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The ladies dictionary; being a general entertainment for the fair-sex: : a work never attempted before in English. Licens'd and enter'd according to order
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The lady's magazine, or entertaining companion for the fair sex, appropriated solely to their use and amusement
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There are 376 pieces of manuscripts, the majority of which are by Olive Percival. The manuscripts comprise of biographical sketches, diaries, notebooks, poems, short stories, typescripts, and miscellaneous notes. There are 122 pieces of correspondence, the majority of which are by Ellen Dame Terry writing to Anna Held. It is arranged alphabetically then by date. Correspondence relating to Olive Percival mainly concerns letters from her friends and publisher. There are 341 pieces of ephemera. It is arranged by type and subject, and consists of an appointment book, bookmarks, bookplates, bulletins, empty envelopes, fliers, invoices, legal documents, military records, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, excerpts of periodicals, receipts, scrapbooks, tracts, and miscellaneous United States permits and a passport. The majority of the ephemera relates to Sheffield, Illinois, where Olive Percival was born.
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[Baker, Looe]. "Hear ye fair daughters of this happy land:" [extract from The Lady's Magazine; Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex…]
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Mundus muliebris: or, The ladies dressing-room unlock'd, and her toilette spread. : In burlesque. Together with the fop-dictionary, compiled for the use of the fair sex
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A comical work about the conduct of ladies
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