LEADER 03878cpcaa2200541 a 4500001 8197020 005 20240205164204.0 006 t 008 080603s1790 ctu eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn702249067 035 8197020 040 CtY-LW |beng |eappm |cCtY-LW 041 1 fre |hger 079 ocn702185907 090 LWL Mss Vol. 115 245 00 Letters describing life in England, |f1790. 300 1 |fv. (127 leaves) ; |c25 cm. 336 unspecified |2rdacontent 337 unspecified |2rdamedia 338 unspecified |2rdacarrier 506 This material is available for research. 520 Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a collection of 15 letters describing life in England, translated into French, possibly from German. The letters discuss English lotteries; the proliferation of newspapers; the constitution and the difficulty of reconciling ideology with practice; Parliamentary elections; literary societies; and the nobility. One letter describes and deplores the cruelty of amusements such as hunting, cock-fighting, and "combats des gladiateurs"; another letter mocks an English law against the illegal wearing of buttons. A letter dated December 14, 1790 discusses the possibility of the abolition of the slave trade; the author declares it is the most talked-of subject of conversation and expresses his astonishment that the trade still exists. 520 The letters are followed by a lengthy essay explaining the Women's March on Versailles on October 5-6, 1789. The volume is prefaced by a note by the translator, who criticizes the motives of many travel writers; says that he was drawn to this letter-writer for his curiosity and interest in humanity; and explains that the writer published two volumes, the first of letters written in Paris and Versailles during the revolution in 1789, and the second of letters in England. 561 Purchased from Myers, January 1952. 546 In French. 500 Binding: full calf. 524 Letters Describing Life in England, 1790. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University. 562 For further information, consult library staff. 600 10 Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, |cmarquis de, |d1757-1834. 600 10 Louis |bXVI, |cKing of France, |d1754-1793. 600 10 Necker, Jacques, |d1732-1804. 650 0 Cockfighting |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800. 650 0 Elections |zGreat Britain. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102869 650 0 Hunting |zGreat Britain. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008122138 650 0 Lotteries |zGreat Britain |vEarly works to 1800. 650 0 Slave trade |zGreat Britain. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010113217 650 0 Newspapers |zGreat Britain. 650 0 Nobility |zGreat Britain. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86001153 650 0 Travelers' writings, French. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93003921 651 0 England |xDescription and travel. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043286 651 0 France |xHistory |yRevolution, 1789-1799 |xWomen. 651 0 Great Britain |xIntellectual life |y18th century. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056855 651 0 Great Britain |xPolitics and government |y1789-1820. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056909 651 0 Great Britain |xSocial life and customs |y18th century. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056951 651 0 Versailles (France) |xHistory |yRevolution, 1789-1799. 852 The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington, CT. 902 Lewis Walpole Library |bLEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating) >> LWL Mss Vol. 115|DELIM|8597309 907 2008-06-03T12:44:44.000Z