SUBJECTS OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME I.


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WHARTON'S ROGUISH PRESENT (_Frontispiece_)

VILLIERS IN DISGUISE--THE MEETING WITH HIS SISTER 14

DE GRAMMONT'S MEETING WITH LA BELLE HAMILTON 74

BEAU FIELDING AND THE SHAM WIDOW 85

A SCENE BEFORE KENSINGTON PALACE--GEORGE II. AND QUEEN CAROLINE 172

POPE AT HIS VILLA--DISTINGUISHED VISITORS 194

A ROYAL ROBBER 217

DR. JOHNSON AT LORD CHESTERFIELD'S 226

SCARRON AND THE WITS--FIRST APPEARANCE OF LA BELLE INDIENNE 247




PREFACE.