Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James Fox

# Memorials and Correspondence of Charles James Fox, Volume III

Compiled and edited by Lord John Russell, this work presents Fox's correspondence from late 1792 to spring 1804, covering the French Revolution and its aftermath. The volume centers on Fox's political opposition to the war against France and his classical scholarly interests—his wife notes in one letter that he devoted mornings to reading Homer with scholarly intensity.

The editorial matter occupies the early pages, with Russell's detailed introduction examining European diplomatic responses to revolutionary France, particularly the Declaration of Pillnitz (1791) and the Duke of Brunswick's 1792 proclamation. Russell includes lengthy quotations from Lord Grenville's letters discussing military campaigns and England's policy of neutrality, alongside commentary from Mr. Dundas. The work traces Fox's consistently expressed alarm over threats to English constitutional government amid the revolutionary upheaval consuming Europe.