. Converts a loan to a gift

12. TO MRS. RUCKER, May 29. Death of the Duke of Rox-

burgh's infant child. Its picture taken after death.

The General Assembly

13. To MRS. HOOK, July 3. Illness of her daughter, Anne.

Madame de Staël's reception in England. Disapproves

of her religious opinions. Dr. Hook's Church pre-

ferment. Waverley. The author unjust to the High-

landers. Her daughter Moore

14. TO MRS. RUCKER, July 11. Memoirs of Elizabeth Smith

15. TO MRS. RUCKER, Aug. 29. Death of her daughter,

Anne

16. TO MISS FANSHAWE, Oct. 8. Death of Miss Smythe,

who leaves a legacy to her

17. To MRS. RUCKER, Nov. 3. Has become timid from fre-

quent afflictions. Mrs. Lewis Hay. The poetry and

religion of Wordsworth

18. TO MISS FANSHAWE, Dec. 13. Mr. Jeffrey's opinion of

Waverley. Scott's "Lord of the Isles." Sotheby's

Tragedy of Ivan

19. TO MR. JOHN HENNING, Dec. 20. Encouragement and

religious advice. Remarks on Separatists

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