Harriet Edgeworth to Harriet Beaufort - disillusioned account of social life - Maria Edgeworth and susceptibility to flattery about her sisters - Dialogues on Botany - translation - Mrs Hofland, Son of a Genius - Paris architecture - pictures at the Louvre - 'Marie Stuart' - Duchesse de Broglie - 'Madame' Maria Edgeworth - Sir Charles and Lady Elizabeth Stuart - poem by Lamartine - Professional Education