Note 386 — Chapter X · Mrs. Montagu as a Patron of the Arts

In March he wrote to Mrs. Throckmorton, ‘The two first books of my Iliad have been submitted to the inspection and scrutiny of a great critic of your sex, at the instance of my cousin, as you may suppose. The lady is mistress of more tongues than a few (it is to be hoped she is single) and particularly she is mistress of the Greek.’ Letters 3. 444; 21 March 1790. The book was published in July 1791.