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Vassar Semi-Centennial Series
ELIZABETHAN TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ITALIAN.By Mary Augusta Scott, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar,1876), Professor of English Literature in SmithCollege.
SOCIAL STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.By Laura J. Wylie, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1877), Professorof English in Vassar College.
THE LEARNED LADY IN THE EIGHTEENTHCENTURY. By Myra Reynolds, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar,1880), Professor of English Literature in ChicagoUniversity. [In preparation.]
THE CUSTOM OF DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT INSHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS. By Orie J. Hatcher,Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1888), Formerly Associate Professorof Comparative Literature in Bryn Mawr College.[In preparation.]
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF VARIABLESTARS. By Caroline E. Furness, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar,1891), Professor of Astronomy in Vassar College.
MOVEMENT AND MENTAL IMAGERY. By MargaretFloy Washburn, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1891),Professor of Psychology in Vassar College.
BRISSOT DE WARVILLE: A STUDY IN THE HISTORYOF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. By EloiseEllery, Ph.D. (A.B. Vassar, 1897), Associate Professorof History in Vassar College.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
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THE LEARNED LADY IN ENGLAND
1650-1760
Vassar Semi-Centennial Series
THE LEARNED LADY
IN ENGLAND
1650-1760
BY
MYRA REYNOLDS
Professor of English Literature in the University of Chicago
WITH PORTRAITS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1920
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY MYRA REYNOLDS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PUBLISHED IN HONOR OF THE
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
FOUNDING OF VASSAR COLLEGE
1865-1915
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