Women of History is a further development of the idea which suggested the companion volume, Men of History, viz.: "To exhibit views of the world's great men and women, as set forth in the best words of the best authors—to convey, as it were, at once impressions of History and Literature, and lessons in Biography and Style."
In the present case, it has not been considered necessary to attempt a classification of the subjects in the manner followed in the preceding volume, from the fact that the feelings and motives which generally influence the lives of celebrated women are of a nature different from those of the opposite sex, and from the consequent want of a standard sufficiently distinct to adhere to. A chronological arrangement, however, has been adopted, which, it is hoped, will to a considerable extent supply the want of classification.
CONTENTS.
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| Lucretia, | Bayle, | [9] |
| Sappho, | Mure, | [12] |
| Aspasia of Pericles, | Grote, | [16] |
| Xantippe, | Brucker, | [20] |
| Aspasia of Cyrus, | Bayle, | [22] |
| Cornelia, The Mother of the Gracchi, | Plutarch, | [25] |
| Portia, | Plutarch, | [28] |
| Octavia, | Bayle, | [31] |
| Cleopatra, | Merivale, | [34] |
| Mariamne, | Merivale, | [39] |
| Julia Domna, | Gibbon, | [41] |
| Zenobia, | Gibbon, | [43] |
| Valeria, | Gibbon, | [47] |
| Eudocia, | Gibbon, | [50] |
| Hypatia, | Brucker, | [54] |
| The Wife of Maximus, | Gibbon, | [57] |
| The Lady Rowena, | Verstegan, | [60] |
| Olga, | Gibbon, | [62] |
| The Lady Elfrida, | Hume, | [65] |
| The Countess of Tripoli, | Sismondi, | [68] |
| Jane, Countess of Mountfort, | Hume, | [70] |
| Laura de Sade, | Sismondi, | [74] |
| The Countess of Richmond, | Tytler, | [77] |
| Elizabeth Woodville, | Hume, | [79] |
| Joan of Arc, | De Quincey, | [81] |
| Jane Shore, | Hume, | [85] |
| Catharine of Arragon, | Tytler, | [88] |
| Anne Boleyn, | Tytler, | [91] |
| Margaret Roper, | Ballard, | [94] |
| Elizabeth Lucas, | Ballard, | [97] |
| Gaspara Stampa, | Hallam, | [99] |
| Anne Askew, | Hume, | [102] |
| Queen Elizabeth, | Hume—Macaulay, | [105] |
| Lady Jane Grey, | Hume, | [110] |
| Tarquinia Molza, | Hilarion de Coste, | [114] |
| Mary, Queen of Scots, | Robertson, | [117] |
| Gabrielle D'Estrees, | Davenport Adams, | [120] |
| Anne, Duchess of Pembroke, | Bishop Rainbow, | [125] |
| Esther Inglis, | Ballard, | [128] |
| Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle, | Ballard, | [131] |
| Lady Pakington, | Ballard, | [133] |
| Noor Mahal, | James Mill, | [136] |
| Pocahontas, | Dr Hugh Murray, | [139] |
| Lucy Hutchinson, | Jeffrey, | [143] |
| Lady Fanshawe, | Jeffrey, | [146] |
| Dorothy Osborne, | Macaulay, | [148] |
| Catherine Philips, | Ballard, | [151] |
| Madame de Maintenon, | St Simon, | [154] |
| Countess de Grammont, | Count A. Hamilton, | [157] |
| Mademoiselle de la Valliere, | Davenport Adams, | [161] |
| Madame Dacier, | Hallam, | [164] |
| Lady Masham, | Ballard, | [166] |
| Anne Killigrew, | Ballard, | [169] |
| Queen Anne, | Miss Strickland, | [172] |
| Esther Johnson, | Jeffrey, | [177] |
| Esther Vanhomrigh, | Sir Walter Scott, | [181] |
| Mary Astell, | Ballard, | [185] |
| Madame des Ursins, | St Simon, | [188] |
| Lady Grizel Jerviswoode, | Anderson, | [192] |
| Madame de Pontchartrain, | St Simon, | [196] |
| Elizabeth Halkett, | Conolly, | [198] |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, | Jeffrey, | [200] |
| Madame du Deffand, | Jeffrey, | [204] |
| Phœbe Bentley, | Cumberland, | [207] |
| Marquise du Chatelet, | Professor Craik, | [208] |
| Lady Huntingdon, | Isaac Taylor, | [211] |
| Maria Theresa, | Carlyle, | [214] |
| Meta Moller, | Letters, | [217] |
| Elizabeth Blackwell, | James Bruce, | [221] |
| Lætitia Barbauld, | Johnstone, | [224] |
| Hannah More, | Professor Craik, | [226] |
| Anna Seward, | Sir Walter Scott, | [229] |
| Catherine Cockburn, | Professor Craik, | [232] |
| Elizabeth Berkeleigh, | Temple Bar, | [236] |
| Caroline Herschel, | Professor Craik, | [240] |
| Madame D'Arblay, | Macaulay, | [242] |
| Madame Roland, | Carlyle, | [245] |
| Marie Antoinette, | Carlyle, | [248] |
| Sarah Siddons, | Cunningham, | [252] |
| Mrs Grant, | Professor Craik, | [256] |
| Elizabeth Inchbald, | Cunningham, | [260] |
| Elizabeth Hamilton, | Professor Craik, | [263] |
| Countess de Vemieiro, | Sismondi, | [267] |
| Joanna Baillie, | Professor Spalding | [269] |
| Josephine, | Alison, | [271] |
| Anne Radcliffe, | Edinburgh Review, | [273] |
| Miss Edgeworth, | Jeffrey, | [276] |
| Charlotte Corday, | Carlyle, | [279] |
| Madame de Stael, | Jeffrey, | [283] |
| Madame de la Rochejaquelein, | Jeffrey, | [286] |
| Madame Recamier, | Davenport Adams, | [290] |
| Mary Brunton, | Dr Brunton, | [293] |
| Felicia Hemans, | Jeffrey, | [297] |
| Augustina Saragoza, | Alison, | [299] |
| Charlotte Bronte, | Mrs Gaskell, | [301] |
