The Leadbeater Papers; a Selection From the Mss. and Correspondence of Mary Leadbeater; Volume I

This collection of papers by Mary Leadbeater, edited by George Crabbe and Melesina Chenevix, offers a fascinating portrait of a remarkable woman and her intellectual milieu. A writer and philanthropist, Leadbeater corresponded with many of the leading figures of her day, and these letters and essays shed light on the literary, political, and social history of eighteenth-century Ireland.