THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

Buonaparte was among the visitors, and on one occasion she asked him, "whom do you think the greatest woman, dead or alive?"-p. 147.

GEMS OF WOMANHOOD;

OR,

SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED WOMEN IN VARIOUS

AGES AND NATIONS.

BY

SAMUEL MOSSMAN,

AUTHOR OF "HEROES OF DISCOVERY," ETC., ETC.

4 Coloured Steel Engravings.

GALL & INGLIS.

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