evidently been done with the object of sparing the feelings of people then living.

Both the author and the illustrator of this volume have visited all the places connected with the narrative, and numerous sketches have been made of the house in St. Martin's Street, which is happily still standing, and of many other scenes mentioned in the letters and diaries.

To have been living, as it were, for more than a year past amidst the Burney family, has been a source of great pleasure to the present writer, and she hopes that the reader may find equal pleasure in that genial atmosphere.

GROVE COTTAGE, FROGNAL,

HAMPSTEAD,

September, 1906.

CONSTANCE HILL.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portraits of Esther, Charles Rousseau, and Richard Burney (From the original painting, in the possession of Archdeacon Burney).

Frontispiece

The House in St. Martin's Street (formerly No. 1, now 35)

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Portrait of Frances Burney (From a miniature on an ivory box
in the possession of F. Leverton Harris, Esq.)
The Drawing-room, St. Martin's Street

The Library or Music-room

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2

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Portrait of Charles Burney, Mus.D. (From the original

painting by Reynolds, in the possession of Archdeacon
Burney. Photograph kindly lent by the proprietors of
the "Musical Times")

The Staircase in St. Martin's Street

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The "Theban Harp" (From a print in Dr. Burney's "History of Music")

Portrait of David Garrick (By Gainsborough)

Portrait of Mrs. Garrick (By Gardiner).

Lamp-holder in Old Iron Work

The Dining-parlour in St. Martin's Street

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