Published in 11 issues between 1760 and 1761 and believed largely to be written and edited by Charlotte Lennox (it was marketed as “by the Author of The Female Quixote“), the Lady’s Museum educated and informed its readership through a variety of media including science, satire, letters to and from the editor, poetry, translation, history, philosophy, geography, travel writing, educational treatises, and the first serialized novel, _The History of Harriot and Sophia_, which Lennox would later publish as the novel _Sophia_. - Summary by Kelly Plante
Chapters
1 title page 1 min 2 The LADY's MUSEUM 2 min 3 The TRIFLER. [NUMBER I.] 13 min 4 OF THE STUDIES proper for WOMEN 14 min 5 THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA 37 min 6 A SONG, in PHILANDER. A Dramatic Pastoral 1 min 7 On reading a POEM written by a Lady of Quality 2 min 8 An ODE 2 min 9 To DEATH. An irregular ODE 2 min 10 THE HISTORY OF THE DUTCHESS of BEAUFORT 56 min 11 THE LADY's MUSEUM. The TRIFLER. [NUMBER II.] 7 min 12 Conclusion of the HISTORY of the DUTCHESS of BEAUFORT 26 min 13 THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED 28 min 14 AN ACCOUNT OF THE VESTAL VIRGINS 12 min 15 THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE 12 min 16 PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES 9 min 17 OF THE UNIVERSE AS CONSIDERED Under a GENERAL VIEW 21 min 18 THE LADY'S GEOGRAPHY 30 min 19 THE LADY's MUSEUM. The TRIFLER. [NUMBER III.] 7 min 20 THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED 31 min 21 TO THE Author of the LADY's MUSEUM 14 min 22 THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONTINUED 5 min 23 The following Essay, on the original inhabitants of Great Britain, is the composition of a noble|man, distinguished for his genius, taste, and learning 32 min 24 THE TRYAL OF THE MAID OF ORLEANS 28 min 25 PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES CONTINUED 22 min 26 THE LADY's MUSEUM. The TRIFLER. [NUMBER IV.] 4 min 27 TO THE Author of the LADY'S MUSEUM 3 min 28 THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT AND SOPHIA CONTINUED 25 min 29 TO THE Author of the LADY'S MUSEUM 14 min 30 TO THE Author of the LADY'S MUSEUM 8 min 31 ESSAY ON THE Original Inhabitants of GREAT BRITAIN CONTINUED 28 min 32 TO THE Author of the LADY's MUSEUM 10 min 33 [The following Treatise on the Education of Daughters is written by the celebrated Archbishop of Cambray, and translated by a Friend of the Author of the Museum.] 6 min 34 THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONTINUED 14 min 35 PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES CONTINUED 6 min 36 The Natural HISTORY of the FORMICA-LEO, or LION-PISMIRE 15 min 37 THE LADY's GEOGRAPHY CONTINUED 6 min 38 THE LADY's MUSEUM. The TRIFLER. [NUMBER V.] 3 min 39 TO THE AUTHOR of the TRIFLER 7 min 40 THE HISTORY OF HARRIOT and SOPHIA CONTINUED 30 min 41 TO THE Author of the LADY's MUSEUM 2 min 42 THE HISTORY OF BIANCA CAPELLO 15 min 43 ESSAY ON THE Original Inhabitants of GREAT BRITAIN, CONTINUED 27 min 44 TREATISE ON THE EDUCATION of DAUGHTERS 17 min 45 THE HISTORY OF THE COUNT DE COMMINGE CONTINUED 15 min 46 PHILOSOPHY FOR THE LADIES CONTINUED 18 min 47 THE LADY's GEOGRAPHY CONTINUED 5 min
