Besides the volumes of Baron von Reumont and M. St. Rene Taillandier, I have depended mainly upon Alfieri's autobiography, edited by Professor Teza, and supplemented by Bernardi's and Milanesi's _Lettere di Vittorio Alfieri_, published by Le Monnier in 1862. Among English books that I have put under contribution, I may mention Klose's _Memoirs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart_ (Colburn, 1845), Ewald's _Life and Times of Prince Charles Stuart_ (Chapman and Hall, 1875), and Sir Horace Mann's _Letters to Walpole_, edited by Dr. Doran. A review, variously attributed to Lockhart and to Dennistoun, in the _Quarterly_ for 1847, has been all the more useful to me as I have been unable to procure, writing in Italy, the _Tales of the Century_, of which that paper gives a masterly account. For various details I must refer to Charles Dutens' _Memoires d'un Voyageur qui se repose_ (Paris, 1806); to Silvagni's _La Corte e la Societa Romana nel secolo XVIII._; to Foscolo's _Correspondence_, Gino Capponi's _Ricordi_ and those of d'Azeglio; to Giordani's works and Benassu Montanari's _Life of Ippolito Pindemonti_, besides the books quoted by Baron Reumont; and for what I may call the general pervading historical colouring (if indeed I have succeeded in giving any) of the background against which I have tried to sketch the Countess of Albany, Charles Edward and Alfieri, I can only refer generally to what is now a vague mass of detail accumulated by myself during the years of preparation for my _Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy_. My debt to the kindness of persons who have put unpublished matter at my disposal, or helped me to collect various information, is a large one. In the first category, I wish to express my best thanks to the Director of the Public Library at Siena; to Cavaliere Guiseppe Porri, a great collector of autographs, in the same city; to the Countess Baldelli and Cavaliere Emilio Santarelli of Florence, who possess some most curious portraits and other relics of the Countess of Albany, Prince Charles Edward, and Alfieri; and also to my friend Count Pierre Boutourline, whose grandfather and great-aunt were among Madame d'Albany's friends. Among those who have kindly given me the benefit of their advice and assistance, I must mention foremost my friend Signor Mario Pratesi, the eminent novelist; and next to him the learned Director of the State Archives of Florence, Cavaliere Gaetano Milanese, and Doctor Guido Biagi, of the Biblioteca Vittorio Emanuel of Rome, without whose kindness my work would have been quite impossible. Florence, March 15, 1884. CONTENTS.