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CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN.

Born a tomboy — Her early life in Boston — A great mimic — Her first play — Coriolanns and Macready — Birth of her talent — Her father's bankruptcy — She sings in opera — Failure of her voice — Plays Lady Macbeth — Her arduous toils — Member of the Park Company — Her acting of Goneril — She appears in London — A mutton chop a day — Dazzling success — Return home — During the war — Her patriotism and generosity — Her death l?

II. Maria Mitchell

The Mitchells in Nantucket — Maria's education — In the Nantucket library — Her first telescope — She discovers a comet — Tour of Europe — Professor at Vassar — Her dome parties — Her liberal opinions. 28

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MRS. TROLLOPE.

Cincinnati in 1827 — The Trollope family there — Her impressions of slavery — An evening party in Cincinnati — Her dislike of America — The fourth of July — Her impressions of New Tork — Her remarks upon Church going — Anthony Trollope-^His method of working — Mrs. Trollope's last years. 38

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IV. Adelaide Phillips

Born at Stratford-on-Avon — Removal to Boston — Her first appearance on the stage — A child actress — Anecdote " of Warren — She sings before Jenny Lind — Studies in Italy — Her debut — Her career in opera — Her death and burial. . 53

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TWO QUEENS. THE DAUGHTERS OF JAMES II OF ENGLAND.

The Countess of Bentinct's letter-chest — Why James the Second turned Catholic — The Princess Mary argues with him — William of Orange sails for England — His parting with Mary — Her life during his absence — Crowned Queen of England — Queen Anne's sorrowful life — Death of Queen Mary. . . 60

VI. An Evening With Rachel

Her training for the stage — Alfred de Musset— He reports the supper — The brass platters — She describes her housekeeping — Tastes of absinthe — She makes punch — Cooks the beefsteak — Her love of Racine — Resolves to play Phedre — Her brutal father, • • • 68

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JOSEPHINE AND BONAPARTE.

Their coronation impending — Opposition of the Bonaparte family — &cene at court — Josephine jealous — Noble conduct of her son, Eugene — The coronation rehearsed. • • .78

VIII. Lady Morgan

Her parents and childhood — Her father's romantic marriage- Early writings — Her father's bankruptcy — Goes as governess — Anecdote — Interview with a publisher — Her first novels- The Wild Irish Girl — Her marriage — Residence in Paris — Visit to Lafayette — Her last years. 83

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