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APPENDIX.
A.
ON THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE ENGLISH PORTION OF
DE GRAMMONT'S MEMOIRS.
"Every thing has its place," was Walpole's remark to Pinkerton. "Lord Hailes, who is very accurate himself, observed to me that the chronology of the Memoirs de Grammont is not exact. "What has that book to do with chronology?"[1] Mr. Hallam has said something very similar to this, "The Memoirs of Grammont, by Anthony Hamilton, scarcely challenge a place as historical. Every one is aware of the peculiar felicity and fascinating gaiety which they display."[2]
Differing (unwillingly) from Walpole and Hallam in the value they would appear to attach to chrono-
