COPYRIGHT, 1901

BY CROSCUP & STERLING COMPANY.

SYNOPTICAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LETTER I.

Mrs. Selby to Miss Harriet Byron.-The Countess-Dowager of

D, being greatly pleased with the report of Miss Byron's

beauty and merit, though personally a stranger to her, is

desirous of forming a union betwixt her son the Earl of

D, and that young lady; and entreats Mrs. Selby to

inform her whether Miss Byron's affections are engaged or

not. This letter Mrs. Selby encloses to her niece; and

gently hints her own advice to her on the subject, though

without dictating in the least to her choice

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LETTER II.

From the Countess-Dowager of D- to Mrs. Selby.-The letter

enclosed in the foregoing

LETTER III.

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--Mrs. Selby, after

Mrs. Selby to the Countess-Dowager of D-

thanking her ladyship for her good opinion of herself, and

the honour intended to her niece in the proposed alliance,

informs her, that Miss Byron has not yet seen the man to

whom, with her hand, she could give her heart: confesses to

the lady, that neither herself, nor any of her family, have

sought to lay the least constraint on the young lady's in-

clinations, leaving it entirely to her own choice to decide in a

matter that must involve the happiness or misery of her

future life: and concludes with a statement of Miss Byron's

fortune

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LETTER IV.

From the Countess-Dowager of D——— to Mrs. Selby.—The Earl

of D, from his mother's favourable report of Miss

Byron, is greatly pleased at the steps she had taken to bring

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about an alliance with her; and as to the inequality of her
fortune, he does not allow that to be an objection. Her
ladyship expresses the great pleasure it will afford her to
acknowledge Miss Byron for her daughter

LETTER V.

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Miss Byron to Mrs. Selby.-Miss Byron replies to her aunt's
letter: animadverts upon some points contained in that
letter, and explains her own ideas on the subject of matri-
mony. She begs her aunt to thank Lady D- in her name
for her honourable proposals; but entreats her to inform
her ladyship that she cannot accept of them

LETTER VI.

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Miss Byron to Miss Selby.-Account of what passed in an inter-

view between Sir Charles Grandison and Mr. Bagenhall (on

the part of Sir Hargrave Pollexfen); in which Sir Charles's

magnanimity so highly pleased Mr. Bagenhall, that, Miss

Byron says, it is confidently hoped the quarrel between Sir

Hargrave and Sir Charles may be compromised without

further mischief

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LETTER VII.

Miss Harriet Byron to Miss Lucy Selby.-Description of Mr.

Fowler's farewell-visit: Miss Byron confesses her esteem

for him. She and her friends dine with Sir Charles Gran-

dison, and his sister, and a large party of their relatives.

Sir Charles, previously to introducing Miss Byron to the

company, gives a brief outline of their several characters.

Short history of Miss Emily Jervois, a ward of Sir Charles

Grandison. Miss Byron's description of the company at Sir

Charles Grandison's. Dr. Bartlett's estimable character 17-23

LETTER VIII.

Miss Byron to Miss Selby.—Farther account of what passed at

Sir Charles Grandison's. Repetition of the conversation at

table

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LETTER IX.

Miss Byron to Miss Selby.-Interview between Sir Charles Gran-
dison and Mr. Bagenhall, relative to the undecided quarrel

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