The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood

The purpose of the following study is not to revive the reputation of a forgotten author or to suggest that Mrs. Haywood may yet "come into her own." For the lover of eighteenth century fashions her numerous pages have indeed a stilted early Georgian charm but with the passing of Ramillies wigs and velveteen small-clothes the popularity of her novels vanished once for all.