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| XI. BARONESS BURDETT-COUTTS. | ||
Harriet Mellon upon the London stage—Thomas Coutts one of her admirers—His previous career—He marries Miss Mellon at eighty-four—He leaves her his fortune—Her marriage to the Duke of St. Albans—Leaves her fortune to a grandchild of Thomas Coutts—Its amount—Character of her father—Her firmness and decision—List of her benefactions—Her hospitality—Banquet to two thousand Belgians—Her marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
151 | |
| XII. GIRLHOOD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. | ||
Her ill-provided childhood—Her governess—Mourns the death of her father—Her brother, Edward VI—Roger Ascham her tutor—The apostle of gentle methods—His work upon teaching—Lady Jane Grey as a child—Queen Elizabeth's learning—Her household—Customs of the age—Furniture and utensils—Accession to the throne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
361 | |
| XIII. THE WIFE OF THOMAS CARLYLE. | ||
Jeannie Welsh as a school girl—Her vivacity and generosity—Anecdotes of her childhood—She studies Virgil—Death of her father—Loved by Edward Irving—Introduced to Carlyle—His tribute of verse to her—Her marriage—Happiness of her early married life—Residence at Craigenputtock—Her loaf of bread—Her health declines—One of her poems—Removal to London—Trials of housekeeping—Carlyle's intractable temper—Darwin, Dickens, and Tennyson—The accident—Her sympathy with her husband's triumph—Sudden death—Her epitaph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
173 | |
| XIV. THE WIFE OF BENEDICT ARNOLD. | ||
| Major Andre's early life—In love with Honora—Major André in Philadelphia—His friendship with Peggy Shippen—The Mischianza—Her marriage to General Arnold—His trial by | ||
