PAMELA, CLARISSA HARLOWE,
MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.
PUBLISHED BY HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO.
90, CHEAPSIDE, AND 8, PALL MALL.
PRINTED BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY,
At the Border Press, Edinburgh.
LETTER I. Miss Lucy Selby to Miss Harriet
Byron. Characters of Mr Greville, Mr Fen-
wick, and Mr Orme, the three admirers of Miss
Byron. Their alarm on hearing that Miss Byron
is determined on going up to London with Mrs
Reeves; and their resolutions in consequence.
Mr Greville's impassioned behaviour, when on
a visit to the Selby family,.
II. Mr Greville to Lady Frampton. In this
letter, Mr Greville gives an animated descrip-
tion of Miss Byron's personal beauties; extols
her sweetness of temper; and describes her si-
tuation and circumstances in life. He avows
his great attachment to this amiable young lady;
and declares, that although her modest and vir-
tuous demeanour, added to her personal charms,
had attracted so many admirers, he himself will
not despair of securing her esteem, over the heads
of all competitors. He, however, expresses his
fears, that Miss Byron's intended journey to
London will greatly add to the number of his
rivals,
VI. Miss Byron to Miss Selby-Miss Byron
states her reasons for rejecting the addresses of
Mr Greville; shews him to be a libertine in
principle; and enters largely into the develope-
ment of his real character: she thence infers the
dangerous tendency of a virtuous woman's uni-
ting herself to a man of bad principles, under
the idea of reclaiming him from his evil courses.
She afterwards mentions her objections to Mr
Fenwick; whom she represents as having a bad
heart at bottom, though not so openly a profli-
gate as Mr Greville. Her high opinion of Mr
Örme, and her esteem for his sister,
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VII. Mr Selby to Miss Byron.-Strictures on
female vanity. He cautions Miss Byron against
too eagerly listening to the flatteries of men of
fashion, professing themselves her admirers.
Lays open to the young lady her own foibles,
with a sort of good-humoured severity; apolo-
gizing at the same time for his frankness. He
concludes his letter by regretting her absence;
and, notwithstanding his raillery, owns that he
wishes her back again at Selby-House,
VIII. Miss Byron to Miss Selby.-Mr Fowler,
a nephew of Sir Rowland Meredith, professes
himself an admirer of Miss Byron. Her de-
scription of his person and character; and of
his uncle Sir Rowland,
IX. Miss Byron to Miss Selby-Sir Rowland
Meredith visits Mr Reeves. Explains to Miss
Byron the high esteem his nephew entertains
for her: solicits her permission to introduce him
to her; urges the sincerity of his motives; pro-
mises to settle a handsome competency on him;
earnestly entreats her to admit the young man
to pay his addresses to her himself, on learning
from her own lips that her affections are disen-
gaged. This acknowledgment raises Sir Row-
land's hopes; and, though he does not obtain
the young lady's definitive answer on this his
first visit, he hopes to succeed better in the next
visit, which he eagerly anticipates. Miss Byron,
in this letter, gives a very humorous description
of the conversation that passed, between herself
and Sir Rowland, on this occasion; of the wor-
thy knight's warmth in his nephew's cause;