A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Beaumer, (Madame de)
BEAUMER, (MADAME DE) an ingenious French Lady.
Deprived of fortune and personal advantages, Madame de Beaumer took infinite pains to supply that loss, by cultivating her understanding. She was nearly related to Marshal Belle Isle; but we do not find that she received any succours from him—for, after spending many years in extreme poverty in Holland, this poor lady ended a miserable life there, in 1766.
She assisted, some time, at the Journal des Dames; and there is a little work of hers in 12mo. which is called Œuvres Melees.
Amongst her other compositions, there is a romance called Les Caprices de la Fortune, which she calls an historical novel, being founded on a fact. It is written with great feeling, and in an easy unaffected stile. She wrote many allegorical pieces also.