With more regret she has turned aside from much, both truthful and interesting, which, claim ing no affinity to fashionable life, could not with propriety be adopted by her. LAMBETH, April, 1845. CONTENTS TO THE FIRST VOLUME. INTRODUCTION Page 1 CHAPTER I. - BANQUETS AND FOOD.-Refinement in Eating. Moderation only by VOL. I. - b Toasts.-Kitcat Club.-Lady-carvers. - Lady M. W. Montagu making Butter.-Hours of Meals.-Suppers.-French Cookery-Mr. Bicker- staff on it.—Our great Victories attributable to Beef and Mutton.—Im- possible to Fight on anything else. - Mr. Sheridan's Exhibition of real Ancient Cookery.-Tea and Coffee.-Coffee Roasted and Ground at Table.-Tea much slandered in being always associated with Scandal. -Ludicrous Mistakes made in its Preparation.-Duke of Newcastle's French Cook.-Eustache Ude.-Dinner at the Duke of Northumber- land's. Curious Desserts. - Citadel of Carlisle.-Walton Bridge.— Illuminated Vauxhall.- Chase at Herenhausen.-Extravagant Bill of Fare.-Carte of a City Dinner.-Dinner Parties not Common.-Hatfield Gala.-Ball and Supper at Windsor.-George the Third at Table.- Napoleon at Table. - George the Third's Wine.- Fête at Carlton Palace.-Dinner at Lord Castlereagh's in 1818. "Dining Out" in --- - - - - - - MANNERS. Fashion of Periodical Migration to London-First Notice ners, and Refinement in the Court of Charles the First-Mrs. Hutchin- son's Testimony thereto.-Stars of Fashion: the Duke of Buckingham; the Countess of Carlisle; the Countess of Leicester; the Countess of Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery.-Cromwell.-Morality and Pro- priety of his Court.-Account of Mr. Hastings.-Charles the Second Unpleasant Task to Paint the Manners of his Reign-his Enthusiastic Reception-Various Causes of it-his Great Opportunities—his Utter Neglect of them-Advantages Deducible from his Early Adversity and Unsettled Life-his Unredeemed Licentiousness-the Court took its Tone of Fashion from him. Louis the Fourteenth-his Immorality of Conduct-his Dignity of Manner, and Scrupulous Regard to Decorum. -Charles's Open Neglect of all Decorum-and the Duke of York.- Star of Fashion: Lady Denham.-Charles could not enforce Respectful Observance. -No Royal Mistress since Jane Shore.-Charles's Three Mistresses. French and English Courts both alike in Morals, but strangely different in Manners.-The Courtiers in both took the Tone from their Monarchs.-Maids of Honour of the Duchess of York.- Dames du Palais.-The Wit and Grace of the Courtiers tended to hide their Licentiousness.-Stars of Fashion: the Duke of Buckingham; the Earl of Rochester; Etheredge; Sedley; Earl of Dorset.-Incredible Indelicacy of Manners.-Anecdote of Miss Stewart-of Lady Muskerry. - Ladies Receiving Visitors in Bed.. "Modesty and Gravity" of a Wedding of that Day. - Frolics of Court Ladies-De Grammont's Ac- count of them-Bishop Burnet's. Frolic of the Queen. Stars of Fashion: Lady Shrewsbury; Miss Jennings; and others.-Court Ladies not all Depraved-but many of the Nobility retired from Court.-Coarse and Masculine Speech of Women of Fashion-their Love of Gaming.— Deep Play at the French Court.-Lady Castlemaine's Play.-Many supported themselves by Play. - Mde. de Sévigné. — Duchess of Mazarin's Gaming-house.-Reputation sacrificed to the Love of Gaming. -Prevalent Affectation of Interlarding Discourse with French Phrases.— Extract from Dryden exemplifying this.-Modern mistaken Fashion of virtually denouncing our own Language.-Surprise of Foreigners at this. -Evelyn's Account of Charles's Court.-First Drawing-room of Wil- liam and Mary.-Her Character.-His Character.-Both Unfashion- STAR OF FASHION.-Le Comte de Grammont-his Family, Character, as a Raconteur.-The Fancy Ball at Court.-His Tale of the Quick- CHAPTER IV. - HABITATIONS.-Henry the Seventh's Chapel.-Domestic Architecture --- - |