The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood by George Frisbie Whicher
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and Times of Daniel Defoe" this monograph is intended as a footnote.
G.F.W. URBANA, ILLINOIS. [a] Through the kindness of Professor J.M. Clapp I am provided with the following evidence of the decline of Eliza Haywood's popularity. In W. Bent's _General Catalogue of Books_ (1786) fourteen of her productions are advertised, namely: _Works_, 4 vols; _Clementina; Dalinda; Epistles for the Ladies; La Belle Assemblée; Female Spectator; Fortunate Foundlings; Fruitless Enquiry; Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy; Betsy Thoughtless; The Husband; Invisible Spy; Life's Progress through the Passions; Virtuous Villager_. In 1791 only four--_Clementina; Dalinda; Female Spectator; Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy_--appeared in Bent's _London Catalogue_, and of these the first two had fallen in value from 3/6 to 3 shillings. CONTENTS I. ELIZA HAYWOOD'S LIFE II. SHORT ROMANCES OF PASSION III. THE DUNCAN CAMPBELL PAMPHLETS IV. SECRET HISTORIES AND SCANDAL NOVELS |
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