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Costello, Louisa Stuart. Memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen. Illustrated. 4 vols. London: Bentley, 1844.

TOC: Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury; Arabella Stuart; Catherine Grey; Mary Sidney; Penelope; Magdalen Herbert; Frances Howard; Elizabeth Stuart; Lucy Harrington; Frances Howard; Margaret Elizabeth; Christian; Anne Clifford; Mary Evelyn; Lady Fanshawe; Anastasia Venetia Stanley, Lady Digby; The Countess of Desmond; Elizabeth Cromwell and Her Daughters; Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson; Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond; Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland; Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Somerset; Lady Rachel Russell; Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle; Anne, Countess of Winchelsea; Mrs. Katherine Philips; Jane Lane; Anne Killigrew; Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnel; Mary Beale; Anne Clarges, Duchess of Albemarle; Lady Mary Tudor; Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; Anne Scott, Duchess of Monmouth; Stella; Vanessa; Susannah Centlivre; Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

Chapter titles: Vol. 1: Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury; Arabella Stuart; Catherine Grey; Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke; Penelope, Lady Rich; Magdalen Herbert; Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond; Vol. 2: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia; Lucy Harrington, Countess of Bedford; Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset; Margaret Elizabeth, Countess of Essex; Christian, Countess of Devonshire; Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset; Mary Evelyn; Lady Fanshawe; Vo. 3: Anastasia Venetia Stanley, Lady Digby; The Countess of Desmond; Elizabeth Cromwell and Her Daughters; Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson; Frances Stuart, Duchess of Richmond; Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland; Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Somerset; Lady Rachel Russell; Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle; Anne, Countess of Winchelsea; Mrs. Katherine Philips; Jane Lane; Anne Killigrew; Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnel; Mary Beale; Anne Clarges, Duchess of Albemarle; Lady Mary Tudor; Anne Hyde, Duchess of York; Anne Scott, Duchess of Monmouth; Stella and Vanessa; Susannah Centlivre; Vol. 4: Lengthy biographies of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

First two volumes appeared “in two volumes,” but in 1844, vols. 3 and 4 also appeared, their title pages omitting the phrase, “in two volumes.” A thorough biographical history, copying correspondence, court documents, and portraiture; almost all subjects of high rank. Costello claims that before the sixteenth century, “imagination must supply much of the void left by historians” concerning women, and that Queen Elizabeth, as “avatar,” gave some “dignity and importance” to women, ironically through her “manly qualities” (i-iii).

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