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- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- VOL I Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- VOL II Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- LETTER I The Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER II The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER III The Baron to the Viscount
- LETTER IV The Baron to the Viscount
- LETTER V The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER VI The Viscountess's Answer
- LETTER VII The Baroness's Answer
- LETTER VIII The Baron to the Viscount
- LETTER IX Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER X The Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XI The Copy of Mons. de Lagaraye's Letter to Porphiry
- LETTER XII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XIII Madame d' Ostalis to the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER XIV The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XV The Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XVI The Baroness's Answer
- LETTER XVII Madame d' Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER XVIII The Baroness's Answer
- LETTER XIX The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XX The Chevalier Herbain to the Baroness
- LETTER XXI Madame d' Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER XXII The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXIII The Baroness to Madame d' Ostalis
- LETTER XXIV Mons. d' Aimeri to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXV Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER XXVI Mons. d' Aimeri to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXVII The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXVIII Madame de Germeuil to Madame de Valcy
- LETTER XXIX Madame de Valcy to Madame de Germeuil
- LETTER XXX Madame d’ Almane to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXXI Mons. de Lagaraye to Porphiry
- LETTER XXXII The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXXIII The same to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXXIV The same to the same
- LETTER XXXV The Baron to Mons. d’ Aimeri
- LETTER XXXVI The Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XXXVII Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER XXXVIII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXXIX The same to the same
- LETTER XL The Baron to Mons. d’ Aimeri
- LETTER XLI The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XLII The Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XLIII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XLIV Madame d’ Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER XLV Mons. d’ Aimeri to the Baron
- LETTER XLVI The Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER XLVII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- VOL III ADELAIDE AND THEODORE
- Course of Reading pursued by Adelaide, from the Age of six Years, to Twenty-two
- Index
- Endnotes
LETTER IX - Count de Roseville to the Baron
from VOL II - Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Select Bibliography
- Note on the Text
- VOL I Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- VOL II Adelaide and Theodore, or Letters on Education
- LETTER I The Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER II The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER III The Baron to the Viscount
- LETTER IV The Baron to the Viscount
- LETTER V The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER VI The Viscountess's Answer
- LETTER VII The Baroness's Answer
- LETTER VIII The Baron to the Viscount
- LETTER IX Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER X The Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XI The Copy of Mons. de Lagaraye's Letter to Porphiry
- LETTER XII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XIII Madame d' Ostalis to the Viscountess de Limours
- LETTER XIV The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XV The Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XVI The Baroness's Answer
- LETTER XVII Madame d' Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER XVIII The Baroness's Answer
- LETTER XIX The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XX The Chevalier Herbain to the Baroness
- LETTER XXI Madame d' Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER XXII The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXIII The Baroness to Madame d' Ostalis
- LETTER XXIV Mons. d' Aimeri to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXV Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER XXVI Mons. d' Aimeri to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXVII The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXVIII Madame de Germeuil to Madame de Valcy
- LETTER XXIX Madame de Valcy to Madame de Germeuil
- LETTER XXX Madame d’ Almane to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXXI Mons. de Lagaraye to Porphiry
- LETTER XXXII The Baroness to Madame de Valmont
- LETTER XXXIII The same to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXXIV The same to the same
- LETTER XXXV The Baron to Mons. d’ Aimeri
- LETTER XXXVI The Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XXXVII Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER XXXVIII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XXXIX The same to the same
- LETTER XL The Baron to Mons. d’ Aimeri
- LETTER XLI The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XLII The Viscountess to the Baroness
- LETTER XLIII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- LETTER XLIV Madame d’ Ostalis to the Baroness
- LETTER XLV Mons. d’ Aimeri to the Baron
- LETTER XLVI The Count de Roseville to the Baron
- LETTER XLVII The Baroness to the Viscountess
- VOL III ADELAIDE AND THEODORE
- Course of Reading pursued by Adelaide, from the Age of six Years, to Twenty-two
- Index
- Endnotes
Summary
At last, my dear Baron, I am going go give you the promised description of the Chevalier de Murville's gardens, which my occupations during the last three months have hitherto prevented; – You will not lose by the delay, it being all present to my memory. Three weeks before Mons. d' Aimeri’ s departure I took the prince, accompanied by the Chevalier de Valmont, to Mons. de Murville’ s, who you will easily believe did not receive the nephew of Cecilia without manifest emotion. After surveying the house, Mons. M— conducted us into the garden, where he has collected an exact representation of all the most interesting things he has seen in his travels. We went out of the house on to a large irregular lawn, formerly an immense parterre, but now filled with status and antique monuments faithfully copied, (but in less proportion) from the best ruins in Italy. Amongst others the magnificent temples of Seraphis, of Minerva Medica, Trojan's pillar, &c. Various foreign plants of different shapes and colours are artfully interspersed among the ruins. Willows and cyprus shade the tombs; majestic pines and palm-trees surround the temples; laurels grow at the foot of the Apollo of Belvedere; myrtles and roses encompass the Venus of Medicis. To the right of this kind of museum, there is the grotto of Pausilipo; which is a long passage built with brick, but so covered with rock and verdure, that it appears hewn out of the solid stone, like the cavern it represents. – At the bottom of this grotto, one discovers a charming perspective, which conducts you to the lake of Agnano, one of the most delightful views near Naples; and very easily imitated in a garden, being entirely surrounded by trees, which hide the rest of the country. On the other side of the park, you travel in Spain.
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- Adelaide and Theodoreby Stephanie-Felicite De Genlis, pp. 206 - 208Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014