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Tables of Contents for Women's Writing, 1778-1838
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xiii
Note on the Anthology
xlv
Select Bibliography
lv
Chronology
lxx
WOMEN'S WRITING
Frances Burney (1752--1840)
3
18
Letters X and XI from Evelina (1778)
6
9
`Strictures on Beauty' from Camilla (1796)
15
6
Catharine Macaulay (1731--1791)
21
17
Letters V and VI from The History of England from the Revolution to the Present Time, in a Series of Letters to a Friend (1778)
25
9
Closing Address from History of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line (1783)
34
1
`No Characteristic Difference in Sex' from Letters on Education (1790)
35
3
Clara Reeve (1729--1807)
38
9
Evenings I and VII from The Progress of Romance (1785)
41
6
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743--1825)
47
24
Hymn XI from Hymns in Prose for Children (1781)
52
1
`The Rights of Woman' (c.1792)
53
1
`Inscription for an Ice-House (c.1793)
54
1
`To Mr C[oleridge]' (1797)
55
2
`True Magicians' (pub. 1826)
57
5
Eighteen Hundred and Eleven: A Poem (1812)
62
9
Charlotte Smith (1749--1806) from Elegiac Sonnets (1784--1797)
71
10
`The partial Muse has from my earliest hours'
74
1
`To a Nightingale'
75
1
`Written in the Church-Yard at Middleton in Sussex'
75
1
`The Glow-Worm'
76
1
`Written in a Tempestuous Night, on the Coast of Sussex'
76
1
`Reflections on Some Drawings of Plants'
77
1
`Ode to the Missel Thrush' (1804)
77
2
`The Jay in Masquerade' (1807)
79
2
Elizabeth Inchbald (1753--1821)
81
21
Remarks on Such Things Are (1806)
85
1
From Such Things Are (1787)
86
5
Remarks on De Monfort (1807)
91
2
From A Simple Story (1791)
93
9
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759--1797)
102
14
Review of A Simple Story (1791)
104
1
`The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed' from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792)
105
9
Letter IV from Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark (1796)
114
2
Helen Maria Williams (1762--1827)
116
11
Letters IX and XXVI from Letters Written in France (1790)
119
5
On Madame Roland from Letters from France (1792--1796)
124
3
Laetitia Matilda Hawkins (1759--1835)
127
8
Letters I and II from Letters on the Female Mind (1793)
130
5
Ann Radcliffe (1764--1823)
135
18
`Derbyshire and Lancashire' from A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794 (1795)
139
4
From The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)
143
10
Hannah More (1745--1833)
153
10
`The Riot; or, Half a Loaf is Better than No Bread' (1795)
155
2
`The White Slave Trade' (1805)
157
6
Mary Robinson (1758--1800)
163
14
`January, 1795' (1795) from Sappho and Phaon (1796)
166
2
`Sappho Discovers her Passion'
168
1
`Contemns its Power'
168
1
`Describes the Characteristics of Love'
169
1
`Invokes Reason'
169
1
`To the Aeolian Harp'
170
1
`To Phaon'
170
1
`Laments Her Early Misfortunes'
171
1
`Phaon Forsakes Her'
171
1
`Her Address to the Moon'
171
1
`Her Reflections on the Leucadian Rock Before She Perishes'
172
1
From Memoirs of the Late Mrs Robinson Written by Herself (1801)
172
5
Ann Yearsley (1753--1806)
177
6
`The Captive Linnet' (1796)
179
2
`Soliloquy' (1796)
181
2
Elizabeth Hamilton (1758--1816)
183
9
From Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah (1796)
186
6
Priscilla Wakefield (1751--1832)
192
9
Letter II from An Introduction to Botany, in a Series of Familiar Letters (1796)
194
3
From Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex (1798)
197
4
Joanna Baillie (1762--1851)
201
14
`Introductory Discourse' from Plays on the Passions (1798)
204
5
From De Monfort: A Tragedy (1798)
209
6
Sarah Siddons (1755--1831)
215
8
`Remarks on the Character of Lady Macbeth' (pub. 1834)
218
5
Maria Edgeworth (1767--1849)
223
25
From Castle Rackrent (1800)
225
9
`Lady Delacour's History' from Belinda (1801)
234
14
Joanna Southcott (1750--1814)
248
19
From The Strange Effects of Faith (1801)
252
4
From The Strange Effects of Faith, Second Part (1802)
256
3
Introduction and `The Fourth Day's Dispute' from A Dispute between the Woman and the Powers of Darkness (1802)
259
8
Jane Taylor (1783--1824) from Original Poems, for Infant Minds (1804)
267
15
Preface
269
1
`Morning'
270
1
`Evening'
270
1
`The Poppy'
271
1
`The Violet'
271
1
`The Cow and the Ass' (1805)
272
2
`The Star' (1806)
274
1
`How it Strikes a Stranger' (1821)
274
5
`The Toad's Journal' (1822)
279
3
Mary Tighe (1772--1810) from Psyche; or, the Legend of Love (1805)
282
17
Proem
284
2
Canto II
286
13
Dorothy Wordsworth (1771--1855)
299
13
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland (1805)
302
8
`Address to a Child, During a Boisterous Winter Evening' (1805--7)
310
1
`Floating Island' (1820s)
311
1
Jane Marcet (1769--1858)
312
12
`On the General Principles of Chemistry' from Conversations on Chemistry (1806)
315
5
`On the Condition of the Poor' from Conversations on Political Economy (1816)
320
4
Mary Lamb (1764--1847)
324
19
`Elinor Forester: The Father's Wedding Day' (1809)
328
3
`Margaret Green: The Young Mahometan' (1809)
331
6
`On Needlework' (1815)
337
6
Jane Austen (1775--1817)
343
15
From Mansfield Park (1814)
344
8
From Persuasion (1818)
352
6
Mary Sherwood (1775--1851)
358
8
`The All-Seeing God' from The History of the Fairchild Family (1818)
360
6
Mary Shelley (1797--1851)
366
23
From Frankenstein (1818), Chapters III, IV
369
8
`The Mortal Immortal: A Tale' (1834)
377
12
Mary Russell Mitford (1786--1855)
389
10
`Frost' and `Thaw' (1819)
392
4
`The First Primrose' (1819)
396
3
Mary Hays (1760--1843)
399
7
`Caroline, Wife of George IV' from Memoirs of Queens (1821)
402
4
Felicia Hemans (1793--1835) from Welsh Melodies (1822)
406
21
`The Sea-Song of Gafran'
409
1
`The Lament of Llywarch Hen'
410
1
`The Rock of Cader Idris'
411
1
`Casabianca' (1826, 1829)
412
1
`An Hour of Romance' (1827)
413
1
`Properzia Rossi' (1828)
414
5
`Indian Woman's Death-Song' (1828)
419
1
`The Traveller at the Source of the Nile' (1829)
420
2
`Parting Words' (1830)
422
1
`The Haunted House' (1831)
423
2
`Written after Visiting a Tomb' (1831)
425
1
`The Last Song of Sappho' (1832)
426
1
Harriette Wilson (1786--1845)
427
19
From Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Written by Herself (1825)
430
16
Maria Jane Jewsbury (1800--1833)
446
16
`Writing a Love Tale' (1825)
448
7
`Woman's Love' (1825)
455
4
`To My Own Heart' (1829)
459
3
Laetitia Elizabeth Landon (1802--1838)
462
14
`Lines of Life' (1825, 1829)
465
3
`Felicia Hemans' (1837)
468
2
`Night at Sea' (1838)
470
3
`Rob Roy: Diana Vernon' (1838)
473
3
Anna Jameson (1794--1860)
476
9
`Florence' from The Diary of an Ennuyee (1826)
479
6
Hannah Kilham (1774--1832)
485
9
From Report on a Recent Visit to the Colony of Sierra Leone (1828)
488
6
Elizabeth Barrett (1806--1861)
494
15
`To-----' (1826)
497
1
`The Dream: A Fragment' (1826)
498
1
`The Vision of Fame' (1826)
499
3
`The Tempest: A Fragment' (1833)
502
5
`L.E.L.'s Last Question' (1839)
507
2
Harriet Martineau (1802--1876)
509
18
`A Mushroom City' from Illustrations of Political Economy (1832--1834) from Society in America (1837)
512
7
`Citizenship of People of Colour'
519
3
`Political Non-Existence of Women'
522
5
Emma Roberts (c.1794--1840)
527
10
`Bengal Bridals and Bridal Candidates' from Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan (1835)
529
8
Household Words
537
35
Hannah More, from The Cottage Cook; or, Mrs Jones's Cheap Dishes (1797)
544
6
Maria Eliza Rundell, from A New System of Domestic Cookery (1808)
550
1
Emma Roberts, from her Preface to Rundell, A New System of Domestic Cookery (1840)
551
3
Christian Isobel Johnstone, `Peregrine Touchwood's Address' from The Cook and Housewife's Manual (1826)
554
2
Mrs William Parkes, `Evening Parties' from Domestic Duties (1825)
556
3
From Domestic Economy and Cookery for Rich and Poor (1827)
559
8
`On Servants' and Letter VIII from The Home Book; or, Young Housekeeper's Assistant (1829)
567
5
Explanatory Notes
572
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