Some Eccentrics& a WomanBy Lewis MelvilleLondonMartin SeckerNumber Five John StreetAdelphi
By Lewis Melville
London
Martin Secker
Number Five John Street
Adelphi
Of the eight papers printed here, “Some Eighteenth-Century Men About Town,” “A Forgotten Satirist: ‘Peter Pindar’,” “Sterne’s Eliza,” and “William Beckford, of Fonthill Abbey,” have appeared in theFortnightly Review; “Charles James Fox” appeared in theMonthly Review, “Exquisites of the Regency” inChambers’s Journal, and “The Demoniacs” in the AmericanBookman. To the editors of these periodicals I am indebted either for permission to reprint, or for their courtesy in having permitted me to reserve the right of publication in book form. “Philip, Duke of Wharton” is now printed for the first time.Lewis Melville
Of the eight papers printed here, “Some Eighteenth-Century Men About Town,” “A Forgotten Satirist: ‘Peter Pindar’,” “Sterne’s Eliza,” and “William Beckford, of Fonthill Abbey,” have appeared in theFortnightly Review; “Charles James Fox” appeared in theMonthly Review, “Exquisites of the Regency” inChambers’s Journal, and “The Demoniacs” in the AmericanBookman. To the editors of these periodicals I am indebted either for permission to reprint, or for their courtesy in having permitted me to reserve the right of publication in book form. “Philip, Duke of Wharton” is now printed for the first time.
Lewis Melville
PAGEEIGHTEENTH CENTURY MEN ABOUT TOWN13SOME EXQUISITES OF THE REGENCY47A FORGOTTEN SATIRIST: “PETER PINDAR”103STERNE’S ELIZA129THE DEMONIACS161WILLIAM BECKFORD OF FONTHILL ABBEY189CHARLES JAMES FOX219PHILIP, DUKE OF WHARTON253INDEX283
“A VIEW FROM THE PUMP ROOM, BATH”A Facsimile Reproduction of a Drawing by Richard DeightonFrontispieceSIR JOHN LADEFrom the Painting by Sir Joshua ReynoldsTo face page16THE PRINCE OF WALESFrom the Miniature by Cosway" "48LUMLEY SKEFFINGTONFrom a Contemporary Miniature" "80PETER PINDARFrom the Painting by John Opie" "112LAURENCE STERNEFrom the Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds" "144WILLIAM BECKFORDFrom the Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds" "192CHARLES JAMES FOXFrom the Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds" "224PHILIP, DUKE OF WHARTONFrom a Contemporary Painting" "256