Eminent Women Series.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Elizabeth Fry.By Mrs. E. R. Pitman.
"Of all English philanthropists, none exhibits a nobler nature or is worthier of a permanent record than Mrs. Fry. For this reason we welcome the sketch of her by Mrs. Pitman, published in the Eminent Women Series."—Times.
"An excellent idea of Mrs. Fry's noble life and work can be got from Mrs Pitman's simple but impressive work."—Contemporary Review.
"One of the best and most interesting of the series."—Literany World.
"This is a good book, worthy of a place in the interesting Eminent Women Series."—Spectator.
"Excellent in arrangement and proportioned with judgment."—Academy.
Countess of Albany.By Vernon Lee.
"The accomplished authoress has done her work con amore, and left no stone unturned in her endeavour to show the world the flesh-and-blood aspect of the wife of the young Pretender and of her lover, the poet Alfieri."—Lady's Pictorial.
"Every page of the book bears witness to the author's ability and determination to realize her subject, and make readers realize it."—Athenæum.
"There is a vivid power in Vernon Lee's realization of Florentine life and society, and much beauty and glow of colour in her descriptions."—Saturday Review.
"This romantic biography is as exciting as any work of imagination, and the incisive and graphic style of its author renders it singularly attractive."—Morning Post.
Harriet Martineau.By Mrs. Fenwick Miller.
"A faithful and sympathetic account of this remarkable woman."—Scotsman.
"As a reflective broad-minded woman's faithful description of another woman's pivate life and brilliant literary career, this critical sketch is admirable."—Whitehall Review.
"It is not in any sense of the word a compilation, but a memoir which is a model of that conciseness which is not incompatible with distinct portraiture or with a fresh and living interest in the narrative."—Daily News.
"Mrs. Miller has done her difficult work well, and her volume is one of the ablest and most interesting of the able and interesting series to which it belongs."—Derby Mercury.
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