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ssaoiiss Q£ hissosy, 



Illustrated with Six Steel Plate Portraits. Edited by 

 Mary E. Hewitt. 

 1 vol. 12mo. Price, Muslin, plain edge, $1 25. 



" " " i l full gilt sides and edge, $2 00. 



" " " Morocco, extra, $2 50. 



Heroines of History, by Mary E. Hewitt. — This is one of the 

 most interesting volumes we have had the pleasure of reading for a long 

 time. The incidents of the lives of these eminent women would of them- 

 selves render a history of them valuable, but when narrated in a style as 

 chaste and beautiful as that of Mary E. Hewitt, it is doubly valuable. 



Our readers can therefore procure this work with the full assurance 

 that they are purchasing a volume which has merit sufficient to class it 

 among the very best publications which have lately issued from the press. 

 — Syracuse Daily Journal. 



We have in this volume biographical notices of sixteen females of va- 

 rious periods, whose heroic adventures have rendered them conspicuous in 

 the annals of the world. The sketches, though probably to some extent 

 legendary, doubtless contain the important facts in the lives of the indi- 

 viduals, so far as they can now be ascertained ; and the facts are certain- 

 ly wrought into very striking pictures. Some of the scenes which are 

 described, form the dark spots in history, and one has to nerve himself up 

 to read them without faltering. The engravings are beautiful. — Albany 

 Argus. 



Heroines of History Illustrated. — The publication of this charm- 

 ing volume has been fully appreciated by the literati of New York and has 

 been just as it should be. The selections of illustrious women whose 

 heroic lives it records, are rendered doubly interesting by the truthful 

 and soul-stirring incidents portrayed throughout the work. The an- 

 nouncement of these sketches of lives being arranged by the fair authoress, 

 (Mrs. M. E. Hewitt), is sufficient to command an extensive sale. The 

 publishers have ornamented the work with some beautiful illustrations of 

 the principal characters. — Day Book. 



In the hands of any competent writer, the lives of Joan of Arc, Isa- 

 bella of Spain, Maria Theresa of Austria, Charlotte Corday of France, 

 and Laura and Beatrice Cenci, cannot fail to be full of interest, and with 

 the graceful diction and easy flow of Mary Hewitt's pen, the work has 

 been most successfully achieved. The writer found no lack of incidents 

 of a stirring nature, and her style sparkles with brilliant passages, and 

 glows with uniform cheerfulness. — Herald of the Union. 



The personal and domestic details interwoven in the memoirs, enliven 

 the record of graver events, and brighten our recollections of the his- 

 tory. The book is a charming one, and should find a place in every 

 lady's library. > 



