Women of History: Selected from the Writings of Standard Authors

Women of History is a further development of the idea which suggested the companion volume, Men of History, viz.: 'To exhibit views of the world's great men and women, as set forth in the best words of the best authors-to convey, as it were, at once impressions of History and Literature, and lessons in Biography and Style.'In the present case, it has not been considered necessary to attempt a classification of the subjects in the manner followed in the preceding volume, from the fact that the feelings and motives which generally influence the lives of celebrated women are of a nature different from those of the opposite sex, and from the consequent want of a standard sufficiently distinct to adhere to. A chronological arrangement, however, has been adopted, which, it is hoped, will to a considerable extent supply the want of classification.