Letters Written by Lord Chesterfield to His Son (With Notes)

This collection of letters comprises more than 400 letters written beginning in 1737 or 1738 and continuing until his son's death in 1768. The majority of the letters were written between 1746 and 1754. 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.

The letters were first published by his son's widow Eugenia Stanhope in 1...