Blessinoton, Lady, continued.

several letters of hers to Cardinal Bembo: obtains some of
the hair, reference to it in the "New Monthly Magazine," for
1825, i. 129

Visits the shrine of San Carlo Boromeo, in the Duomo of Milan,
i. 130

At the close of 1828 re-visits Genoa, i. 131

Five years previously-, knew Byron there, ib.

On last occasion saw Lady Byron and her daughter there, i. 132

Departure for Paris, and close of her Italian life, ib.

Returns to Paris in June, 1828, after an absence of six years, i. 133

First visitors, Duke and Duchess de Guiche, ib.

Rents the Hotel Ney, ib.

Great expenditure in adorning Hotel, ib.

The magnificence of the decorations, &c. ordered by Lord B., suitable
for royalty, ib.

Her description of the chambre a coucher and dressing-room: the
bed, with its gorgeous hangings, supported on the backs of large
silvered swans, &c. i. 134.

The luxurious adornments and furniture, compared with those of the
Imperial Palace at Fontainbleau, i. 136.

Return to London in 1830, i. 166

Conversational powers: love of intellectual society, ib.

Three leading circles of London intellectual celebrities some twenty
years ago: the remarkable women who presided over them, ib.

Conversational powers of Fox, Mackintosh, Sydney Smith, Lord Hol-
land, Madame de Stagl, i. 154

Her love of London life, like De StaeTs love of Paris, i. 156

Establishment in Seamore Place in 1831: beginning of third phase
in her literary career, i. 166

Her picture of " the modern Mecaenases of May Fair," patronesses
of " tame poets and petits litterateurs, who run about drawing-
rooms as docile as lap-dogs," i. 165

Reasons forgiving up house in St. James's Square, i. 166

Description of the reunions of London: celebrities at her house in
Seamore Place, t'6.

Willis's reference to those reunions, and their celebrities, i. 167

B. Haydon's references to her soirees, i. 179

Her house robbed in Seamore Place, i'6.

Removes to Gore House, i. 180

Changes in her tastes at different epochs, t5.

Different periods of Editor's renewed acquaintance with her, i. 181

Character of Gore House society, i. 182

Laudable aim of Lady B. in bringing people together, of opposite
pursuits, opinions, and interests, i. 183

One of her foreign guests. Monsieur Julien le Jeune de Paris, in
his youth a secretary of Robespierre, said to be a regicide and a
terrorist, a philanthropist, a poet, and a sentimentalist in his old
age, i. 184

His recitations in the first revolution, i. 185

Blessington, Ladt, continued.

At Lady Blcssington's, of his dolorous poem, •' Mes Chagrins
Politiques," i. 185 .

His gift of tears, i. 187

D'Orsay's talent in drawing out Julien: a scene with Dr. Quin,
Editor, &c. &c. i. 188

Julien and L.E.L., i. 190

Lady Blessington's embarrassments consequent on expensive estab-
lishment of Gore House: D'Orsay's difficulties, claims of many
persons on her bounty, i. 191

Punctuality in her accounts, ib.

Folly of thinking of sustaining a fashionable position by the aid of
literature, ib.

Charles Lamb's opinion of literature as a calling for a livelihood,
i. 192

Expenditure at Gore House, i. 193

Costly efforts to maintain a literary position: Scott's reference to
Lydia White, t'6.

Pressure of misfortunes, and pecuniary losses of Lady Blessington,
i. 194

Beginning of literary career in St. James's Square, with the publication
of "Sketches of Scenes in the Metropolis," &c.: the first sketch,
descriptive of the ruin of a fashionable London establishment, and
an auction of its magnificent furniture, might serve for that of the
sale at Gore House twenty-seven years later, i. 208

Vicissitudes and changes of fortune of occupiers of Gore House,
i. 462

Arrives in Paris middle of April, 1849, i. 211

Takes an appartement near Champs Elys£es, and furnishes it with
much elegance, ib.

Preparations made in vain: takes possession of the new abode 3rd
of June, 1849, and dies the day following, after a sojourn of five
weeks in Paris, ib.

On arrival in Paris, found coldness and neglect in some quarters,
where she had a right to expect kindness and gratitude, i. 212

Arcueil of Prince Louis Napoleon, ib.

Plans for a new literary career formed in Paris, i. 213

Striking coincidences in circumstances of sudden deaths of Lord and
Lady Blessington in Paris, each event shortly after arrival from
London, ib.

Reminded, in a letter to her a few weeks before her death, by a
British Peeress, of the necessity of remembering religious duties,
i. 214

On two Sundays, while in Paris, attended the church of the Made-
leine, ib.

Heath's failure, Irish famine, and difficulties leading to the break-up
at Gore House, i. 194

Advice of friends on ditto, i. 196

In April, 1849, the long-impending crash, i. 198

Execution put in, i. 199

Blessington, Lady, continued.

For two years previously, constant fears of executions, and arrest

of D'Orsay, and precautions to prevent them, i. 199
Particulars of first intimation of the execution in Gore House, ib.
Auction at Gore House,—foreshadows of that denouement in some

of her works: her remarks on the old curiosity shops of Pari*.

and breaking-up of great establishments, i. 200
The concluding words, " So will it be when I am gone," i. 201
Catalogue of magnificent effects and furniture of Gore House, tb.
10th May, 1849, and following days, Editor attends sale, meets

several of the old guests and intimate friends of the house, see*

Lawrence's portraits of Lord and Lady Blessington sold, several

of D'Orsay's portraits, the library. Lady Blessington's ornaments

of gold and silver, i. 202
Letters of a few kind friends to her on the break-up, i. 206
Departure from Gore House, accompanied by her nieces, for the

continent, 14th April, 1849, and end of her London career, i. 208
State of religious opinions for many previous years, weariness of

spirit, vague desires for retirement from the turmoil of a life in

salons and literary labours, i. 200
Remarkable conversation of Editor with D'Orsay, respecting Lady

Blessington's religious sentiments, shortly before his death, i.

352
Particulars of her last illness and death given in a letter of Miss

Power to Editor, i. 215.
Account of monument erected by D'Orsay, i. 217
English inscription by Barry Cornwall, i. 218
Latin inscription, altered from one by W. S. Landor, i. 219
Landor's original inscription and translation, ib.
Reference to an inscription on the tomb of Dryden's daughter,

i. 220
Different accounts of the ages of Lady Blessington and sister, i. 221
Notices in public journals of her death, i. 223
View of her literary career, tastes, and talents, i. 225
Some analogy with those of Madame Geoffrin, i6.
D'Alembert's account of Madame Geoffrin—" Sa passion de dcnner,"

—unceasing beneficence: her toiries, and entourage of authors,

artists, literati, Sec. i. 228
Testimonies of Mr. and Mrs. Hall to Lady Blessington's active and

untiring benevolence, ib.
Her eagerness to discover merit in others, and enjouement of her

appreciation of it, i. 230
An outline of a class of habitual depredators of talent, who

ignore all merit superior to their own, i. 231
Lady Blessington naturally of a generous and kindly nature, i.

232
Testimony of one eighteen years about her, to her generous dis-
position, her numerous charities and sympathies with the un-
fortunate, ib.
Embarrassments of late years constantly augmenting: her life a

Blsssington, Lady, continued.

continual struggle with difficulties, her position in the brilliant
society around her a state of splendid misery, i. 235

Vanity of consolation in such circumstances sought in the worldly
wisdom of Rochefoucault, i. 236

The undue importance she attached to the writings of the modern
French philosophers, i. 237

Her fatal gift of pre-eminent attractiveness in society, i. 239

The double influence exercised by her of intellectuality and beauty, ib.

The necessity of keeping up a dominion obtained by such influence
by constant administrations of cordial professions of affection
and admiration, epistolary or conversational, i. 240

Dr. Parr's designation—" the most gorgeous Lady Blessington," ib.

The misery of being continually "en scene," i. 241

Her reflections on various subjects, MS. books of hers, named
"Night thought books:" some of them well deserving of atten-
tion, on the wrongs and woes of women, i. 244

Several short pieces in verse of the same character, i. 247

Notices of her works, i. 250

Notice of the Annuals edited by her: contributors to them: origin
and decline of those periodicals—specimen of Lady Blessington's
poetical contributions, i. 264

When income from novel writing and the editing of Annuals fell off,
efforts to derive emolument from connection with periodical lite-
rature of any other kind, iii. 246

Engagement with the "Daily News," as a contributor of exclusive
intelligence, i. 271

Income derived from her literary labours for several years, i. 273

Waifs and strays of thoughts and observations, ib.

Lines addressed to her by various persons, i. 292

Notice of her correspondence with celebrities of all climes and pur-
suits, ii. 2

Publication of her own memoirs suggested to her, iii. 273

Her patronage sought after, iii. 287

Letters to Captain Marryatt, iii. 92

to Sir H. Bulwer, ii. 480

to Sir R. Peel, iii. 41

to Dr. Beattie, iii. 236

to C. J. Mathews, iii. 351

to Mrs. Mathews, iii. 313

to Lady W., respecting L. E. L., ii. 304

to Madame Guiccioli, ii. 236

to Charles Bianconi, iii. 265

to W. S. Landor, ii. 353

to John Forster, ii. 453

to a young lady, referring to her unhappiness, iii. 344

to Mrs. M., complaining of calumnies in "The Age,"

iii. 333
End of a career that was not happy, iii. 344
Notice of an unfounded rumour respecting her death, iii. 489 w

VOL. III. K K

Blessinoton, Lord, origin of Rt. Hon. Charles James Gardiner,
2nd Viscount Mountjoy, i. 44
Notice of family and of his father's death, i. 45
Succession of his son, Rt. Hon. C. J. Gardiner, i. 47
Adopts his father's political principles, i. 50
Elected a representative Peer in 1809, i. 49
Created Earl of Blessington in 1816, ib.
First speech in House of Peers, i. 50
Part taken by him on Queen's trial, i. 51
His manners, tastes, and education, ib.
Passion for theatricals, lavish in his patronage, i. 52
Habits of self-indulgence, i. 53
Acquaintance with Mrs. Brown in 1808, i6.
His establishment at Worthing, ib.
Ditto, in Portman Square, ib.
His son, Charles John, born there, i. 55
Establishment in Manchester Square, ib.
His daughter, Rosalie, born there, ib.
Marriage with Mrs. Brown in 1812, ib.
Birth of Lady Harriet Gardiner, ib.
Lord and Lady Mountjoy proceed to Paris, ib.
Death of Lady Mountjoy in 1814, ib.
Ages of children, birth and death of son and heir, ib.
Notice of daughters, ib.

Grief of Lord Mountjoy, for his lady's death, ib.
Funeral pageant of great magnificence, ib.
Scene at the house of mourning, Dublin, i. 56
Second marriage, in February, 1817, with Mrs. Farmer, L 58

First introduction of Lady Blessington to his friends in Dublin, i. 57

Costly preparations for visit to Mountjoy Forest, i. 62

Follies of inordinate extravagance, ib.

Embarrassments at time of second marriage, i. 63

Rent roll of Irish estates, ib.

Visit of Editor to Tyrone properties, ib.

His liberality as a landlord, ib.

Builds a theatre at Rash, on one of his Tyrone estates, i. 64

Actors and actresses domiciled there—lavish expense, i. 65

Moore's reference to those theatricals, ib.

Disappearance of the theatre, ruin of house, ice, ib.

Assists at banquet to John Kemble on retirement, i. 66

Plays The Green Knight, in Valentine and Orson, ib.

The Rash theatricals, from 1802 to 1812, ib.

Theatrical tastes of Lord Blessington's father, i. 52

Visits his Tyrone estates with General D Orsay and one of tht
Grammonts, i. 70

His last visit to them in 1825, t'6.

Sets out for the Continent in 1822, i. 74

Hires the cook of an Emperor, buys a vast batterie de cuitine, i. 76

Renews acquaintance with Byron at Genoa, i. 82

Buys Byron's yacht, "The Bolivar," i. 90