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492 other works, is well known by the following, which are her best: 1, La Tyrannie des Fées Detruites, ou l'Origine de la Machine de Marli, 12mo.; 2, Le Revenant, 12mo.; 3, La Princesse Lionette et le Prince Coquerio, 12mo. 1743; 4, La Princesse Coque d'Œuf et le Prince Bonbon, 12mo. 1745; 5, Blancherose, conte, 12mo. 1751; 6, Amadis des Gaules (réduits à), 4 vols, 12mo.; 7, Les Hauts Faits d'Esplandian (réduits à), 2 vols. 12mo.; 8, Leonille, nouvelle, 12mo. 2 vols, 1755. Letters on the French Nation.

father gave her a polite and liberal education, which being improved by an excellent genius, she became exquisitely skilled in all kinds of needlework, was a curious calligrapher, or fine writer; a great proficient in arithmetic; played skilfully on several sorts of music; and was a complete mistress of the Latin, Italian, and Spanish tongues. She was a virtuous and religious woman, and died 1537, aged 27.

herself by her poetical talents, which she