1910. The biography of Walpole who is best known for having written the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. Contents: The Walpoles of Houghton; Patent places under Government; Gains of the Grand Tour; Stage-gossip and smalltalk; The new house at Twickenham; Gleanings from the Short Notes; State of French Society in 1765; Old friends and new; Occupations and correspondence; and Macaulay on Walpole. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.