William Morris

Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1709-1760) William Morris

"The LETTERS OF LADY MONTAGUE, like many another literary classic, are constantly quoted and seldom read. Every man is well aware that the correspondence of distinguished person the the eighteenth century should be found on his library shelves, and that her letters are an important part of this priceless collection. Yet they have only once been reprinted in a popular form, and their characteristics are familiar to the student alone..." -- From the Introduction.