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 cla...