Alison Booth
Yonge, Charlotte Mary, Biographies of Good Women: Chiefly by Contributors to ‘The Monthly Packet.’ Edited by the Author of The Heir of Redclyffe. London: Mozley, 1862. 2d ser. [At head of title: ‘More precious than rubies.’] London: Mozley, 1865. 2 vol., London: Innes, 1892. “3rd and cheaper issue” [contents of vol. 1 below], London: A. D. Innes, 1893.
A collection of women biographies, each written by different authors. The biographies aim to show both the strengths and weaknesses of these women. Written chiefly for young girls, “who are now forming their characters, and preparing to belong to one or other of the classes of women we have here described – the Sufferers – the Learners – the Workers” (from Preface).
TOC: vol. I: Olympia Morata; Lady Fanshawe; Mrs. Hutchinson; Lady Russell; Lady Grisel Baillie; Countess of Balcarres; Mum Bett; Elizabeth Carter; Elizabeth Smith; Mrs. Grant of Laggan; Caroline Perthes; Princess Galitzin; Madame Swetchine; Mrs. Fry; Miss Anna Gurney; Amalie Sieveking; vol. II: Vittoria Colonna; Margaret More; Madame Duplessis Mornay; La Mere Angelique; Madame Guyon; Madame de la Garaye; Meta Klopstock; Mrs. Trimmer; Hannah More; Elizabeth of France; The Five Sisters Noailles; Mrs. Siddons; Mrs. Lyde Browne; Mrs. Leadbeater; Harriet M. Bowdler; Dorothy Wordsworth; Sarah Martin; Eugenie de Guerin.
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