(From a lithograph published by Mr. Lovejoy, of Reading, while Miss Mitford was in residence.)

MARY RUSSELL
MITFORD
The Tragedy of a Blue Stocking

By

W. J. ROBERTS

(Author of “The Love Story of Empress Josephine,” “Literary
Landmarks of Torquay
,” etc.).

Illustrated from Photographs by the Author and from
Contemporary Pictures.

LONDON: ANDREW MELROSE
3 YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.
1913

Dedication.
To
CONSTANCE, LADY RUSSELL,
of Swallowfield Park,
I Dedicate this Book as a slight token of Gratitude
For the Help and Encouragement she
has so graciously afforded me
in its Compilation
.

W. J. ROBERTS

London,
March, 1913.