Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volume 1 (of 2)

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C. F. Zincke. Pinx. Emery Walker Ph. Sc.
Mrs. Montagu née Elizabeth Robinson from a miniature in the possession of Miss Montagu
ELIZABETH MONTAGU THE QUEEN OF THE BLUE-STOCKINGS
HER CORRESPONDENCE FROM 1720 TO 1761
BY HER GREAT-GREAT-NIECE EMILY J. CLIMENSON AUTHORESS OF “HISTORY OF SHIPLAKE,” “HISTORICAL GUIDE TO HENLEY-ON-THAMES,” “PASSAGES FROM THE DIARIES OF MRS. P. LYBBE POWYS,” ETC., ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
IN TWO VOLUMES— VOL. I
LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1906
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED LONDON AND BECCLES
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO MY COUSINS MAGDALEN WELLESLEY AND ELIZABETH MONTAGU BY THE AUTHORESS