A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Heywood, Eliza
A most voluminous female writer, was the daughter of a tradesman in London, in 1693. Nothing is known of her early education, but only of her works. She wrote "The Court of Armenia," "The New Utopia," and other similar romances. The looseness of these works was the ostensible reason of Pope for putting her into his Dunciad; but it is more probable that some private provocation was the real motive. She seemed to perceive her error; and, in the numerous volumes she published afterwards, she preserved more purity and delicacy of sentiment. Her later writings are, "The Female Spectator," in four volumes, "Epistles for the Ladies," "Fortunate Founding," "Adventures of Nature," "History of Betsey Thoughtless," "Jenny and Jemmy Jessamy," "Invisible Spy," "Husband and Wife," and a pamphlet, entitled, "A Present for a Servant Maid." She also wrote dramatic pieces, but none that succeeded. She died in 1756, aged sixty-three.