CHARACTERISTICS

OF

WOMEN,

MORAL, POETICAL, AND HISTORICAL,

BY ANNA JAMESON.

THE AUTHOR'S EDITION.

ILLUSTRATED BY A SERIES OF HER OWN VIGNETTE ETCHINGS,
WITH A NEW PREFACE, ORIGINAL NOTES AND OTHER

IMPORTANT ADDITIONS.

NEW YORK:

SAUNDERS AND OTLEY, ANN STREET.

MDCCCXXXVII.

HARVARD COLL..

FROM THE LIBRAR

MRS. ELLEN HAVEN RUSS
JUNE 28, 1938

ENTERED according to Act of Congress in the year 1836,
BY ANNA JAMESON,
In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York....

NEW-YORK:

CRAIGHEAD & ALLEN, PRINTERS,
FULTON STREET, CORNER OF DUTCH.

TO MRS. PIERCE BUTLER,

OF PHILADELPHIA.

I have particular pleasure, my dearest Fanny, in once more dedicating to you, by your new name, in a new land, this little book, which in its progress you cherished, and which without you would, in all probability, have never been published.

"Lieti Giorni, e felici."

January 1, 1837.

Your affectionate friend,

A. J.