Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 | Page 2

a duke Whigs and Tories Harley, Earl of Oxford His intrigues Abigail Hill Supplants the Duchess of Marlborough Coolness between the Queen and Duchess Battle of Ramillies Miss Hill marries Mr. Masham Declining influence of the Duchess Her anger and revenge Power of Harley Disgrace of the Duchess The Tories in power Dismissal of Marlborough Bolingbroke Swift His persecution of the Duchess Addison Voluntary exile of Marlborough Unhappiness of the Duchess Death of Queen Anne Return of Marlborough to power Attacked by paralysis Death of Marlborough His vast wealth Declining days of the Duchess Her character Her death Reflections on her career
MADAME RéCAMIER.
THE WOMAN OF SOCIETY.
Queens of society first seen in Italy Proven?al poetry in its connection with chivalrous sentiments Chivalry the origin of society Society in Paris in the 17th Century Marquise de Rambouillet Her salons Mademoiselle de Scudéri Early days of Madame Récamier Her marriage Her remarkable beauty and grace Her salons Her popularity Courted by Napoleon Loss of property Friendship with Madame de Sta?l Incurs the hatred of Napoleon Friendship with Ballanche Madame Récamier in Italy Return to Paris Duke of Montmorency Seclusion of Madame Récamier Her intimate friends Friendship with Chateaubriand His gifts and high social position His retirement from political life His old age soothed by Récamier Her lovely disposition Her beautiful old age Her death Her character Remarks on society Sources of its fascinations
MADAME DE STA?L.
WOMAN IN LITERATURE.
Literature in the 18th Century Rise of Madame de Sta?l Her precocity Her powers of conversation Her love of society Her marriage Hatred of Napoleon Her banishment Her residence in Switzerland Travels in Germany Her work on literature Her book on Germany Its great merits German philosophy Visit to Italy Sismondi "Corinne" Its popularity A description of Italy Marriage with Rocca Madame de Sta?l in England Her honors Return to Paris Incense offered to her Her amazing éclat Her death Her merits as an author Inaugurated a new style in literature Her followers Her influence Literary women Their future
HANNAH MORE.
EDUCATION OF WOMAN.
Progress of female education Youth of Hannah More Her accomplishments Teaches school Intimacy with great men Shines in society Wearied of it Her ridicule of fashionable gatherings called society Retirement to Cowslip Green Her patrons and friends Labors in behalf of the poor Foundation of schools Works on female education Their good influence Their leading ideas Christian education Removal to Barley Wood Views of society Her distinguished visitors "Coelebs in Search of a Wife" "Christian Morals" Her laboring at the age of eighty The quiet elegance of her life Removal to Clifton Happy old age Death Exalted character Remarks on female education The sphere of woman What is woman to do?
GEORGE ELIOT.
WOMAN AS NOVELIST.
Notable eras of modern civilization Nineteenth Century, the age of novelists Scott, Fielding, Dickens, Thackeray Bulwer; women novelists Charlotte Bront?, Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Eliot Early life of Marian Evans Appearance, education, and acquirements Change in religious views; German translations; Continental travel Westminster Review; literary and scientific men Her alliance with George Henry Lewes Her life with him Literary labors First work of fiction, "Amos Barton," with criticism upon her qualities as a novelist, illustrated by the story "Mr. Gilfils Love Story" "Adam Bede" "The Mill on the Floss" "Silas Marner" "Romola" "Felix Holt" "Middlemarch" "Daniel Deronda" "Theophrastus Such" General characteristics of George Eliot Death of Mr. Lewes; her marriage with Mr. Cross Lofty position of George Eliot in literature Religious views and philosophical opinions Her failure as a teacher of morals Regret at her abandonment of Christianity
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME VII.
Madame de Récamier _After the painting by Baron Fran?ois Pascal Gérard_.
Abélard Teaching in the Paraclete _After the painting by A. Steinheil_.
Joan of Arc Hears the Voices After the painting by Eugene Thirion.
The Vision of St. Therese After the painting by Jean Brunet.
Reception of the Great Condé by Louis XIV _After the painting by J. L. Gér?me_.
Ministerial Conference of Louis XIV. at the Salon of Madam de Maintenon After the painting by John Gilbert.
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough _After the painting by Pieter van der Werff, Pitti Palace, Florence_.
Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough After the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
Mme. de Récamier _After the painting by Mlle. Morin_
Madame de Sta?l _After the painting by Mlle. de Godefroid, Versailles_.
Garrick and His Wife After the painting by William Hogarth.
Hannah More _After the painting by H.W. Pickersgill, A.R.A._.

BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY
HéLO?SE.
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A.D. 1101-1164.
LOVE.
When Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise, they yet found one flower, wherever they wandered, blooming in perpetual beauty. This flower represents a great certitude, without which few would be happy,--subtile, mysterious, inexplicable,--a great boon recognized alike by poets and moralists, Pagan and Christian; yea, identified not only with happiness, but human existence, and pertaining to the soul in its highest aspirations. Allied with the transient and the mortal, even with the