"The Ladies": A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams, -1931 (Lily Adams)

“…Elizabeth Pepys -- The mystery of Stella -- My lady Mary -- The golden vanity -- The Walpole beauty -- A bluestocking at court -- The Darcys of Rosings.…”
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Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

“…Preface: On fluctuations of taste -- The shepherd of the ocean -- The songs of Shakespeare -- Catharine Trotter, the precursor of the bluestockings -- The message of the Wartons -- The charm of Sterne -- The centenary of Edgar Allan Poe -- The a…”
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