Produced by Steven Gibbs and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE LETTERS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TO MISS J. 1834-1851 EDITED, WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF THE LATTER, BY CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN 26 PATERNOSTER SQUARE University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Transcriber's Note: In this e-text, superscripted characters are represented by being preceded by a carat, e.g., D^r and 13^th. PREFACE. The effort of the Editor throughout this volume has been to repress fancy rather than to exercise it. There has not been a word added to or taken from the letters of the Duke, even the occasional eccentricities of orthography and punctuation having been preserved. The editing that was absolutely necessary to render coherent some of Miss J.'s lucubrations has been restricted to the excision of superfluous passages of Scripture that added nothing to the sense of the text, and the correction of the very erratic punctuation both of her diary and of the copies she has left of her own letters. Miss J.'s copies of the Duke's epistles have been verified by comparison with the originals. In every case where the needful books and journals of reference were attainable, the Duke's statements in the letters of his comings and goings and occupations have been corroborated by contemporary data. The particulars of Miss J.'s personal history have been derived from private family sources. CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK. BROOKLYN, March 18, 1889. CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. FIRST INTERVIEWS 10 III. THE FIRST DISCORD 21 IV. SMOOTH WATERS 39 V. FRESH DIFFICULTIES 55 VI. COMPARATIVE CALM 79 VII. ASPIRATIONS AND REBUFFS 98 VIII. A PEACEFUL PERIOD 120 IX. MISUNDERSTANDINGS 149 X. A BREATHING SPACE 166 XI. THE FINAL RUPTURE 183 XII. CONCLUSION 210 APPENDIX 221 THE LETTERS OF WELLINGTON. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.