The remainder of the works of Walpole, published or printed in his lifetime, consist of minor, or, as he calls them, Fugitive pieces.”  Of these the most remarkable are his papers in “The World,” and other periodicals; " A Letter from Xo Ho, a Chinese Philosopher, in London,” on the politics of the day; the “Essay on Modern Gardening;” the pamphlet called “A Counter Address,” on the dismissal of Marshal Conway from his command of a regiment; the fanciful, but lively “Hieroglyphic Tales;” and “The Reminiscences,” or Recollections of Court and Political Anecdotes; which last he wrote for the amusement of the Miss Berrys.  All of these are marked with those peculiarities, and those graces of style, which belonged to him; and may still be read, however various their subjects, with interest and instruction.  The Reminiscences are peculiarly curious; and may, perhaps, be stated to be, both in manner and matter, the very perfection of anecdote writing.  We may, indeed, say, with respect to Walpole, what can be advanced of but few such voluminous authors, that it is impossible to open any part of his works without deriving entertainment from them; so much do the charms and liveliness of his manner of writing influence all the subjects he treats of.

Since the death of Walpole, a portion of his political Memoires, comprising the History of the last ten years of the Reign of George the Second, has been published, and has made a very remarkable addition to the historical information of that period.  At the same time it must be allowed, that this work has not entirely fulfilled the expectation which the public had formed of it.  Though full of curious and interesting details; it can hardly be said to form a very interesting whole; while in no other of the publications of the author do his prejudices and aversions appear in so strong and unreasonable a light.  His satire also, and we might even call it by the stronger name of abuse, is too general, and thereby loses its effect.  Many of the characters are probably not too severely drawn; but some evidently are, and this circumstance shakes our faith in the rest.  We must, however, remember that the age he describes was one of peculiar corruption; and when the virtue and character of public men were, perhaps, at a lower ebb than at any other period since the days of Charles the Second.  The admirably graphic style of Walpole, in describing particular scenes and moments, shines forth in many parts of the Memoires:  and this, joined to his having been an actor in many of the circumstances he relates and a near spectator of all, must ever render his book one of extreme value to the politician and the historian.

But, the posthumous works of Walpole, upon which his lasting fame with posterity will probably rest, are his “incomparable letters.” (46) Of these, a considerable portion was published in the quarto edition of his works in 1798:  since which period two quarto volumes, containing his letters to George Montagu, Esq. and the Rev. William Cole; and another, containing those to Lord Hertford and the Rev. Henry Zouch, have been given to the world; and the present publication of his correspondence with Sir Horace Mann completes the series, which extends from the year 1735 to the commencement of 1797, within six weeks of his death-a period of no less than fifty-seven years.