To the Rev. John Newton, March 7, 1783. Compar-
ison of his and Mr. Newton's letters; march of
Highlanders belonging to a mutinous regiment... 149
To the same, April 5, 1783. Illness of Mrs. C.; new
method of treating consumptive cases........
To the same, April 21, 1783. His occupations and
studies; writings of Mr.; probability of his
conversion in his last moments..
To the Rev. John Newton, May 5, 1783. Vulgarity
in a minister particularly offensive..
To the Rev. William Unwin, May 12, 1783. Re-
marks on a sermon preached by Paley at the con-
secration of Bishop L......
To the same, Dec. 15, 1783. Speculations on the in-
vention of balloons; the East India Bill........
To the same, Dec. 27, 1783. Ambition of public men;
dismissal of ministers; Cowper's sentiments con-
cerning Mr. Bacon; anecdote of Mr. Scott....... 172
To the Rev. William Unwin, no date. Account of
Mr. Throckmorton's invitation to see a balloon
filled; attentions of the Throckmorton family to
Cowper and Mrs. Unwin............
Circumstances which obliged Cowper to relinquish
his friendship with Lady Austen......
Hayley's account of this event....
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De la Lande's explanation of them....
Earthquakes in Calabria and Sicily..
To the Rev. John Newton, June 17, 1783.
must not expect to scold men out of their sins.... 156
Tenderness an important qualification in a minister 156
To the Rev. John Newton, June 19, 1783. On the
Dutch translation of his "Cardiphonia"..
156
To the same, July 27, 1783. A country life barren of
incident; Cowper's attachment to his solitude ;
praise of Mr. Newton's style as an historian...... 156
Remarks on the influence of local associations..... 157
Dr. Johnson's allusion to that subject..
To the Rev William Unwin, August 4, 1783. Pro-
posed inquiry concerning the sale of his Poems;
remarks on English ballads; anecdote of Cowper's
goldfinches..
To the same, Sept. 7, 1783. Fault of Madame Guion's
writings, too great familiarity in addressing the
Deity
To the Rev. John Newton, Sept. 8, 1783. On Mr.
Newton's and his own recovery from illness; anec-
dote of a clerk in a public office; ill health of Mr.
Scott; message to Mr. Bacon.....
To the same, Sept. 23, 1783. On Mr. Newton's re-
covery from a fever; dining with an absent man;
his niche for meditation..
To the Rev. William Unwin, Sept. 29, 1783. Effect
of the weather on health; comparative happiness
of the natural philosopher; reflections on air-bal-
loons
To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 6, 1783. Religious
animosities deplored; more dangerous to the in-
terests of religion than the attacks of its adversa-
ries; Cowper's fondness for narratives of voyages 102
To Joseph Hill, Esq., Oct. 10, 1783. Cowper declines
the discussion of political subjects; epitaph on sail-
ors of the Royal George..
To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 13, 1783. Neglect of
American loyalists; extraordinary donation sent to
Lisbon at the time of the great earthquake; pros-
pects of the Americans.
To the same, Feb. 10, 1784. Cowper's nervous state;
comparison of himself with the ancient poets: his
hypothesis of a gradual declension in vigor from
Adam downwards...
To the same, Feb., 1784. The thaw; kindness of a
benefactor to the poor of Olney; Cowper's politics,
and those of a reverend neighbor; projected trans-
lation of Caraccioli on self-acquaintance...
To the Rev. William Bull, Feb. 2, 1784. Unknown
benefactor to the poor of Olney; political profes-
sion ..
To the Rev. William Unwin, Feb. 29, 1784. On Mr.
Unwin's acquaintance with Lord Petre; unknown
benefactor to the poor of Olney; diffidence of a
modest man on extraordinary occasions..
To the Rev. John Newton. March 8, 1784. The The-
ological Miscellany; abandonment of the intended
translation of Caraccioli..
...... 185
To the same, April 15, 1784. Further remarks on
Blair's "Lectures:" censure of a particular obser-
vation in that book.
To the same, April 25, 1784. Lines to the memory
of a haly butt..
To the Rev. John Newton, April 26, 1784. Re-
marks on Beattie and on Blair's "Lectures;"
economy of the county candidates, and its conse-
quences
To the Rev. William Unwin, May 3, 1784. Reflec-
tions on face-painting; innocent in French women,
but immoral in English...
To the same, May 8, 1784. Cowper's reasons for not
writing a sequel to John Gilpin, and not wishing
that ballad to appear with his Poems; progress
made in printing them.....
To the Rev. John Newton, May 10, 1784. Conver
sion of Dr. Johnson; unsuccessful attempt with a
balloon at Throckmorton's.
..... 191
Cirenmstances attending Dr. Johnson's conversion.. 191
To the Rev. John Newton, May 22, 1784. On Dr.
Johnson's opinion of Cowper's Poems;" Mr. Bull
and his refractory pupils...
To the same, June 3, 1784. On the opinion of Cow-
per's Poems" attributed to Dr. Johnson..
To the Rev. John Newton, June 21, 1784. Commem-
oration of Handel; unpleasant summer; character
of Mr. and Mrs. Unwin
To the Rev. William Unwin, July 3, 1784. Severity
of the weather; its effects on vegetation...
To the Rev. John Newton, July 5, 1784. Reference
to a passage in Homer; could the wise men of an-
tiquity have believed in the fables of the heathen
mythology? Cowper's neglect of politics; his hos-
ility to the tax on candles..
To the Rev. William Unwin, July 12, 1784. Remarks
on a line in Vincent Bourne's Latin poems; draw-
ing of Mr. Unwin's house; Hume's "Essay on Sui-
Cide"
To Joseph Hill, Esq., Dec. 4, 1784. Aerial voyages. 208
To the Rev. John Newton, Dec. 13, 1784. On the
versification and titles of his new Poems; propri-
ety of using the word worm for serpent...
Passages in Milton and Shakespeare in which worm
is so used....
To the Rev. William Unwin, Dec. 18, 1784. Balloon
travellers; inscription to his new poem; reasons
for complimenting Bishop Bagot.......
To the Rev. John Newton, Christmas-eve, 1784.
Cowper declines giving a new title to his new vol-
ume of Poems; remarks on a person lately de-
ceased.....
To the same, July 28, 1784. On Mr. Newton's in-
tended visit to the Rev. Mr. Gilpin at Lymington;
his literary adversaries..
To the Rev. John Newton, Feb. 19, 1785. An inge-
nious bookbinder; poverty at Olney; severity of
the late winter.
To the same, June 4, 1785. Character of the Rev.
Mr. Greatheed; completion of Cowper's new vol-
ure; Bacon's monument to Lord Chatham
To Joseph Hill, Esq., June 25, 1785. Cowper's sum-
mer-house; dilatoriness of his bookseller......
To the Rev. John Newton, June 25, 1785. Allusion
to the mental depression under which Cowper la-
bored: Nathan's last moments; complaint of
Johnson's delay; effects of drought; tax on gloves 221
To the same, July 9, 1785. Mention of letters in
praise of his Poems; conduct of the Lord Chancel-
lor and G. Colman; reference to the commemora-
tion of Handel: cutting down of the spinney.
To the Rev. William Unwin, July 27, 1785. Violent
thunder-storm; courage of a dog; on the love of
Christ.......
To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 16, 1785. On the
death of Miss Cunningham; expected removal of
the Rev. Mr. Scott from Olney; Mr. Jones, stew-
ard of Lord Peterborough burned in effigy....... 232
To the Rev. William Unwin, Oct. 22, 1785. Pro-
gress of his translation of Homer; course of read-
ing recommended for Mr. Unwin's son....
To the Rev. John Newton, Nov. 5, 1785. On his tar-
diness in writing; remarks on Mr. N.'s narrative
of his life; strictures on Mr. Heron's critical opin-
ions of Virgil and the Bible; lines addressed by
Cowper to Heron....
Remarks on Heron's "Letters on Literature".
To Joseph Hill, Esq., Nov. 7, 1785. On the interrup-
tions experienced by men of business from the
idle...
To Lady Hesketh, Nov. 9, 1785. Reference to his
poems; he signifies his acceptance of her offer of
pecuniary aid; his translation of Homer; descrip-
tion of his person
To the same, without date. His feelings towards
her; allusion to his translation of Homer...
To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Nov. 9, 1785. On Bishop
Bagot's charge
To Lady Hesketh, August 30, 1787. Improvement
in his bealth; kindness of the Throckmortons.... 982
To the same, Sept. 4, 1787. Delay of her coming;
Mrs. Throckmorton's uncle; books read by Cow-
To the same, Sept. 15, 1787. His meeting with her
friend, Miss J; new gravel-walk
To the same, Sept. 29, 1787. Remarks on the rela-
tive situation of Russia and Turkey...
To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 2, 1787. Cowper
confesses that for thirteen years he doubted Mr.
N.'s identity; acknowledgments for the kind offers
of the Newtons; preparations for Lady Hesketh's
toming
To Samuel Rose, Esq., Oct. 19, 1787. State of his
beach; strength of local attachments..
To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 20, 1787. His miser-
To the same. Dec. 9, 1786. On a singular circum-
store relating to an intended pupil of Mr. Unwin's 275
Toseph Hill, Esq., Dec. 9, 1786. Death of Mr.
Tnwin; Cowper's new situation at Weston...... 276
To the Rev. John Newton, Dec. 16, 1786. Death of
Mr. Enwin; forlorn state of his old dwelling..... 276
To Lady Hesketh, Dec. 21, 1786. Cowper's opinion
of praise; Mr. Throckmorton's chaplain
To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Jan. 3, 1787.
To Lady Hesketh, Jan. 1, 1788. Extraordinary coin-
cidence between a piece of his own and one of Mr.
Merry's; "The Poet's New Year's Gift;" compul-
sory inoculation for small-pox
scription; the lime-walk at Weston; remarks on
the Account of Five Hundred Living Authors".. 317
To the same, August 9, 1788. Visitors at Weston;
motto composed by Cowper for the king's clock.. 318
To Samuel Rose, Esq., August 18, 1788. Circum-
stances of their parting; he recommends Mr. R.
to take due care of himself in his pedestrian jour-
neys; strictures on Lavater's Aphorisms....
Remarks on physiognomy and on the merits of La-
vater as the founder of the Orphan House at Zu-
rich...
....Note 319
To Mrs. King, August 28, 1788. He playfully guesses
at Mrs. King's figure and features
To the Rev. John Newton, Sept. 2, 1788. Reference
to Mr. N.'s late visit; his own melancholy state of
mind; Mr. Bean's exertions for suppressing public
houses.
To Samuel Rose, Esq., Sept. 11, 1788. Remarkable
oak; lines suggested by it; exhortation against
bashfulness
To Mrs. King, Sept. 25, 1788. Thanks for presents;
invitation to Weston..
Smollett's Don
Quixotte; he thanks her for the intended present
of a box for letters and papers; renewal of his cor-
respondence with Mr. Rowley; remarks on the ex-
pression, "As great as two inkle-weavers".
To Joseph Hill, Esq., May 8, 1788. Lament for the
loss of his library; progress of his Homer....
To Lady Hesketh, May 12, 1788. Mrs. Montagu and
the Blue-Stocking Club; his late feats in walking 308
To Joseph Hill, Esq., May 24, 1788. Thanks for the
present of prints of the Lacemaker and Crazy
Kate; family of Mr. Chester; progress of Homer;
antique bust of Paris
To the Rev. William Bull, May 25, 1788. He declines
the composition of hymns, which Mr. B. had urged
him to undertake...
To Lady Hesketh, May 27, 1788. His lines on Mr.
Henry Cowper; remarks on Mrs. Montagu's Essay
on the Genius of Shakespeare; antique head of
Paris; remarks on the two prints sent him by Mr.
Hill
To the same, June 3, 1788. Sudden change of the
weather; remarks on the advertisement of a dan-
cing-master of Newport-Pagnell....
To the Rev. John Newton, June 5, 1788. His writ-
ing engagements; effect of the sudden change of
the weather on his health; character of Mr. Bean;
visit from the Powleys; he declines writing fur-
ther on the slave-trade; invitation to Weston;
verses on Mrs. Montagu
To the Rev. John Newton, Dec. 9, 1788. Mr. Van
Lier's Latin MS.; Lady Hesketh and the Throck-
mortons; popularity of Mr. C. as a preacher.
To Samuel Rose, Esq., Jan. 19, 1789. Local helps
to memory; Sir John Hawkins' book....
To the same, Jan. 24, 1789. Accidents generally oc-
cur when and where we least expect them................
To the Rev. Walter Bagot, Jan. 29, 1789. Excuse for
irregularity in correspondence; progress of Ho-
mer; allusion to political affairs....
To Mrs. King, Jan. 29, 1789. Thanks for presents;
Mrs. Unwin's fall in the late frost; distress of the
Royal Family on the state of the King, and anee-
dote of the Lord Chancellor.....
To Lady Hesketh, June 10, 1788. On the death of
her father, Ashley Cowper...
To the Rev. Walter Bagot, June 17, 1788. Coldness
of the season; reasons for declining to write on
slavery; contrast between the awful scenes of na-
ture and the horrors produced by human passions 313
To Mrs. King, June 19, 1788. He excuses his silence
on account of inflammation of the eyes; sudden
change of weather; reasons why we are not so
hardy as our forefathers; his opinion of Thomson,
the poet..
To Samuel Rose, Esq., June 23, 1788. Apology for
an unanswered letter; providence of God in re-
gard to the weather; visitors at Weston; brevity
of human life...
To the Rev. John Newton, June 24, 1788. Difficul-
ties experienced by Mr. Bean in enforcing a stricter
observance of the Sabbath at Olney; remarks on
the slave-trade....
To Lady Hesketh, June 27, 1788. Anticipations of
her next visit; allusion to Lord Thurlow's prom-
ise to provide for him; anecdote of his dog Beau;
remarks on his ballads on slavery...
The Dog and the Water Lily.
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