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This collection, also called Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, comprises over 400 letters written beginning in 1737 or 1738 and continuing until his sons death in 1768. The majority of the letters were written between 1746 and 1754. The letters are written in French, English, and some in Latin. They are mostly instructive letters on such subjects as geography, history, and classical literature. Later letters, written when the author had become an established minor diplomat, deal largely with political matters.[5]The letters were first published by his sons widow Eugenia Stanhope in 1774, and the Letters to his Godson (1890). The Letters are brilliantly written, full of elegant wisdom, of keen wit, of admirable portrait-painting, of exquisite observation and deduction.In the Letters to his Son Chesterfield epitomises the restraint of polite 18th-century society, writing from Bath on 9 March 1748:I would heartily wish that you may often be seen to smile, but never heard to laugh while you live. Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill-manners; it is the manner in which the mob express their silly joy at silly things; and they call it being merry. In my mind there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter. I am neither of a melancholy nor a cynical disposition, and am as willing and as apt to be pleased as anybody; but I am sure that since I have had the full use of my reason nobody has ever heard me laugh.

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Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope ChesterfieldComplete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works

Chesterfield's Letters to His Son


The Project Gutenberg EBook of The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to


His Son, by The Earl of Chesterfield


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Title: The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son


Author: The Earl of Chesterfield


Release Date: October 12, 2004 [EBook #3361]


[Last updated on February 14, 2007]


Language: English


*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LETTERS TO HIS SON ***


Produced by David Widger


LETTERS TO HIS SON

By the EARL OF CHESTERFIELD


on the Fine Art of becoming a


MAN OF THE WORLD


and a


GENTLEMAN


CONTENTS

SPECIAL INTRODUCTION


1746-1747

LETTER II

LETTER III

LETTER IV

LETTER V

LETTER VI

LETTER VII

LETTER VIII

LETTER IX

LETTER X

LETTER XI

LETTER XII

LETTER XIII

LETTER XIV

LETTER XV

LETTER XVI

LETTER XVII

LETTER XVIII

LETTER XIX

LETTER XX

LETTER XXI

LETTER XXII

LETTER XXIII


1748

LETTER XXV

LETTER XXVI

LETTER XXVII

LETTER XXVIII

LETTER XXIX

LETTER XXX

LETTER XXXI

LETTER XXXII

LETTER XXXIII

LETTER XXXIV

LETTER XXXV

LETTER XXXVI

LETTER XXXVII

LETTER XXXVIII

LETTER XXXIX

LETTER XL

LETTER XLI

LETTER XLII

LETTER XLIII

LETTER XLIV.

LETTER XLV

LETTER XLVI

LETTER XLVII

LETTER XLVIII

LETTER XLIX

LETTER L

LETTER LI

LETTER LII

LETTER LIII

LETTER LIV

LETTER LV

LETTER LVI

LETTER LVII

LETTER LVIII

LETTER LIX

LETTER LX

LETTER LXI


1749

LETTER LXIII

LETTER LXIV

LETTER LXV

LETTER LXVI

LETTER LXVII

LETTER LXVIII

LETTER LXIX

LETTER LXX

LETTER LXXI

LETTER LXXII

LETTER LXXIII

LETTER LXXIV

LETTER LXXV

LETTER LXXVI

LETTER LXXVII

LETTER LXXVIII

LETTER LXXIX

LETTER LXXX

LETTER LXXXI

LETTER LXXXII

LETTER LXXXIII

LETTER LXXXIV

LETTER LXXXV

LETTER LXXXVI

LETTER LXXXVII

LETTER LXXXVIII

LETTER LXXXIX

LETTER XC

LETTER XCI

LETTER XCII

LETTER XCIII

LETTER XCIV

LETTER XCV

LETTER XCVI

LETTER XCVII

LETTER XCVIII

LETTER XCIX


1750

LETTER CI

LETTER CII

LETTER CIII

LETTER CIV

LETTER CV

LETTER CVI

LETTER CVII

LETTER CVIII

LETTER CIX

LETTER CX

LETTER CXI

LETTER CXII

LETTER CXIII

LETTER CXIV

LETTER CXV

LETTER CXVI

LETTER CXVII

LETTER CXVIII.

LETTER CXIX

LETTER CXX

LETTER CXXI

LETTER CXXII

LETTER CXXIII

LETTER CXXIV

LETTER CXXV


1751

LETTER CXXVII

LETTER CXXVIII

LETTER CXXIX

LETTER CXXX

LETTER CXXXI

LETTER CXXXII

LETTER CXXXIII

LETTER CXXXIV

LETTER CXXXV

LETTER CXXXVI

LETTER CXXXVII

LETTER CXXXVIII

LETTER CXXXIX

LETTER CXL

LETTER CXLI

LETTER CXLII

LETTER CXLIII

LETTER CXLIV

LETTER CXLV

LETTER CXLVI

LETTER CXLVII

LETTER CXLVIII

LETTER CXLIX

LETTER CL

LETTER CLI

LETTER CLII

LETTER CLIII

LETTER CLIV


1752

LETTER CLVI

LETTER CLVII

LETTER CLVIII

LETTER CLIX

LETTER CLX

LETTER CLXI

LETTER CLXII

LETTER CLXIII

LETTER CLXIV

LETTER CLXV

LETTER CLXVI

LETTER CLXVII

LETTER CLXVIII

LETTER CLXIX

LETTER CLXX

LETTER CLXXI

LETTER CLXXII

LETTER CLXXIII

LETTER CLXXIV

LETTER CLXXV

LETTER CLXXVI

LETTER CLXXVII

LETTER CLXXVIII

LETTER CLXXIX

LETTER CLXXX

LETTER CLXXXI

LETTER CLXXXII

LETTER CLXXXIII

LETTER CLXXXIV


1753-1754

LETTER CLXXXVI

LETTER CLXXXVII

LETTER CLXXXVIII

LETTER CLXXXIX

LETTER CXC

LETTER CXCI

LETTER CXCII

LETTER CXCIII

LETTER CXCIV

LETTER CXCV

LETTER CXCVI

LETTER CXCVII

LETTER CXCVIII

LETTER CXCIX

LETTER CC

LETTER CCI

LETTER CCII


1756-1758

LETTER CCIV

LETTER CCV

LETTER CCVI

LETTER CCVII

LETTER CCVIII

LETTER CCIX

LETTER CCX

LETTER CCXI

LETTER CCXII

LETTER CCXIII

LETTER CCXIV

LETTER CCXV

LETTER CCXVI

LETTER CCXVII

LETTER CCXVIII

LETTER CCXIX

LETTER CCXX

LETTER CCXXI

LETTER CCXXII

LETTER CCXXIII

LETTER CCXXIV

LETTER CCXXV

LETTER CCXXVI

LETTER CCXXVII

LETTER CCXXVIII

LETTER CCXXIX

LETTER CCXXX

LETTER CCXXXI

LETTER CCXXXII

LETTER CCXXXIII

LETTER CCXXXIV

LETTER CCXXXV

LETTER CCXXXVI

1759-1765

LETTER CCXXXVIII

LETTER CCXXXIX

LETTER CCXL

LETTER CCXLI

LETTER CCXLII

LETTER CCXLIII

LETTER CCXLIV

LETTER CCXLV

LETTER CCXLVI

LETTER CCXLVIII

LETTER CCXLIX

LETTER CCL

LETTER CCLI

LETTER CCLII

LETTER CCLIII

LETTER CCLIV

LETTER CCLV

LETTER CCLVI

LETTER CCLVII

LETTER CCLVIII

LETTER CCLIX

LETTER CCLX

LETTER CCLXI

LETTER CCLXII

LETTER CCLXIII

LETTER CCLXIV

LETTER CCLXV

LETTER CCLXVI

LETTER CCLXVII

LETTER CCLXVIII

LETTER CCLXIX

LETTER CCLXX

LETTER CCLXXI

LETTER CCLXXII

LETTER CCLXXIII

LETTER CCLXXIV

LETTER CCLXXV

LETTER CCLXXVI

LETTER CCLXXVII

LETTER CCLXXVIII

LETTER CCLXXIX

LETTER CCLXXX

LETTER CCLXXXI

LETTER CCLXXXII

LETTER CCLXXXIII


1766-1771

LETTER CCLXXXV

LETTER CCLXXXVI

LETTER CCLXXXVII

LETTER CCLXXXVIII

LETTER CCLXXXIX

LETTER CCXC

LETTER CCXCI

LETTER CCXCII

LETTER CCXCIII

LETTER CCXCIV

LETTER CCXCV

LETTER CCXCVI

LETTER CCXCVII

LETTER CCXCVIII

LETTER CCXCIX

LETTER CCC

LETTER CCCI

LETTER CCCII

LETTER CCCIII

LETTER CCCIV

LETTER CC

LETTER CCCVI

LETTER CCCVII

LETTER CCCVIII

LETTER CCCIX

LETTER CCCX

LETTER CCCXI

LETTER CCCXII

LETTER CCCXIII

LETTER CCCXIV

LETTER CCCXV

LETTER CCCXVI

LETTER CCCXVII

LETTER CCCXVIII

LETTER CCCXIX

LETTER CCCXX


PG Editor's Notes:

O. S. and N. S.: On consultation with several specialists I have learned that the abbreviations O. S. and N. S. relate to the difference between the old Julian calender used in England and the Gregorian calender which was the standard in Europe. In the mid 18th century it is said that this once amounted to a difference of eleven days. To keep track of the chronology of letters back and forth from England to France or other countries in mainland Europe, Chesterfield inserted in dates the designation O. S. (old style) and N. S. (new style).

Chesterfield demonstrates his classical education by frequent words and sometimes entire paragraphs in various languages. In the 1901 text these were in italics; in this etext edition I have substituted single quotation marks around these, as in 'bon mot', and not attempted to include the various accent marks of all the languages.

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