The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760

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CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I LEARNED LADIES IN ENGLAND BEFORE 1650 1 Prefatory Statement

CHAPTER II LEARNED LADIES IN ENGLAND FROM 1650 TO 1760 1 An Introductory Group in the Years 1650-1675

CHAPTER III EDUCATION 1 Boarding-Schools for Girls

CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS ON WOMEN IN SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE

CHAPTER V SATIRIC REPRESENTATIONS OF THE LEARNED LADY IN COMEDY

SUMMARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY I. BOOKS BY WOMEN BEFORE 1760

INDEX

FOOTNOTES:

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Repeated headings were removed to avoid redundancy for the reader.

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Vassar Semi-Centennial Series

ELIZABETHAN TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ITALIAN. By Mary Augusta Scott, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1876), Professor of English Literature in Smith College.

SOCIAL STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. By Laura J. Wylie, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1877), Professor of English in Vassar College.

THE LEARNED LADY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. By Myra Reynolds, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1880), Professor of English Literature in Chicago University. [In preparation.]

THE CUSTOM OF DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. By Orie J. Hatcher, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1888), Formerly Associate Professor of Comparative Literature in Bryn Mawr College. [In preparation.]

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF VARIABLE STARS. By Caroline E. Furness, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1891), Professor of Astronomy in Vassar College.

MOVEMENT AND MENTAL IMAGERY. By Margaret Floy Washburn, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1891), Professor of Psychology in Vassar College.

BRISSOT DE WARVILLE: A STUDY IN THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. By Eloise Ellery, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1897), Associate Professor of History in Vassar College.

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THE LEARNED LADY IN ENGLAND

1650-1760

Vassar Semi-Centennial Series



THE LEARNED LADY
IN ENGLAND

1650-1760

BY
MYRA REYNOLDS
Professor of English Literature in the University of Chicago

WITH PORTRAITS





BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1920

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY MYRA REYNOLDS

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


PUBLISHED IN HONOR OF THE

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY

OF THE

FOUNDING OF VASSAR COLLEGE

1865-1915


TO

E. E. L.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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