Eminent Women Series.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Mary Lamb. By Anne Gilchrist.
"Mrs. Gilchrist's 'Mary Lamb ' is a painstaking cultivated sketch, written with knowledge and feeling."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"A thoroughly delightful volume, lovingly sympathetic in its portraiture, and charged with much new and interesting matter."—Harpers' Magazine.
"To all persons who enjoy a narrative of private life, and to all who desire a greater intimacy than they have hitherto enjoyed with Elia and Bridget, we cordially recommend Mrs. Gilchrist's 'Mary Lamb.'"—Vanity Fair.
Maria Edgeworth. By Helen Zimmern.
"A very pleasing resumé of the life and works of our gifted countrywoman."—Freeman's Journal.
"An interesting biography."—Echo.
Elizabeth Fry. By Mrs. E. K. Pitman.
"This is a good book, worthy of a place in the interesting Eminent Women Series."—Spectator.
"Excellent in arrangement and proportioned with judgment."—Academy.
Countess of Albany. By Vernon Lee.
"There is a vivid power in Vernon Lee's realization of Florentine life and society, and much beauty and glow of colour in her descriptions."—Saturday Review.
"This romantic biography is as exciting as any work of imagination, and the incisive and graphic style of its author renders it singularly attractive." —Morning Post.
Harriet Martineau. By Mrs. Fenwick Miller.
"A faithful and sympathetic account of this remarkable woman."—Scotsman.
"As a reflective broad-minded woman's faithful description of another woman's private life and brilliant literary career, this critical sketch is admirable."—Whitehall Review.
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