AMELIA E. BARR. ⭘ Popularity of her Works ⭘ Her Sorrows and Hardships ⭘ Birth and Early Education ⭘ Marriage and Travels ⭘ Death of her Husband and Four Sons ⭘ An Instantly Successful Book ⭘ ‘Little Jan’s Triumph’ ⭘ ‘The Old Piano’ ALICE FRENCH (OCTAVE THANET). ⭘ A Genuine Yankee Woman ⭘ Her Puritan Ancestry ⭘ Education and First Manuscript ⭘ Her First Book ⭘ Her Most Prominent Publications ⭘ Her nom-de-plume ⭘ Philosopher, Artist, and Novelist ⭘ An Assiduous Student of her Subjects ⭘ ‘Two Lost and Found’ JANE GOODWIN AUSTIN. ⭘ A Famous Daughter of the “Pilgrims” ⭘ Birth and Parents ⭘ A List of her Best Books ⭘ Her Personality ⭘ ‘An Afternoon in Nantucket’ LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY. ⭘ The Most Prolific of American Women Writers ⭘ Critical Estimate of her Works ⭘ Birth and Educational Advantages ⭘ Her First Book ⭘ Some of her Other Works ⭘ A Tour of Europe ⭘ Death ⭘ ‘Columbus’ ⭘ ‘The Alpine Flowers’ ⭘ ‘Niagara’ ⭘ ‘Death of an Infant’ ⭘ ‘A Butterfly on a Child’s Grave’ ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH. ⭘ Ancestors and Birth ⭘ A Liberal Contributor to Periodicals ⭘ Her Published Works ⭘ ‘The Step-mother’ ⭘ ‘Guardian Angels’ ⭘ ‘The Brook’ ⭘ ‘The April Rain’ ⭘ ‘Flowers’ ⭘ ‘Eros and Anteros’ LUCY LARCOM. ⭘ Operative in a Cotton Factory ⭘ Birth and Early Life ⭘ Her First Literary Production ⭘ Some of her Best Works ⭘ The Working Woman’s Friend ⭘ ‘Hannah Binding Shoes’ ALICE AND PHŒBE CARY. ⭘ Their Birth and Early Lot ⭘ Encouragement From Editors ⭘ Their First Volume ⭘ Some of their Prominent Works ⭘ A Comparison Between the Two Sisters ⭘ One in Spirit through Life ⭘ United in Death ⭘ ‘Pictures of Memory’ ⭘ ‘Nobility’ ⭘ ‘The Gray Swan’ ⭘ ‘To the Evening Zephyr’ ⭘ ‘Death Scene’ ⭘ ‘Memories’ ⭘ ‘Equal to Either Fortune’ ⭘ ‘Light’ LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON. ⭘ Birth and Education ⭘ Her First Book at Nineteen Years ⭘ Her Following Publications ⭘ Residence in Boston and Trips Abroad ⭘ A Systematic Worker ⭘ Personal Friendship ⭘ ‘If There Were Dreams to Sell’ ⭘ ‘Wife to Husband’ ⭘ ‘The Last Good-Bye’ ⭘ ‘Next Year’ ⭘ ‘My Mother’s Picture’ WASHINGTON IRVING. ⭘ The First Great Pioneer in American Letters ⭘ Birth and Ancestors ⭘ Named After George Washington ⭘ Early Success as a Journalist ⭘ A Two Years’ Trip in Europe ⭘ A Shrewd Advertisement ⭘ Seventeen Years Abroad ⭘ The Winning Character of his Genius ⭘ ‘The Organ of Westminster Abbey’ ⭘ ‘Baltus Van Tassel’s Farm’ ⭘ ‘Columbus at Barcelona’ ⭘ ‘The Galloping Hessian’