LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU, whose “Letters” have given her an enduring reputation, was born in 1689 (baptized May 26th of that year). Her father was the fifth earl of Kingston, and she was an intimate friend of a number of noble English ladies to whom her “Letters” have given celebrity. The Princess of Wales (afterwards Queen Caroline) was fond of her, and in 1716 Edward Wortley Montagu, whom she had privately married in 1712, was sent as embassador to Constantinople. She accompanied him, and during her two years in the East wrote some of the most noted of her “Letters.” She died in England, August 21st, 1762. The first series of her “Letters” appeared in 1763; the second in 1767. One of the most celebrated episodes in her life was her quarrel with Pope, who was at one time her warm admirer. He satirized her under the name of “Sappho.”