the war
with America.

(4) Of pre-eminent importance is the _Parliamentary History_, xv.-xxxv.,
and its complement, Sir HENRY CAVENDISH's _Debates of the House of
Commons_ during the parliament of 1768, 2 vols., edit. by Wright, 1841,
begins May, 1768, and ends March, 1771. It is much to be wished that the
remainder of these valuable reports should be published from the
manuscript in the British Museum. Dodsley's _Annual Register_ has
historical chapters written by Burke, perhaps to 1778, and chapters in
many later volumes probably written under his supervision; they are of
course generally excellent. The volumes for the later years of our
period contain many useful state papers. Burke's speeches, pamphlets,
and letters, of which the edition used here is his _Works and
Correspondence_, 8 vols., 1852. For his life see PRIOR, _Life of Burke_,
2 vols., 5th edit. (Bohn's Lib.), 1854, Mr. J. MORLEY, _Burke_, a
historical study, 1867, and _Burke_ (Engl. Men of Letters Series), 1879.

[Sidenote: _MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE._]

(5) Political and other memoirs and printed correspondence:--H. WALPOLE
(Lord Orford), _Letters_, edited by Cunningham, 9 vols., 1880, the
letters in vols. i. and ii. are of earlier dates than 1760. A more
complete edition, in 16 vols., by Mrs. P. TOYNBEE, is in course of
publication by the Clarendon Press. WALPOLE'S _Memoirs of the Reign of
George III._, 1760-72, edited by Mr. Russell Barker, 4 vols., 1894, and
his _Journals of the Reign_, 1771-83, edited by Doran, 2 vols., 1859.
These works are of considerable historical value, but Walpole was not a
politician; he was a whig for personal reasons rather than from
conviction, and his sentiments were largely determined by filial
prejudice and the interests of his friends; his views are generally
superficial, and his judgments of persons biassed, sometimes
contradictory, and often unjust. DODINGTON (Lord Melcombe), _Diary_,
edited by Wyndham, 1785, ending with 1761. HARRIS, _Life of Lord
Hardwicke_, 3 vols., 1847, useful to 1764, and with an account of the
circumstances preceding C. Yorke's death in 1770, written by his
brother. BISSET, _Memoirs of Sir Andrew Mitchell_, 2 vols., 1850.
Mitchell was ambassador at Berlin in 1760 and later. The Memoirs are
based on his correspondence (Add. MSS. British Museum and elsewhere),
and throw light on the causes of Frederick's angry feelings towards the
British government, and the negotiations for peace in 1762. _T