Produced by KD Weeks, The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. [Illustration: _E. Burney._ _A Dawson Ph.fc._ _C. Turner_ _Frances Burney._ ] FANNY BURNEY AND HER FRIENDS _SELECT PASSAGES FROM HER DIARY AND OTHER WRITINGS_ EDITED BY L. B. SEELEY, M.A. _Sometime Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge_ AUTHOR OF “HORACE WALPOLE AND HIS WORLD” _NEW EDITION_ LONDON SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED ESSEX STREET, STRAND 1895 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE Birth—Parentage—The Macburneys—Early Life of Dr. Burney—Fulk 1-31 Greville—Esther Sleepe—Lynn—Poland Street—Frances Burney’s Brothers and Sisters—Her Backwardness in Childhood—Her Mother’s Death—David Garrick—The Old Lady—The Wig-maker— Neglect of Fanny’s Education—Her Taste for Scribbling— Samuel Crisp—His Early Life—His Tragedy—Its Failure—His Chagrin—His Life at Hampton—His Retirement from the World— Crisp renews his Acquaintance with Burney—Becomes the Adviser of the Family—Burney’s Amiable Temper—Chesington Hall—Its Quaint Interior—Contrast between Fanny and her Elder Sister—Burney’s Second Marriage—Change of Plans—Mrs. Burney lectures Fanny—An _Auto da Fé_—Origin of ‘Evelina’— Burney takes his Doctor’s Degree—His Essay on Comets— Preparations for the ‘History of Music’—Musical Tour in France and Italy—House in Queen Square—German Tour—Fanny’s Occupation during his Absence—Removal to St. Martin’s Street—Newton’s House—The Observatory—Fanny’s Arrival at Womanhood CHAPTER II.