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HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1855.
LONDON:
Printed by Schulze and Co., 13, Poland Street.
CONTENTS
ΤΟ
THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
Holland House continued-Family of the Foxes-Sir
Stephen Fox-Henry Fox, First Lord Holland-Fox
and Pitt-His Lordship's Jovial Career and Melancholy
Decline-His Kingsgate Villa-Curious Story of Lady
Caroline Lenox's Determination to Marry Him-The
Rose in the Fox's Mouth-Lady Sarah Lenox, the
"Lass of Richmond Hill"-Lady Susan Fox of
Strangeways, and Perils of Private Theatricals-Her
Marriage with an Actor
1-19
CHAPTER II.
Holland House concluded-Stephen, second Lord Hol-
land-Charles James Fox, the Statesman-His Career
and Character-Henry Richard, Third Lord Holland-
His Elegant Literature, Hospitality, Protests in the
House of Lords, &c. .
20-37
CHAPTER III.
Little Holland House-Mrs. Inchbald-Hon. Miss Fox-
Bentham and Sidney Smith-Addison Road-General
and Lady Mary Fox-" Homer Villas," and "Cato
Cottages" Addison Terrace-Lee's Nursery - Ken-
sington Gravel Pits-Swift-The Calcott's-Sheffield,
Duke of Buckinghamshire-Campden Grove-Newton
House, and Sir Isaac Newton-Campden House-
Strange History of the Little Duke of Gloucester, Son
of Princess (afterwards Queen) Anne-"Duke upon
Duke," or Lechmere and Guise-Romantic Tower.
38-70
CHAPTER IV.
Kensington Palace and Gardens-Their Origin and
Growth-Character of the Palace as a Building-The
Finch Family-Inmates of the Palace-Its Want of
Gardens to Itself-Heneage Finch and his Sons, the
Earls of Nottingham-William and Mary, Their Court
and Characters-Queen Anne and Her Court-The
Kensington Palace and Gardens continued-Maids of
Honour-Proposed History of them by Swift and Ar-
buthnot-Queen Anne's Hunting-Rise of the Ken-
sington Garden Promenades in the Time of George the
First-Fairy Story in Tickell's Poem on the Gardens---
Princess of Wales, afterwards Queen Caroline-Miss
Hobart Miss Howe - The Miss Bellendens-Miss
Lepell-Miss Pitt-Other Promenaders of both Sexes-
Addison, Steele, and Garth-Voltaire and Watteau.
106-140
CHAPTER VI.
Palace and Gardens continued-George the Second and
Queen Caroline-Series of Reigning Belles-Mason
and Richardson-Phrases of Male and Female Cos-
tume-"Philosophy" of the Hoop-Its Praises by
Thomson-Praise of Patches, by Allan Ramsay-A
Squadron of Hoops in the Great Kensington Roadstead.
141-168
VOL. II.
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