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by his Majesty in his own handwriting ;" and their authenticity 

 is certified by the following holograph note : — 



" This is a trew copy of the original papers, which are now in my hands, 

 and which, when the King my son and i make no mor use of them, are to 

 be deposited in the Scotts' Colledge of Paris, ther to be preservied with 

 the rest of the King of ever blessed memory his papers, conform to his 

 Majesty's intention. 



" Maria R. 



"St. Germains, Jan. 22, 1702." 



The following titles of the papers, which are either in English or 

 in French, will give an indication of their character, and furnish 

 some light on this unfortunate monarch's later days not generally 

 known : — 



1, Advice to Converts ; 2, Further Advice to Converts ; 3, Motives of 

 Conversion ; 4, Motives for Leading a Christian Life : 5, Reflections upon 

 the Vanitys of the World and the Punishment of Sin ; 6, Of God's Good- 

 ness Towards Us ; 7, Reflections upon the Corruption of this Age ; 8, 

 Insensibility of Christians who are not Touched with the J udgmeuts of 

 God ; 9, More Considerations upon the Corruption of this Age ; 10, A 

 Prayer, made by his Majesty for his own use ; 11, Bad Christians Worse 

 than Heathens and more Punishable ; 12, Of the Edification and Benefit 

 His Majesty Received by Visiting La Trappe ; 13, His Christian Purposes; 

 14, Crosses Necessary to Try the Just ; 15, His Distribution of Time ; 16, 

 Necessary Remembrance ; 17, Wishes to Uy and to be with Christ ; 18, 

 Reasons for Distinguishing that all such as have a Firme Resolution of 

 Living as becomes Good Christians, and do their Parts to Perform it, as 

 far as Human Frailty will permit, ought to desire to Dy, tho' Content to 

 Live ; 19, A Further Discourse on the same subject ; 20, Continuation of 

 the same subject ; 21, Several Cliristian Maxims and Subjects of Medita- 

 tion ; 22, His Thanksgiving to God for the Particular Benefits Bestowed 

 upon Him ; 23, That all Christians are bound to aim at perfection ; 24, 

 That there is no true quiet in this world, nor happiness to l)e expected in 

 the next, without performing all the dutys of a Christian, and that all 

 distractmg and dangerous diversions should be avoided ; 25, A prayer for 

 the Church (including a prayer for "mercy on the Queen and all my 

 children ; grant they may live as becomes good Christians ; that my son 

 may succeed me on the throne ; that he may be instrumental of thy glory," 

 &c. ) ; 26, Advice to a Religious Person ; 27, "Fatherly Advice to N. N. ;'■ 

 28, To the same ; 29, To the same ; 30, Questions proposed to his Con- 

 fessor. The other papers, which are in French, are^31. Some sentences 



concerning death ; 32, The Vanity of the World ; 33, A letter to , 



recommending frequent communion; 34, A letter to , exhorting 



him to change his life ; 35, A solemn promise and protestation to God, 

 wherein His Majesty declares that he would rather " dy the most igno- 

 minious death than commit a mortal sin ;" and 36, Three short prayers. 



(4) A snuff-box, sent by James' son, the Old Pretender, to the 

 Kirkconnell family as a personal keepsake. This relic is of dark 



