CONTENTS. LETTER Í. Miss Lucy Selby to Miss Harriet Byron.-Characters of Mr Greville, Mr Fen- a visit to the Selby family, letter, Mr Greville gives an animated descrip- sentiments respecting Mr Greville: she expresses Miss Byron in town. Conduct of Mr Greville wei. Description of her new residence, and of her accommodations at Mr Reeves's, . 9 V. Miss Byron to Miss Selby.—The three things which Miss Byron was enjoined to the obser- vance of by her aunt Selby, on their parting. Her uncle Selby's prudential cautions to her. Description and characters of the company as- sembled at Mr Reeves's on a complimentary visit. The kindness and attention of Lady Betty Williams to Miss Byron : particulars concern- ing that lady, and her character. Lady Betty promises to introduce Miss Byron to the amuse- ments of the town. Miss Byron states the dif. ficulty of meeting with a confidential servant, . 10 VOL. VIII. VI. Miss Byron to Miss Selby.Miss Byron states her reasons for rejecting the addresses of Mr Greville ; shews him to be a libertine in principle ; and enters largely into the develope- ment of his real character: she thence inters the dangerous tendency of a virtuous woman's uni- ting herself to a man of bad principles, under the idea of reclaiming him from his evil courses. She afterwards mentions her objections to Mr Fenwick; whom she represents as having a bad heart at bottom, though not so openly a profli- gate as Mr Greville. Her high opinion of Mr Orme, and her esteem for his sister, .. 13 VII. Mr Selby to Miss Byron.—Strictures on female vanity. He cautions Miss Byron against too eagerly listening to the flatteries of men of fashion, professing themselves her admirers. Lays open to the young lady her own foibles, with a sort of good-humoured severity ; apolo- gizing at the same time for his frankness. He concludes his letter by regretting her absence ; and, notwithstanding his raillery, owns that he wishes her back again at Selby-House, VIII. Miss Byron to Miss Selby.—Mr Fowler, a nephew of Sir Rowland Meredith, professes IX. Miss Byron to Miss Selby.—Sir Rowland Meredith visits Mr Reeves. Explains to Miss Byron the high esteem his nephew entertains for her : solicits her permission to introduce him to her ; urges the sincerity of his motives; pro- mises to settle a handsome competency on him; earnestly entreats her to admit the young man to pay his addresses to her himself, on learning from her own lips that her affections are disen- gaged. This acknowledgment raises Sir Row- land's hopes ; and, though he does not obtain the young lady's definitive answer on this his first visit, he hopes to succeed better in the next visit, which he eagerly anticipates. Miss Byron, in this letter, gives a very humorous description of the conversation that passed, between herself and Sir Rowland, on this occasion ; of the wor- thy knight's warmth in his nephew's cause; a |