Chapter 17

MEMOIRS OF LADY HERVEY AND HORACE WALPOLE--BELZONI--MILMAN--SOUTHEY--MRS. RUNDELL, ETC.

Lady Hervey's Letters--Mr. Croker's letter about the editing of them--Horace Walpole's Memoirs--Mr. Murray's correspondence with Lord Holland--The Suffolk papers, edited by Mr. Croker--Mrs. Delany's Letters--Letter from Mr. Croker--Horace Walpole's "Reminiscences," edited by Miss Berry--Tomline's "Life of Pitt"--Giovanni Belzoni--His early career and works--His sensitiveness--His death--Examples of his strength--Rev. H.H. Milman's Works, "Fazio," "Samor," "The Fall of Jerusalem," "Martyr of Antioch," "Belshazzar"--Murray's dealings with Milman--Benjamin Disraeli--Letters from Southey about his articles on Cromwell--The New Churches, etc.--"The Book of the Church"--Warren Hastings, etc--The Carbonari--Mr. Eastlake--Mrs. Graham--Galignani's pirated edition of Byron--Mrs. Rundell's "Cookery Book"--Dispute with Longman's--An injunction obtained