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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 Judgments 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 Dy 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 Christian 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 be expected in 
the next, without performing all the dutys of a Christian, and that all 
distracting 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,” 
&e.); 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 z 
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 
