Produced by Chris Curnow, Lindy Walsh and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net BELL'S READING-BOOKS. CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE READERS. Abridgements of well-known English books have been carefully made by a method of excision only, the language of the original being in all cases left intact. Price One Shilling each. _Post 8vo. Illustrated. Strongly Bound._ _Suitable for Standard_ III. ADVENTURES OF A DONKEY. Translated from the French. GREAT DEEDS IN ENGLISH HISTORY. GRIMM'S GERMAN TALES. (Selected.) ANDERSEN'S DANISH TALES. (Selected.) GREAT ENGLISHMEN. Short Lives for Young Children. GREAT IRISHMEN. Short Lives for Young Children. LIFE OF COLUMBUS. By S. Crompton. _Standard_ IV. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON. (Abridged.) PARABLES FROM NATURE. (Selected.) By Mrs. Gatty. GREAT ENGLISHWOMEN. Short Lives. GREAT SCOTSMEN. Short Lives. THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST. By Captain Marryat, R.N. (Abridged.) EDGEWORTH'S TALES. (A Selection.) LYRICAL POETRY. Selected by D. Monro. THE TALISMAN. By Sir Walter Scott. (Abridged.) _Standard_ V. THE STORY OF LITTLE NELL. By Charles Dickens. (Abridged.) SETTLERS IN CANADA. By Captain Marryat, R.N. (Abridged.) New Edition. MASTERMAN READY. By Captain Marryat, R.N. (Abridged.) New Edition. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. (Abridged.) ROBINSON CRUSOE. (Abridged.) New Edition. POOR JACK. By Captain Marryat, R.N. (Abridged.) ARABIAN NIGHTS. _Standards_ VI. _and_ VII. WOODSTOCK. By Sir Walter Scott. (Abridged.) IVANHOE. By Sir Walter Scott. (Abridged.) OLIVER TWIST. By Charles Dickens. (Abridged.) THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. (Abridged.) LAMB'S TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. (Selected.) SOUTHEY'S LIFE OF NELSON. (Abridged.) SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY AND OTHER ESSAYS, FROM THE "SPECTATOR." TALES OF THE COAST. By J. Runciman. LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS. GREAT ENGLISHWOMEN. GREAT ENGLISHWOMEN AN HISTORICAL READING BOOK FOR SCHOOLS BY M. B. SYNGE AUTHOR OF "GREAT ENGLISHMEN," ETC. LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1907 The following collection of short lives has been compiled as a companion volume to the "Great Englishmen," which has already met with approval in schools. It is hoped that this will be found no less useful. CONTENTS. PAGE QUEEN BERTHA (died 606) 1 MAUDE THE GOOD (1080-1118) 8 ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE (1122-1204) 13 PHILIPPA OF HAINAULT (1313-1369) 23 MARGARET OF ANJOU (1429-1480) 31 THE LADY MARGARET (1441-1509) 38 MARGARET ROPER (1501?-1544) 46 LADY JANE GREY (1537-1554) 52 PRINCESS ELIZABETH (1596-1662) 61 LADY RACHEL RUSSELL (1636-1723) 69 ANGELICA KAUFMANN (1741-1807) 78 HANNAH MORE (1745-1833) 85