CONTENTS. PAGE LUCRETIA, _Bayle_, 9 SAPPHO, _Mure_, 12 ASPASIA OF PERICLES, _Grote_, 16 XANTIPPE, _Brucker_, 20 ASPASIA OF CYRUS, _Bayle_, 22 CORNELIA, THE MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI, _Plutarch_, 25 PORTIA, _Plutarch_, 28 OCTAVIA, _Bayle_, 31 CLEOPATRA, _Merivale_, 34 MARIAMNE, _Merivale_, 39 JULIA DOMNA, _Gibbon_, 41 ZENOBIA, _Gibbon_, 43 VALERIA, _Gibbon_, 47 EUDOCIA, _Gibbon_, 50 HYPATIA, _Brucker_, 54 THE WIFE OF MAXIMUS, _Gibbon_, 57 THE LADY ROWENA, _Verstegan_, 60 OLGA, _Gibbon_, 62 THE LADY ELFRIDA, _Hume_, 65 THE COUNTESS OF TRIPOLI, _Sismondi_, 68 JANE, COUNTESS OF MOUNTFORT, _Hume_, 70 LAURA DE SADE, _Sismondi_, 74 THE COUNTESS OF RICHMOND, _Tytler_, 77 ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, _Hume_, 79 JOAN OF ARC, _De Quincey_, 81 JANE SHORE, _Hume_, 85 CATHARINE OF ARRAGON, _Tytler_, 88 ANNE BOLEYN, _Tytler_, 91 MARGARET ROPER, _Ballard_, 94 ELIZABETH LUCAS, _Ballard_, 97 GASPARA STAMPA, _Hallam_, 99 ANNE ASKEW, _Hume_, 102 QUEEN ELIZABETH, _Hume--Macaulay_, 105 LADY JANE GREY, _Hume_, 110 TARQUINIA MOLZA, _Hilarion de Coste_, 114 MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, _Robertson_, 117 GABRIELLE D'ESTREES, _Davenport Adams_, 120 ANNE, DUCHESS OF PEMBROKE, _Bishop Rainbow_, 125 ESTHER INGLIS, _Ballard_, 128