Chapter XIII

Air-Balloons—Fire at Sandleford—Feather-Work—Mrs. Montagu
at the Drawing-Rooms—Mr. Jerningham’s Lines on the Occasion
of Her Fall There—Engagement of Her Heir and Nephew to
Miss Charlton—Character of Her Nephew—Of Miss Charlton—Mr.
Pitt—Marriage of Mrs. Montagu’s Heir—Breakfast at Salt
Hill—Lord Lansdowne—Lady Sutherland—Lord Trentham—Declining
Health of Mrs. Vesey—Lady Spencer—Lord Grimston—Mrs. Montagu
Visits Her Newcastle Property—Lord Mount-Stewart—Lord
Carlisle—Lord Ravensworth—Sir Henry Liddell—Cowper’s Verses
on Mrs. Montagu—Employments of Young Mr. Montagu—His
Maiden Speech Answered by Mr. Fox—Wraxall’s Allusion to
It—General Montagu Matthew—His Disclaimer of Connection
with Matthew Montagu—Southampton—London in Winter—The
Commencement of Troubles in France—The Duke of Dorset
Introduces a “Thé”—Described by Hannah More—The King’s
Illness—Mr. Fox’s Illness—Lord Mount Edgcumbe—Bath—Mr.
Montagu—Lord Harrowby—Party at Mrs. Montagu’s, at
Which Burke Is Present—Mackenzie, Author of “The Man of
Feeling”—Wilberforce—Great Dinners to Great People—Mrs.
Montagu’s Failing Health—Mrs. Carter—Education of Girls—Mrs.
Montagu’s Interest in the Subject—Summary of Her Life and
Character 232

List of Illustrations

PAGE

GARRICK AND HIS WIFE (_See page 162_) _Frontispiece_

LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU 62

“I ALLOWED MY FRIZEUSE TO PUT ON WHATEVER ROUGE WAS USUALLY WORN” 150

THE MINUET 186

ON THE SEA-WALL AT SOUTHAMPTON 245

A Lady of the Last Century