THE WORKS OF GRAY

EDITED BY THE REV. JOHN MITFORD

VOLUME IV

LETTERS

JOURNAL OF TOUR IN ITALY

CONTENTS.

VOL. IV.

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 FOURTH.

Letter

Page

*116 Mr. Gray's Remarks on the Letters prefixed to Mason's

Elfrida....

1

117. To Mr. Brown. Sends him a Message to write to Mr.

Howe relating to Count Algarotti, and recommending

the Erse Poems...

6

118. Count Algarotti to Mr. Gray. Complimentary and send-

ing him some Dissertations of his Own...

8

*119. To Dr. Wharton. Visit from Mr. Walpole. Count Alga-

rotti. Rousseau's Emile. Dr. Roger Long's Audience

at Buckingham House. Change of Ministry. Natural-

ist's Calendar

*120. To Count Algarotti. Compliments him on his Efforts to

re-unite the Arts of Poetry, Music, the Dance, with

Painting and Architecture. Cause of the Hindrances to

this Union. Burletta-the Niccolina. English Language

not adapted to Music. State of the Arts in England

+121. To Mr. How. Observations on Count Algarotti's Works.
On English Gardening...

....

(Extract of a Letter from Mr. How to Mr. Gray.).

*122. To Mr. Robinson. Hopes to go into Somersetshire. Ac-

count of Mr. Mason...

+123. To Mr. How. On publishing Count Algarotti's Works.

On Lord Chatham

+124. To Dr. Wharton. Complains of Illness and Depression

of Spirits. Mr. Mason's Marriage. Lord Sandwich.

Account of the Ministry....

*125. To Ditto. Account of his Health. Mr. Mason's Mar

riage. Lord Bath's Death. New Works by Voltaire..

126. To Mr. Nicholls. On Nettley Abbey and Southampton.

*127. To Mr. Walpole. Receives the Castle of Otranto

Rousseau's Letters

9

14

220

24

26

28

32

36

Reads

40

41

128. To Mr. Palgrave. Instructions on his Travels ..........

*129. To Dr. Wharton. Was at Southampton in the Autumn.

Lord Hardwicke elected as High Steward. Dr. Keene.

Bishop Warburton's Sermon...

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