WOMEN OF FASHION.

AND

REPRESENTATIVE WOMEN IN LETTERS

AND SOCIETY.

A SERIES OF

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDIES.

BY

W H. DAVENPORT ADAMS,

AUTHOR OF

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