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Notable women authors of the day : biographical sketches / by Helen C. Black ; with portraits.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia BI 1893 Black
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Black, Helen C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn), 1822-1898 depicted.
- Linton, E. Lynn.
- Women authors, English--Biography.
- Women authors, English.
- Women authors, English--Portraits.
- Authors, English--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Women and literature.
- Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn), 1822-1898.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Portraits.
- Cloth bindings
- Informational works.
- Physical Description:
- x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 312 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm
- 8vo.
- Manufacture:
- Glasgow : Printed at the University Press by Robert Maclehose.
- Place of Publication:
- Glasgow : David Bryce and Son, 1893.
- Contents:
- Mrs. Lynn Linton
- Mrs. Riddell
- Mrs. L.B. Walford
- Rhoda Broughton
- John Strange Winter (Mrs. Arthur Stannard)
- Mrs. Alexander
- Helen Mathers
- Florence Marryat
- Mrs. Lovett Cameron
- Mrs. Hungerford
- Matilda Betham Edwards
- Edna Lyall
- Rosa Nouchette Carey
- Adeline Sergeant
- Mrs. Edward Kennard
- Jessie Fothergill
- Lady Duffus Hardy
- Iza Duffus Hardy
- May Crommelin
- Mrs. Houstoun
- Mrs. Alex. Fraser
- Honourable Mrs. Henry Chetwynd
- Jean Middlemass
- Augusta De Grasse Stevens
- Mrs. Leith Adams
- Jean Ingelow.
- Notes:
- "Printed at the University Press and published by David Bryce and Son, Glasgow. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd."--Half-title page verso
- Frontispiece portrait of E. Lynn Linton.
- Plates include portraits and facsimile signatures of the authors.
- "These sketches originally appeared as a series in the 'Lady's pictorial' ... They are now revised, enlarged and brought up to date."--Page vii
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in green cloth, lettering in gilt on front cover and spine. Author's signature in gilt on bottom right corner of front cover.
- Athenaeum copy: Formerly the property of the Center for Fiction.
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Black, Helen C. Notable women authors of the day.
- OCLC:
- 1194344
- Publisher Number:
- D06019931X
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