Contents

I AURORE DUPIN

II BARONNE DUDEVANT

III A FEMINIST OF 1832

IV THE ROMANTIC ESCAPADE

V THE FRIEND OF MICHEL (DE BOURGES)

VI A CASE OF MATERNAL AFFECTION IN LOVE

VII THE HUMANITARIAN DREAM

VIII 1848

IX THE ’BONNE DAME’ OF NOHANT

X THE GENIUS OF THE WRITER