A

Series of Sketches

OF

AUTHORS, ARTISTS, REFORMERS, AND HEROINES,
QUEENS, PRINCESSES, AND WOMEN OF

SOCIETY, WOMEN ECCENTRIC

AND PECULIAR.

FROM THE MOST RECENT AND AUTHENTIC SOURCES.

BY JAMES PARTON,

AUTHOR OF

LIFE AND TIMES OF BENJAMIN FRANKlin, life of thomas Jefferson, life of voltaIRE,
GENERAL BUTLER IN NEW ORLEANS, LIFE OF AARON BURR, PEOPLE'S BOOK

OF BIOGRAPHY, LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON, ETC.

Illustrated.

PHILADELPHIA :

HUBBARD BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.