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Juniper Hall

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JUNIPER HALL

A RENDEZVOUS OF CERTAIN
ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES
DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
INCLUDING
ALEXANDRE D'ARBLAY
AND
FANNY BURNEY

CONSTANCE HILL

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ELLEN G. HILL
AND REPRODUCTIONS IN PHOTOGRAVURE, ETC.

JOHN LANE - THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON & NEW YORK - MDCCCCIV

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Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
London & Edinburgh

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PREFACE

IN a beautiful part of Surrey there stands a house famous as the resort of some distinguished French émigrés, who, during the Reign of Terror, had escaped from the guillotine.

This house, known as "Juniper Hall," is situated between the village of Mickleham and Burfordbridge. Within its walls there met together, a little more than a century ago, a group of singularly interesting persons, both French and English.

The French colony consisted of leading members of the Constitutional party, who had made great personal sacrifices in the cause of reform, and who had now suddenly fallen from power with the fall of their king; while among their English neighbours were the relatives of our authoress, Fanny Burney, and after a while Fanny Burney herself.

The letters of Miss Burney and of her sister, Mrs. Phillips, written during this period, reproduce the charming conversation and polished manners of this French "salon" on English soil, whose members, it has been remarked, [Page vi]  united "toute la vigueur de la liberté et toute la grâce de la politesse ancienne."

Out of this intercourse of French and English the love-affair between Fanny Burney and M. d'Arblay arose, which, resulting as it did in their marriage, gives a special interest to the émigrés' sojourn in Mickleham.

By the kindness of members of the Burney family and others valuable original matter has been put into our hands, including unpublished letters by Fanny, and by her father, Dr. Burney, by Edmund Burke, Arthur Young, and other persons. Permission has also been given for the reproduction of interesting portraits and of contemporary sketches.

The literary reader will of necessity remark sundry lapses in grammar in the letters of Fanny Burney - which are surprising as coming from an authoress of her experience. But the freshness and spontaneity of her letters shine, perhaps, all the brighter from our feeling that nothing has been changed or corrected by an after-thought.

The portrait of Fanny Burney, given in this book, is now published for the first time. It is reproduced from the picture in the possession of Colonel Burney, which he inherited from his grandfather, Richard Allen Burney, who was a nephew and contemporary of the authoress. It is one of two portraits painted by Fanny's cousin, [Page vii]  Edward Burney; the other being the well-known portrait prefixed to the "Diary and Letters."

The portrait of M. d'Arblay is a reproduction of the original crayon drawing now in the possession of Mr. Leverton Harris, M. P., of "Camilla Lacey," to whose kindness we also owe the permission to make use of other objects of interest in the Burney-parlour.

The portrait of Mr. Lock, of Norbury Park, is reproduced from a pencil drawing made by Edward Burney from the original portrait in oils by Sir Thomas Lawrence. This drawing is in all probability the sketch that used to hang on the walls of the cottage at Bookham, and which is spoken of by Madame d'Arblay as "dearest Mr. Lock, our founder's portrait."

To Lord Wallscourt, the great-grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Lock, we are indebted for permission to reproduce the beautiful portrait of Mrs. Lock, by Downman.

The picture of Juniper Hall is engraved from a watercolour drawing, by Dibdin, in the possession of Dr. Symes Thompson. It was taken many years before the house underwent any alteration.

The best portraits of the émigrés have been sought out by us in Paris, Versailles, and elsewhere, and we have obtained contemporary prints of the prison of the Abbaye and of the Place de Grève, scenes connected with their imprisonment [Page viii]  or escape; while in the neighbourhood of Mickleham numerous sketches have been made of places where their intercourse with the Burney family and others took place.

Among the books from which material has chiefly been drawn are the "Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay," edited by her niece; the "Memoir of Dr. Burney," by Madame d'Arblay; the "Memoires de Malouet," and, for its autobiographical portions, Madame de Staël's "Considérations sur les principaux Evénémens de la Revolution Française."

We should like to take this opportunity of thanking all who have assisted in the production of this book; whether by allowing us to visit their interesting houses or providing us with fresh material and portraits. Among them we would especially mention the name of Archdeacon Burney, a grand-nephew of the authoress, whose important collection has been generously put at our disposal.

The subject of this work has been found by the writer to be interesting and inspiring to a high degree. It is hoped that the reader may find it so also.

CONSTANCE HILL.

GROVE COTTAGE, FROGNAL
    HAMPSTEAD,
         October 1903.

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CONTENTS
CHAP.		PAGE
I.	A PASTORAL PRELUDE	1
II.	A KING AND HIS PEOPLE	5
III.	THE BURSTING OF A STORM	15
IV.	FUGITIVES	26
V.	A HAVEN OF REFUGE	37
VI.	AN ENGLISH WELCOME	52
VII.	"JUNIPÈRE"	70
VIII.	THE AUTHORESS OF "EVELINA"	79
IX.	A KING'S DEFENCE	88
X.	AN EVENING AT NORBURY PARK	96
XI.	A KING'S DEATH	108
XII.	A FRENCH LADY OF LETTERS	114
XIII.	A CYNICAL CRITIC	127
XIV.	A GROWING ATTACHMENT	134
XV.	"DADDY CRISP'S" HOME	146
XVI.	A PERPLEXING QUESTION	157
XVII.	A MARRIAGE	165
XVIII.	A "TERRIBLE COUP"	176
XIX.	THE BOOKHAMITE RECLUSES	189
XX.	A GLIMPSE OF THE GAY WORLD	198
XXI.	THE "GRAND OUVRAGE"	205
XXII.	ON THE TERRACE AT WINDSOR	213
XXIII.	THE NEW HOME	222
XXIV.	VISITORS AT CAMILLA COTTAGE	234
XXV.	A ROYAL GUEST IN MICKLEHAM	247
XXVI.	FAREWELL	260
	Index	263

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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Juniper Hall (From a water-colour drawing by Dibdin, taken in 1844)	Frontispiece
River Mole	2
Ruined Chapel	4
Cypher used by Marie Antoinette	To face 12
Old balcony, with the Fleur-de-lis, Quai Bourbon, Paris	14
Portrait of Victor Pierre Malouet	To face 16
Doorway in the Rue du Bac (Adapted from a French drawing)	19
Portrait of Lally-Tollendal (his flight from Paris below)	To face 22
Prison of the Abbaye (Old Print)	To face 24
Hôtel de Ville and Place de Grève (Old Print)	To face 28
Dover Cliffs	36
The Cottage at West-Humble	38
A Room in the Cottage	40
Portrait of Arthur Young	To face 42
Portrait of the Duc de Liancourt	To face 44
Portrait of Alexandre, G. P. d'Arblay (From the original crayon drawing in the possession of F. Leverton Harris, Esq., M.P.)	To face 54
The Sculptured Drawing-room at Juniper Hall	57
The Home of Captain and Mrs. Phillips	61
Mrs. Phillips' Drawing-room	64
Portrait of Mr. Lock of Norbury Park (From a drawing by Edward Burney, after the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence)	To face 66
Old Houses on the Seine	69
Norbury Park from the Valley	71
Portrait of Louis Lara, Comte de Narbonne	To face 74
A French Château	78
Portrait of Fanny Burney (From a painting by Edward Burney, in the possession of Colonel Burney)	To face 80
The "Whitestone" on Hampstead Heath	87
The Picture-room, Norbury Park	97
Portrait of Mrs. Lock (From a drawing by Downman, in the possession of the Lord Wallscourt)	To face 100
The Hall, Norbury Park	103
Portrait of the Abbé Edgeworth	To face 110
Box Hill from the Valley	117
Portrait of Madame de Staël (From a painting by F. Reyberg)	To face 118
Portrait of Monsieur de Talleyrand	To face 130
Norbury Park (Entrance side) (Old print)	To face 138
Old Conservatory, Norbury Park	140
"The Running Horse"	143
The "Druids' Walk," Norbury Park	145
Chesington Hall. (Front a drawing in the possession of Archdeacon Burney)	147
Mulberry Tree in the Garden of Chesington Hall	150
The "Mount" and Summer-house	152
Window of the "Conjuring Closet" in Chesington Hall	156
Carved Stone Seat, Norbury Park	161
Portrait of Charles Burney. (After Sir Thomas Lawrence)	To face 162
Chimney-piece decoration in Juniper Hall	164
Mickleham Church in the Eighteenth Century	166
Facsimile of the Entry in Mickleham Church Books of the Marriage of Alexandre d'Arblay and Frances Burney	To face 166
Norman Doorway of Mickleham Church	167
Chapel of the Sardinian Ambassador, Lincoln's Inn Fields	169
Chimney-piece Ornament in Juniper Hall	175
Portrait of Edmund Burke (By Romney)	To face 182
Title-page of Madame d'Arblay's Appeal on Behalf of the French Emigrant Clergy	184
The Cottage at Bookham	190
Interior of the Cottage	192
Box Hedges at Mickleham	197
Portrait of Mrs. (afterwards Lady) Crewe	To face 202
A Baby's Pincushion	204
Old Cottages near Mickleham	207
Title-page of "Camilla"	211
The Terrace at Windsor in the Eighteenth Century	212
The "Friseur"	214
Portrait of Edward Burney (By himself)	To face 224
Camilla Cottage (From and old sketch in the possession of F. Leverton Harris, Esq., M.P.)	230
Chimney-piece Ornament in Juniper Hall	233
Facsimile of Autograph Letter from Madame d'Arblay to her brother Charles	To face 238
Passage in Camilla Cottage	239
The Unaltered Room in Camilla Cottage	244
General d'Arblay's "Hillock"	245
Juniper Hill	253
Medallion. A Mural Decoration in Juniper Hall, and also in Norbury Park (Subject unknown)	262

The scroll upon the binding of this book is copied from a marble chimney-piece in Juniper Hall.