| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | [Frontispiece] |
| After the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller | |
| Elizabeth, Lady Holland | [24] |
| After the painting by Fagan | |
| Jane Austen | [46] |
| After the water-color drawing by her sister in the
possession of W. Austen Leigh, Esq. | |
| Madame D’Arblay | [68] |
| After the painting by Edward Francis Burney in 1782. | |
| Mrs. Pepys as St. Katharine | [90] |
| From an engraving by Hollyer after the painting by Hayls | |
| Madame de Sévigné | [112] |
| After the original pastel by Nanteuil | |
| Madame du Deffand | [134] |
| From an engraving after the painting by Carmontelle | |
| Madame de Choiseul | [156] |
| From a photogravure in Le Duc et la Duchesse de
Choiseul, by Gaston Maugras, after a portrait owned by the Comte
de Ludre | |