848.
Watson, Henry Clay. Romance of History: As Exhibited in the Lives of Celebrated Women of All Ages and Countries; Comprising Remarkable Examples of Female Courage, Disinterestedness, and Self-Sacrifice. Philadelphia: Gihon, 1857.

Contents identical to a847 by Watson; alternative title. We examined a copy of a848. Frontispiece engraving of Marie Antoinette. Introduction (2 pp.) insists "heroism is not peculiar to man"; "heroic women of history are too numerous to be comprised, even by sketches, in a single volume....Let the gallery be often visited" (n.p.) Small type crowds 496 pages without illustration; some biographies are two pages long, with strong emphasis on historical events but a mix of "noble deeds" anecdotes. The Heart of Montrose is essentially a narrative about Montrose, and Lady Elizabeth Erskine, or Lady Napier, rescues and preserves the executed hero's heart (149). The Miller's Maid is one Hanchen; the Rustic Heroine is an anecdote with names changed.

TOC: Saint Genevieve; Brunehaut; Philippa of Hainault; The Sister of Duguesclin; Jane, Countess of Monfort; Joan of Arc; Joan Hachette; Margeret of Anjou; The Queen of Navarre; Mary Stuart; The Princess of Conde; Mary Dyre, the Quaker Martyr of New England; Mrs. Jane Lane; Lady Fanshawe; Lady Banks; Lady Morton; The Heart of Montrose; Lady Grisell Baillie; Winnifred, Countess of Nithsdale; Flora Macdonald; Miss Mackay; Lady Harriet Acland; Helen Walker; Madame la Rochejaquelin; Elizabeth Cazotte and Mademoiselle de Sombreuil; Gertrude von der Wart; The Miller's Maid; A Rustic Heroine; Mrs. Spencer Smith's Escape; Mademoiselle Ambos; Catherine I. of Russia; Maria Theresa; Madame de Drucourt; Maria Antoinette; The Princess de Lamballe; Madame Elizabeth; Charlotte Corday; Madame Roland; Madame Desmoulins; Theresa Cabarus; Aimee Ladoinski; Countess de Lavallette; Mrs. Mott and Mrs. Brewton; Mrs. Richard Shubrick; Elizabeth Zane; The Queen of Georgia; Mrs. Charles Elliott; Mrs. Pursley; Lydia Darragh; Mrs. Heald and Mrs. Helm.

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