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The people advance upon the Tuileries—She leaves Paris—Stormy passage across the channel—Arrival in England—The Queen assigns her a residence—Death of her son in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XXIII. CAROLINE HERSCHEL. | ||
Her childhood in Germany—Her brother William settles in England—She joins him at Bath—He makes her a telescope—Her discovery of comets—Madame D'Arblay's recollections of her—She assists her brother—Old age in Hanover—Her last birthday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XXIV. CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN. | ||
Born a tomboy—Her early life in Boston—A great mimic—Her first play—Coriolanus and Macready—Birth of her talent—Her father's bankruptcy—She sings in opera—Failure of her voice—Plays Lady Macbeth—Her arduous toils—Member of the Park Company—Her acting of Goneril—She appears in London—A mutton chop a day—Dazzling success—Return home—During the war—Her patriotism and generosity—Her death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XXV. MARIA MITCHELL. | ||
The Mitchells in Nantucket—Maria's education—In the Nantucket library—Her first telescope—She discovers a comet—Tour of Europe—Professor at Vassar—Her dome parties—Her liberal opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| XXVI. MRS. TROLLOPE. | ||
Cincinnati in 1827—The Trollope family there—Her impressions of slavery—An evening party in Cincinnati—Her dislike of America—The fourth of July—Her impressions of New York—Her remarks upon Church going—Anthony Trollope—His method of working—Mrs. Trollope's last years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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