LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
1907
The following collection of short lives has been compiled as a companion volume to the “Great Englishmen,” which has already met with approval in schools. It is hoped that this will be found no less useful.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Queen Bertha (died 606) | [1] |
| Maude the Good (1080-1118) | [8] |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) | [13] |
| Philippa of Hainault (1313-1369) | [23] |
| Margaret of Anjou (1429-1480) | [31] |
| The Lady Margaret (1441-1509) | [38] |
| Margaret Roper (1501?-1544) | [46] |
| Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) | [52] |
| Princess Elizabeth (1596-1662) | [61] |
| Lady Rachel Russell (1636-1723) | [69] |
| Angelica Kaufmann (1741-1807) | [78] |
| Hannah More (1745-1833) | [85] |
| Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) | [92] |
| Mary Somerville (1780-1872) | [100] |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1809-1861) | [110] |
| Florence Nightingale (born 1820) | [120] |
GREAT ENGLISHWOMEN.