Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and index.
Introduction -- Some brothers and their sisters -- Mary Sidney (the Countess of Pembroke) -- Mary Ann Lamb -- Dorothy Wordsworth -- Elizabeth Whittier -- Sarianna Browning -- Hannah Macaulay (Lady Trevelyan) -- Sarah Disraeli -- Sophia Thoreau -- Eliza W.S. Parkman -- Authorities consulted -- Index