Complete Novels of Maria Edgeworth

by Maria Edgeworth

  Clara. These (turning to OWEN, MABEL, and her mother,) these will do honour to it. My written promise was to grant the poet’s petition. Owen, you are the poet — what is your petition?

  Owen. May I speak? — May I say all I wish?

  Clara and Sir W. Yes, speak — say all you wish.

  Owen. I am but a young boy, and not able to keep the new inn; but Mr. Gilbert and Mabel, with my mother’s help, would keep it well, I think; and it’s they I should wish to have it, ma’am, if it were pleasing to you.

  Sir W. And what would become of yourself, my good lad?

  Owen. Time enough, sir, to think of myself, when I’ve seen my mother and sister settled.

  Sir W. Then as you won’t think of yourself, I must think for you. Your education, I find, has been well begun, and I will take care it shall not be left half done.

  Widow. Oh, I’m too happy this minute! But great joy can say little.

  Mabel. (aside) And great love the same.

  Mr. H. This day is the happiest I have seen since I left the land of cakes.

  Gilb. Thank you, Mr. Hope. And when I say thank you, why, I feel it. ’Twas you helped us at the dead lift.

  Sir W. You see I was right, Gilbert; the Scotch make good friends. (GILBERT bows.) And now, Clara, my love, what shall we call the new inn — for it must have a name? Since English, Scotch, and Irish, have united to obtain it, let the sign be the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock.

  [Curtain

  The Letters

  A posthumous Victorian engraving of Edgeworth

  THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MARIA EDGEWORTH

  Edited by Augustus J. C. Hare

  CONTENTS

  PREFACE

  MARIA EDGEWORTH

  MRS. HONORA EDGEWORTH to MARIA. BEIGHTERTON, NEAR SHIFFNALL, Oct. 10, 1779.

  MARIA to MISS CHARLOTTE SNEYD. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 9, 1787.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 11, 1790.

  MARIA to MRS. RUXTON, AFTER RETURNING FROM A VISIT TO BLACK CASTLE. EDGEWORTHSTOWN. October 1791.

  MARIA to MR. RUXTON. PRINCE’S BUILDINGS, CLIFTON, Dec. 29, 1791.

  To MISS SOPHY RUXTON. CLIFTON, March 9, 1792.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MISS RUXTON. ASHTON BOWER, CLIFTON, August 14, 1792.

  To MISS S. RUXTON. FLEET STREET, LONDON, October 17, 1792.

  To MRS. RUXTON. STANHOPE STREET, LONDON, Nov. 6, ‘92.

  MARIA to MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 18, 1793.

  To MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb 23, 1794.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 8, 1794.

  To MRS. ELIZABETH EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, 1794.

  To MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, July 2, 1794.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Aug. 11, 1794.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, 1794.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, 1795.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Saturday Night, Jan. 1796.

  To MISS S. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 27, 1796.

  To MRS. RUXTON. 1796.

  To MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Oct. 1797.

  MISS EDGEWORTH to MISS BEAUFORT. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 16, 1798.

  MARIA to MISS SOPHY RUXTON IN NORTH WALES. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, June 20, ‘98.

  To MRS. RUXTON. MRS. FALLON’S INN, LONGFORD, Sept. 5, ‘98.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Sept. 9, ‘98.

  MARIA to MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 19, ‘98.

  To MISS CHARLOTTE SNEYD. DUBLIN, April 2, 1799.

  MRS. EDGEWORTH to MRS. RUXTON. RICHMOND PLACE, CLIFTON, May 26, ‘99.

  MARIA to MRS. RUXTON. CLIFTON, June 5, 1799.

  MARIA to MISS RUXTON, LIVING AT ARUNDEL IN SUSSEX. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan, 29, 1800.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Oct. 20, 1800.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Aug. 1, 1802.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MISS SOPHY RUXTON. LOUGHBOROUGH, Sept. 25, 1802.

  To MRS. MARY SNEYD. LONDON, NEROT’S HOTEL, Sept. 27, 1802.

  To MISS SOPHY RUXTON. BRUSSELS, Oct. 15, 1802.

  To MISS CHARLOTTE SNEYD. CHANTILLY, Oct. 29, 1802.

  To MRS. MARY SNEYD. PARIS, RUE DE LILLE, Oct. 31, 1802.

  R.L. EDGEWORTH to MISS CHARLOTTE SNEYD. PARIS, Nov. 18, 1802.

  MRS. EDGEWORTH to MRS. MARY SNEYD. PARIS, Nov. 21, 1802.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MRS. RUXTON. PARIS, Dec. 1, 1802.

  To MISS SOPHY RUXTON. PARIS, RUE DE LILLE, No. 525, Dec. 8, 1802.

  CHARLOTTE EDGEWORTH to MRS. CHARLOTTE SNEYD. RUE DE LILLE, CHEZ LE CITOYEN VERBER, Dec. 8, 1802.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MISS SOPHY RUXTON. PARIS, Dec. 1802.

  To MRS. MARY SNEYD. PARIS, Jan. 10, 1803.

  MISS CHARLOTTE EDGEWORTH to C.S. EDGEWORTH. PARIS, Feb. 21, 1803.

  MRS. EDGEWORTH to MRS. MARY SNEYD. PARIS, Feb. 22, 1803.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MRS. MARY SNEYD. CALAIS, March 4, 1803.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MRS. MARY SNEYD. EDINBURGH, March 19, 1803.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDINBURGH, March 30, 1803.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH (the second sister in the family of the name). GLASGOW, April 4, 1803.

  MISS EDGEWORTH to MRS. CHARLOTTE SNEYD. BLACK CASTLE, December 1804.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. BLACK CASTLE, Jan. 1805.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 26, 1805.

  To HENRY EDGEWORTH, AT EDINBURGH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 1805.

  To MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 25, 1805.

  To C. SNEYD EDGEWORTH, AT TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 4, 1805.

  To MISS S. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, June 1, 1805.

  To MISS MARGARET RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, June 21, 1805.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Sept 6, 1805.

  To MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 7, 1806.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. ROSSTREVOR, March 21, 1806.

  MRS. EDGEWORTH to MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, April 3, 1806.

  MARIA to MRS. EDGEWORTH. ALLENSTOWN, May-day, 1806.

  To MISS MARGARET RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 23, 1806.

  To MISS SOPHY RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, July 12, 1806.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 1807.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Sept. 1807.

  To HENRY EDGEWORTH, IN LONDON. PAKENHAM HALL, Christmas Day, 1807.

  To C. SNEYD EDGEWORTH, IN LONDON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 1, 1808.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, April 1808.

  MARIA to C. SNEYD EDGEWORTH, AT EDINBURGH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 30, 1808.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 1809.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 1809.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, June 1809.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Aug. 22, 1809.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. Nov 30.

  To MISS RUXTON. December 1809.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 1810.

  To C. SNEYD EDGEWORTH, IN LONDON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, April 1810.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 1810.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, June 21, 1810.

  To MISS RUXTON. Oct. 1810.

  MISS EDGEWORTH to MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 1810.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, April 1811.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Aug. 30, 1811.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, October 1811.

  To MRS. MARY SNEYD. ARDBRACCAN HOUSE, Nov. 1811.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MISS MARGARET RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, July 20, 1812.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. BLACK CASTLE, Oct. 1812.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Oct. 26, 1812.

  To C. SNEYD EDGEWORTH, IN DUBLIN. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 10, 1813.

  MARIA to MRS. MARY SNEYD. BANGOR FERRY, March 31, 1813.

  To MRS. RUXTON. LIVERPOOL, April 6, 1813.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. DERBY, April 25, 1813.

  To
C. SNEYD EDGEWORTH. LONDON, May 1, 1813.

  To MISS RUXTON. LONDON, May 1813.

  MARIA to MRS. RUXTON. MALVERN LINKS, June 1813.

  MARIA to MRS. MARY SNEYD AT EDGEWORTHSTOWN. MRS. CLIFFORD’S, June 1813.

  To MRS. RUXTON.EDGEWORTHSTOWN, July 26, 1813.

  To MRS. RUXTON. 15 BAGGOT STREET, [Footnote: Mr. and Mrs. Sneyd Edgeworth’s house in Dublin.] DUBLIN, March 1814.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 16, 1814.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Oct 13, 1814.

  To the AUTHOR of “WAVERLEY.” EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Oct. 23, 1814.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 26, 1814.

  To MISS RUXTON. 15 BAGGOT STREET, DUBLIN, Feb 1815.

  To C.S. EDGEWORTH. BLACK CASTLE, May 10, 1815.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Aug. 1815.

  To MRS. RUXTON. October 16.

  To MRS. RUXTON. July 24.

  MARIA to MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 31, 1817.

  MARIA to MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 24, 1818.

  To MRS. SNEYD EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 27.

  To MRS. STARK. [Footnote: Daughter of Mr. Bannatyne, of Glasgow.] SPRING FARM, N.T. MOUNT KENNEDY, June 1818.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. BOWOOD, Sept. 1818.

  To MISS RUXTON. BOWOOD, Sept. 19, 1818.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH THE GROVE, EFFING, Oct. 4, 1818.

  To MISS WALLER. [Footnote: Miss Waller was aunt of Captain Beaufort and the fourth Mrs. Edgeworth.] BYRKELY LODGE, Nov. 24, 1818.

  To MRS. RUXTON. BYRKELY LODGE, Jan. 20, 1819.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. BYRKELY LODGE, Feb 8, 1819.

  To MRS. RUXTON. GROVE HOUSE, KENSINGTON GORE, March 1819.

  To MISS RUXTON. DUCHESS STREET, MRS. HOPE’S, April 2, 1819.

  To MRS. RUXTON. KENSINGTON GORE, April 28, 1819.

  To MRS. SNEYD EDGEWORTH, AT PARIS. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Sept. 15, 1819.

  To MISS RUXTON. Oct. 14.

  MARIA to MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 1, 1820.

  MARIA to MISS LUCY EDGEWORTH. DUBLIN, April 10, 1820.

  MARIA to MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. MRS. WATT’S, HEATHFIELD, April 1820.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. CANTERBURY, April 21.

  To MRS. MARY AND MRS. CHARLOTTE SNEYD. PARIS, July 7, 1820.

  MARIA to MRS. RUXTON. PARIS, July 1820.

  To MISS RUXTON. PASSY, July 19.

  To MISS LUCY EDGEWORTH. PASSY, July 23, 1820.

  To MRS. RUXTON. AT MR. MOILLIET’S, PREGNY, GENEVA, August 5, 1820.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. PREGNY, Aug. 10, 1820.

  To MISS LUCY EDGEWORTH. PREGNY, Aug 13, 1820.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. BERNE, August 19, 1820.

  MARIA to MISS WALLER. COPPET, Sept. 1, 1820.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. PREGNY, Sept. 6, 1820.

  To MRS. RUXTON. LAUSANNE, Sept 14, 1820.

  MARIA to MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. LYONS, HOTEL DU NORD, Oct. 22, 1820.

  To MRS. RUXTON. PARIS, Nov. 1820.

  MRS. MARCET to MARIA EDGEWORTH. MALAGNY, Nov. 15, 1820.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MRS. EDGEWORTH. PARIS, Nov. 15, 1820.

  To MISS LUCY EDGEWORTH. CALAIS, Dec. 5, 1820.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. CALAIS, DESSIN’S HOTEL, Dec. 5, 1820.

  To MISS RUXTON. MALI, CLIFTON, Dec. 17, 1820.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. BOWOOD, Dec. 20, 1820.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 21.

  MARIA to MRS. EDGEWORTH. KENIOGE, Oct. 23, 1821.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. SMETHWICK GROVE, Oct. 25, 1821.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. WYCOMBE ABBEY, Oct. 30, 1821.

  To MRS. RUXTON. WYCOMBE ABBEY, Nov. 2, 1821.

  To MISS LUCY EDGEWORTH. WYCOMBE ABBEY, Nov. 4, 1821.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. GATCOMBE PARK, Nov. 9, 1821.

  To MISS LUCY EDGEWORTH. GATCOMBE PARK, Nov. 12.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EASTON GREY, Nov. 22, 1821.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. MALL, CLIFTON, Dec. 3, 1821.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. WINCHESTER, Dec. 12, 1821.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. FROGNEL, HAMPSTEAD, Dec. 29, 1821.

  To MRS. RUXTON. FROGNEL, HAMPSTEAD, Jan. 2, 1822.

  To MISS RUXTON. FROGNEL, Jan. 3, 1822.

  To MISS LUCY EDGEWORTH. MISS BAILLIE’S, HAMPSTEAD, Jan. 12, 1822.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. HAMPSTEAD, Jan. 14, 1822.

  To MISS RUXTON. BEECHWOOD PARK, Jan. 17, 1822.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. MARDOAKS, Jan. 19, 1822.

  To MRS. RUXTON. GROVE HOUSE, Feb. 1822.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. KENSINGTON GORE, Feb. 6, 1822.

  To MRS. RUXTON. 8 HOLLES STREET, March 9.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. 8 HOLLES STREET, March, 1822.

  To MRS. RUXTON. 8 HOLLES STREET, April 10, 1822.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. HOLIES STREET, April 20.

  MARIA to MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, July 23, 1822.

  To MRS. O’BEIRNE. BLACK CASTLE, Jan. 15, 1823.

  MARIA to MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. KINNEIL, June 2, 1823.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDINBURGH, 32 ABERCROMBY PLACE, June 8, 1823.

  To MISS LUCY EDGEWORTH. CALLANDER, June 20, 1823.

  To MISS RUXTON. INVERNESS, BENNET’S HOTEL, July 3, 1823.

  To MISS LUCY EDGEWORTH. KINROSS, July 23, 1823.

  MARIA to MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. ABBOTSFORD, July 31, 1823.

  To MR. RUXTON. ABBOTSFORD, Aug. 9, 1823.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 20, 1823.

  To MISS RUXTON. PAKENHAM HALL, Jan. 21.

  To MRS. BANNATYNE. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 16, 1824.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 18, 1824.

  To MRS. O’BEIRNE. [Footnote: The Bishop of Meath died in 1823; and Mrs. O’Beirne and her daughters went to reside in England.] BLACK CASTLE, July 6, 1824.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, July 17, 1824.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, August 16, 1824.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, August 28, 1824.

  To MRS. RUXTON. Jan. 1, 1825.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. BLACK CASTLE, May 10, 1825.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, July 9, 1825.

  MARIA to MRS. EDGEWORTH. BLACK CASTLE, August 30, 1825.

  To MRS. STARK. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 27, 1825.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 19, 1825.

  MARIA to MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 27, 1826.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. BLACK CASTLE, Sept. 3, 1826.

  To C.S. EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 26, 1826.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 28, 1826.

  To MRS. BANNATYNE. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 26, 1827.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 4, 1827.

  To C.S. EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, April 12, 1827.

  To CAPTAIN BASIL HALL [Footnote: Who had lent a volume of his London Journal to Miss Edgeworth to read.] EDGEWORTHSTOWN, April 25, 1827.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 10, 1827.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Sept. 26.

  To MR. BANNATYNE. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 14, 1827.

  To MR. BANNATYNE. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 4, 1827.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MRS. EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 13, 1828.

  MARIA EDGEWORTH to MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 16. 1828.

  To MISS RUXTON EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 1, 1829.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. BLOOMFIELD, Jan. 19, 1829.

  To CAPTAIN BASIL HALL. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 12, 1829.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 29, 1829.

  To MRS. RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Sept. 27, 1829.

  MARIA to MISS RUXTON. 69 WELBECK STREET, LONDON.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. 1 NORTH AUDLEY STREET, Jan. 8, 1831.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. LONDON, January 20.

  To MISS HONORA EDGEWORTH. NORTH AUDLEY STREET, Feb. 10, 1831.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. NORTH AUDLEY STREET, Feb. 11, 1831.

  To HER SISTER HARRIET — MRS. R. BUTLER. 1 NORTH AUDLEY STREET, March 16, 1831.

  To MRS. ED
GEWORTH. 1 NORTH AUDLEY STREET, April 1831.

  To MRS. R. BUTLER. LONDON, May 6, 1831.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. NORTH AUDLEY STREET, May 7, 1831.

  To CAPTAIN BASIL HALL. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, August 14, 1831.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. ROSTREVOR, [Footnote: Where the Miss Ruxtons were now living.]

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 22, 1831.

  To MRS. R. BUTLER. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, April 20, 1832.

  To HER SISTER HARRIET — MRS. R. BUTLER. EDGEWORTHSTOWN. Aug. 1, 1832.

  To MISS RUXTON. PAKENHAM HALL, Sept. 19, 1832.

  To MRS. R. BUTLER. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Oct. 9, 1832.

  To MR. BANNATYNE. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 12, 1832.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 15, 1832.

  To MRS. R. BUTLER. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 28, 1832.

  C.S. EDGEWORTH to MRS. C.S. EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, May 27, 1833.

  MARIA to M. PAKENHAM EDGEWORTH, ESQ. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Valentine’s Day, 1834.

  To C.S. EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 14, 1834.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 22, 1834.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, July 29, 1834.

  To MRS. STARK. [Footnote 1: Who had sent Miss Edgeworth a long criticism from her cousin, Colonel Matthew Stewart (son of Dugald Stewart), on her Helen.] EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Sept. 6, 1834.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. DUNMOE COTTAGE, Nov. 8, 1834.

  To MRS. R. BUTLER. DUNMOE COTTAGE, Nov. 28, 1834.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 27, 1835.

  MARIA to MRS. EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Jan. 28, 1835.

  MARIA to C. SNEYD EDGEWORTH, ESQ. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Feb. 12, 1835.

  MARIA to PAKENHAM EDGEWORTH. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN THE MORNING, 1835.

  To MISS RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, March 31, 1835.

  MARIA to MISS RUXTON. LOUGH GLYN, Sept. 16, 1836.

  To MISS MARGARET RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Dec. 17, 1837.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. TRIM, July 25, 1838.

  To MISS MARGARET RUXTON. Oct. 10, 1838.

  To MR. AND MRS. TICKNOR. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 1, 1838.

  To MISS MARGARET RUXTON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Nov. 8, 1838.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH, IN LONDON. EDGEWORTHSTOWN, Aug. 25, 1839.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. TRIM, Nov. 1, 1840.

  To MR. TICKNOR. TRIM, Nov. 19, 1840.

  To MRS. R. BUTLER. 1 NORTH AUDLEY STREET, Dec. 26.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. January 2, 1841.

  To MRS. R. BUTLER. 1 NORTH AUDLEY STREET, Jan. 10, 1841.

  To MRS. EDGEWORTH. 1 NORTH AUDLEY STREET, Jan. 13, 1841.

  To MRS. R. BUTLER. 1 NORTH AUDLEY STREET, Feb. 24, 1841.