By Frances Burney
DETAILED CONTENTS PREFACE
PREFACE.
MADAME D'ARBLAY, BY LORD MACAULAY.
SECT. 1 (1778.)
MISS BURNEY PUBLISHES HER FIRST NOVEL AND FINDS HERSELF FAMOUS.
"EVELINA" AND THE MYSTERY ATTENDING ITS PUBLICATION.
A FIRST VISIT TO MRS. THRALE AND AN INTRODUCTION To DR. JOHNSON.
FANNY BURNEY INTERVIEWS HER PUBLISHER.
CONVERSATIONS WITH MRS. THRALE AND DR. JOHNSON.
DR. JOHNSON ON SOME "LADIES" OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE
A LEARNED MAN ON "EVELINA."
CURIOSITY REGARDING THE AUTHOR OF "EVELINA."
THE MEMBERS OF DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSEHOLD.
ANTICIPATED VISIT FROM MRS. MONTAGU.
FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO A CELEBRATED "BLUE-STOCKING."
DR. JOHNSON'S COMPLIMENTS AND GROSS SPEECHES.
SUGGESTED HUSBANDS FOR FANNY BURNEY.
A STREATHAM DINNER PARTY.
SECT. 2 (1779)
THE AUTHOR OF "EVELINA" IN SOCIETY: SHE VISITS BRIGHTON AND
A QUEER ADVENTURE. St. Martin's Street, January.
AN EVENING AT SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S A DEMONSTRATIVE "EVELINA" ENTHUSIAST.
FANNY BURNEY'S INTRODUCTION TO SHERIDAN.
AN ARISTOCRATIC RADICAL OF THE LAST CENTURY.
MR. MURPHY, THE DRAMATIST.
A BEAUTY WEEPING AT WILL,
MR. MURPHY'S CONCERN REGARDING FANNY BURNEY'S COMEDY.
A SCENE ON THE BRIGHTON PARADE.
MR. MURPHY CONSIDERS THE DIALOGUE IS CHARMING: A CENSORIOUS LADY.
A MILITIA CAPTAIN OFFICIATES AS BARBER.
"HEARTS HAVE AT YE ALL."
GIDDY MISS BROWN.
SOPHY STREATFIELD AGAIN WEEPS TO ORDER.
"EVERYTHING A BORE."
PROPOSED MATCH BETWEEN MR. SEWARD AND THE WEEPER-AT-WILL.
THE FATE OF "THE WITLINGS." FANNY BURNEY to MR. CRISP.
"QUITE WHAT WE CALL," AND "GIVE ME LEAVE To TELL YOU."
THE CRYING BEAUTY AND HER MOTHER.
A BEWITCHING PRODIGY.
AT BRIGHTON: A "CURE." THE JEALOUS CUMBERLANDS.
AN AMUSING CHARACTER: HIS VIEWS ON MANY SUBJECTS.
SECT. 3 (1780-1781)
A SEASON AT BATH: MR. THRALE'S DEATH.
A YOUTHFUL PRODIGY.
LORD MULGRAVE ON THE "SERVICES."
SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.
THE BYRONS.
MR. HENRY WILL BE SO MORTIFIED.
ALL THE BEST FAMILIES IN THE NAVY.
THE LADY OF BATH EASTON.
A FASHIONABLE CONCERT.
A BATH ALDERMAN'S RAREE SHOW.
FLIGHTY CAPTAIN BOUCHIER.
A YOUNG AND AGREEABLE INFIDEL.
BALL-ROOM FLIRTATIONS.
FURTHER FLIRTATIONS.
BATH EASTON AND SCEPTICAL MISS W
CURIOSITY ABOUT THE "EVELINA" SET.
ALARM AT THE "NO POPERY" RIOTS.
HASTY DEPARTURE FROM BATH.
THE GORDON RIOTS.
A SUGGESTED VISIT To GRUB-STREET.
FANNY BURNEY'S BROTHER IS PROMOTED.
THE DEATH OF MR. THRALE.
SECT. 4 (1781-2.)
MISS BURNEY EXTENDS THE CIRCLE OF HER ACQUAINTANCE.
YOUNG MR. CRUTCHLEY RUFFLES MISS BURNEY. Streatham, May.
MISS BURNEY SULKS ON.
TOO MUCH OF MANY THINGS.
A "POOR WRETCH OF A PAINTER."
DR. JOHNSON IN A RAGE.
THE MISERABLE HOST AND MELANCHOLY GUEST.
TWO CELEBRATED DUCHESSES DISCUSSED.
MR. CRUTCHLEY IS BANTERED ABOUT HIS PRIDE.
MISS SOPHY STREATHIELD IS COMMENTED ON
GARRULOUS MR. MUSGRAVE.
A PARTING SHOT AT MR. CRUTCHLEY.
MANAGER HELIOGABALUS.
SISTER AUTHORESSES.
A DINNER AT SIR JOSHUA'S, WITH BURKE AND GIBBON.
A LETTER FROM BURKE To FANNY BURNEY.
MISS BURNEY SITS FOR HER PORTRAIT
GENERAL PAOLI. [152]
SECT. 5 (1782-3-4-)
"CECILIA": A PAEAN OF PRAISE: LAMENTATIONS.
AT BRIGHTON AGAIN, THE "FAmous Miss BURNEY." Brighthelmstone, Oct. 26.
DR. JOHNSON DOGMATISES.
A CUNNING RUNAWAY HEIRESS.
DR. JOHNSON A BORE.
MISS BURNEY WILL NOT BE PERSUADED TO DANCE.
DR. JOHNSON HELD IN GENERAL DREAD.
SHORT, FAT, HANDSOME MISS MONCKTON: DUCAL INDIFFERENCE.
MISS MONCKTON'S ASSEMBLY: SACQUES AND RUFFLES.
AT MISS MONCKTON'S: "CECILIA" EXTOLLED BY THE "OLD WITS," AND BY BURKE.
A WRITER OF ROMANCES.
MRS. WALSINGHAM.
MRS. SIDDONS.
DR. JOHNSON'S INMATES AT BOLT-COURT.
THE TWO MR. CAMBRIDGES IMPROVE UPON ACQUAINTANCE.
THE SHILLING, THE CHAIRMAN, AND THE GREEN-SHOP GIRL.
MR. SOAME JENYNS'S EULOGY ON "CECILIA."
AN ITALIAN SINGER'S VIEWS OF ENGLAND.
RAPTURES OF THE "OLD WITS" OVER "CECILIA."
ILLNESS AND DEATH OF MR. CRISP.
FANNY BURNEY to MR. CRISP April 12, 1783.
DR. JOHNSON ATTACKED BY PARALYSIS.
A PLEASANT DAY WITH THE CAMBRIDGES.
DR. JOHNSON's HEROIC FORBEARANCE.
"SWEET BEWITCHING MRS. LOCKE."
MRS. THRALE'S SECOND MARRIAGE.
MRS. THRALE to FANNY BURNEY Mortimer-st., Cavendish-sq.
FANNY BURNEY to MRS. PIOZZI Norbury Park,
MRS. PIOZZI to FANNY BURNEY Wellbeck-st., NO, 33, Cavendish-sq.,
A HAPPY HOME.
LADY F.'s ANGER AT MRS. PIOZZI'S MARRIAGE.
FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. LOCKE. St. Martin's St.,
DR. JOHNSON'S FAILING HEALTH.
DR. JOHNSON DYING. HIS DEATH.
SECT. 6 (1785-6.)
MISS BURNEY IS FAVOURABLY NOTICED BY THE KING AND QUEEN.
ROYAL GENEROSITY to MRS. DELANY.
FANNY BURNEY TO DR. BURNEY St. James's-place,
FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. LOCKE. St. James's-place,
A VISIT TO MRS. DELANY.
ROYAL CURIOSITY ABOUT MISS BURNEY.
AN ANTICIPATED ROYAL INTERVIEW.
DIRECTIONS FOR A PRIVATE ENCOUNTER WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY.
A PANIC. In the midst of all this, the queen came!
"THE KING! AUNT, THE KING!"
THE KING CATEGORICALLY QUESTIONS Miss BURNEY.
THE QUEEN APPEARS UPON THE SCENE.
"MISS BURNEY PLAYS BUT NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT."
A DRAWING-ROOM DURING A FOG.
WILL MISS BURNEY WRITE ANY MORE?
A MUSICIAN, WITH A PROBOSCIS.
GENERAL CONVERSATION: ROYALTY DEPARTS. After this, Mrs. Delany mentioned Madame de la Fite and her son.
THE KING AGAIN: TEA TABLE ETIQUETTE.
GEORGE III. ON PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
LITERARY TALK WITH THE QUEEN. Tuesday, Dec. 20. 1st, summons; 2ndly, entree.
THE QUEEN ON ROMAN CATHOLIC SUPERSTITIONS.
ON BEING PRESENTED.
FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. BURNEY. Windsor, Dec. 17
DIRECTIONS FOR COUGHING, SNEEZING, OR MOVING BEFORE THE KING AND QUEEN.
DR. BURNEY IS DISAPPOINTED OF A PLACE.
A VISIT TO WARREN HASTINGS AND HIS WIFE.
A PROPOSAL FROM THE QUEEN.
MISS BURNEY ACCEPTS THE QUEEN'S OFFER.
FANNY BURNEY TO DR. BURNEY
FANNY BURNEY TO MRS. FRANCIS [202]
SECT. 7 (1786)
MISS BURNEY ENTERS UPON HER COURT DUTIES.
THE QUEEN'S SUMMONS.
A MILITARY GOURMAND.
A SUCCESSION OF VISITORS.
THE TEA TABLE OF THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES.
EVENING CEREMONIAL IN THE QUEEN'S DRESSING ROOM.
THE QUEEN'S TOILETTES.
CONGRATULATORY VISITS FROM COURT OFFICIALS.
INOPPORTUNE VISITORS.
MAJOR PRICE AND COLONEL POLIER.
MISS BURNEY'S DAILY ROUTINE AT WINDSOR.
THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
THE COURT AT KEW: A THREE YEAR OLD PRINCESS.
A DRAWING-ROOM AT ST. JAMES'S.
ABSENCE OF STATE AT KEW.
MISS BURNEY'S FIRST EVENING OUT
CASUAL CALLERS TO BE KEPT OFF: A NEW ARRIVAL.
THE ROYAL PRINCESSES.
ALARMING NEWS.
THE ATTEMPT AGAINST THE KING.
AGITATION OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCESSES.
A PRIVILEGE IS SECURED.
THE QUEEN CONTINUES ANXIOUS.
SNUFF PREPARER-IN CHIEF.
A SUPPER MYSTERY.
LITTLE PRINCESS AMELIA'S BIRTHDAY.
THE CIPHER BECOMES A NUMBER.
DISPLAY OF LOYALTY AT LITTLE KEW.
MISS BERNAR, THE QUEEN WILL GIVE YOU A GOWN.
A CROWDED DRAWING-ROOM.
THE KEEPER OF THE ROBES IS VERY MUCH PUT OUT.
SECT. 8 (1786.)
ROYAL VISIT TO NUNEHAM, OXFORD AND BLENHEIM.
A JOB'S COMFORTER.
THE JOURNEY To NUNEHAM: UNGRACious RECEPTION.
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