LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU'S ACCOUNT OF THE COURT OF GEORGE I Lady Mary, then, had been in Yorkshire when the Queen died, and was still in the country, much against her will, when the King arrived on September 18.

Soon after, however, she came to town, and, so to speak, looked around the Court.

Her "Account of the Court of George I" is not always accurate, and is certainly often prejudiced.

It is not the less interesting because the writer did not mince her words, even when discussing the character of her friend, "Dolly" Walpole.

Notwithstanding, this bird-eye view of the royal and political circles at the accession of the first of the Hanoverian monarchs is so valuable as to deserve inclusion in this work.
"The new Court with all their train was arrived before I left the country.