HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON.
Observations on Heron's Letters of Literature, on Mr. Pinker-
ton's proposed amendment of the English language, on Lady
M. W. Montague and on Mr. Hume.-June 22, 1785.
HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON.
Further criticism on Heron's Letters: definition and exempli-
fication of grace: remarks on Waller, Milton, Cowley,
Boileau, Pope, and Madame de Sévigné.-June 26, 1785.
HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON.
Declining printing Greck authors at Strawberry Hill.—July 27,
1785.
HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON.
Declining printing an edition of the Life of St. Nicholas.-Aug.
18, 1785.
DR. BEATTIE TO MR. PINKERTON.
Concerning Barbour, and his manuscripts.—Aug. 24, 1785.
REV. W. TREMAYNE TO MR. PINKERTON.
On his proposed amendment of the English language.-Sept.
16, 1785.
HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON.
Advising him not to answer the critiques of anonymous adver-
saries, with some particulars respecting Dr. Lort and the
Abbé Barthélemi.-Sept. 17, 1785.
HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON.
Advice on his intended publication of Lives of the Scottish
Saints; opinion of Bishop Hoadley, and reflections on his own
life.-Sept. 30, 1785.
HON. HORACE WALPOLE TO MR. PINKERTON.
Declining to purchase pictures.-Oct. 2, 1785.
MR. ASTLE TO MR. PINKERTON.
Remarks on Winton's Chronicle.-Nov. 4, 1785.
MR. PINKERTON TO THE EARL OF BUCHAN,
Enclosing a copy of his Ancient Scottish Poems, with remarks
upon them, and mentioning his intention of publishing Win-
ton's Chronicle, and Lives of the Scottish Saints.-Nov. 24,
1785.
MR. KNIGHT TO MR. PINKERTON.
Remarks on Heron's Letters.-Nov. 29, 1785.
LORD HAILES TO MR. PINKERTON.
On the manuscripts in the Advocates' Library; on the Palice of
Honour, the Complainte of Scotland, Winton's Chronicle, &c.
remarks on the authors of Hardyknute.-Dec. 2, 1785.
MR. A. DE CARDONNEL TO MR. PINKERTON.
On his Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland.-April 21, 1787.
MR. PINKERTON TO THE EARL OF BUCHAN.
Respecting Messrs. Morison's proposed edition of Barbour's
poem.-July 30, 1787.
DR. THORKELIN TO MR. PINKERTON.
Account of his tour in the Hebrides; with remarks on the Pic-
tish houses and on vitrified forts.-Sept. 19, 1787.
MR. PINKERTON TO THE EARL OF BUCHAN.
On the proposed edition of Barbour, and hints for the establish-
ment of a society in Scotland for publishing old pieces of
history, &c.-Sept. 20, 1787.
MR. PINKERTON TO THE EARL OF BUCHAN.
On their differences of opinion concerning Ossian and Mary
Queen of Scots: requesting a transcript of Sir D. Lindsay's
Plays, and mentioning the increase of expense in his pro-
posed work on the Lives of Scottish Saints.-Oct. 15, 1787.
SIR JOSEPH BANKS TO MR. PINKERTON.
Respecting his intended Lives of the Scottish Saints, with part
of the prospectus annexed.-Nov. 1, 1787.
GENERAL STUART TO MR. PINKERTON.
Requesting information on the genealogy of his ancestor, the
Constable John Stuart of Darnley.-Dec. 4, 1787.
MR. PINKERTON TO MR. G. PATON.
Opinion of Mr. Herd.-March 31, 1788.
Declining further intercourse with him.-April 8, 1788.
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