ADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU. ADY MARY PIERREPONT was the eldest daughter of Evelyn, of Kingston, and of the Lady Mary Fielding: she was the cousin of Fielding the novelist. She was born at Thoresby, ottinghamshire, in or about the year 1690; she lost her er at the age of four years, having at the time two sisters ger than herself. Her biographers differ widely upon the ct of her education, one asserting that the early dawn of genius awakened her father to the necessity of sedulously vating her natural gifts, another attributing her proficiency ly to her own indomitable perseverance. Under whichever ence it was that her youthful studies were prosecuted, there be no doubt of her precocious excellence in Greek, Latin, French. Bishop Burnet superintended her education at a period, and read and corrected her manuscript translation e Enchiridion of Epictetus. hat she was a favorite with her father in her early years, that whether he cared to foster her talents or not, he at appreciated them, is evident from the following anecdote er first public triumph. The gentlemen of the famous Kitlub, of which her father was a member, having met to -ouse toasts for the year, the whim seized him to nominate her LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU. LADY MARY PIERREPONT was the eldest daughter of Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, and of the Lady Mary Fielding: she was the own cousin of Fielding the novelist. She was born at Thoresby, in Nottinghamshire, in or about the year 1690; she lost her mother at the age of four years, having at the time two sisters younger than herself. Her biographers differ widely upon the subject of her education, one asserting that the early dawn of her genius awakened her father to the necessity of sedulously cultivating her natural gifts, another attributing her proficiency wholly to her own indomitable perseverance. Under whichever influence it was that her youthful studies were prosecuted, there can be no doubt of her precocious excellence in Greek, Latin, and French. Bishop Burnet superintended her education at a later period, and read and corrected her manuscript translation of the Enchiridion of Epictetus. That she was a favorite with her father in her early years, and that whether he cared to foster her talents or not, he at least appreciated them, is evident from the following anecdote of her first public triumph. The gentlemen of the famous Kitcat Club, of which her father was a member, having met to choose toasts for the year, the whim seized him to nominate her |