MARKMAN ELLIS is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at Queen Mary University of London. JACK ORCHARD is Content Editor of the Electronic Enlightenment project based at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford NICOLE POHL is Professor Emerita at Oxford Brookes University. She is the Academic Editor of Electronic Enlightenment at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword: 'Bringing Elizabeth Montagu to the World' - Joanna Barker and Nicole PohlIntroduction: 'The Prospect of Improvement: Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain' - Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard Section One1. 'Idioms of Improvement: Gender and Social Relations on the Montagu Estates, 1730-1800' - Steve Hindle2. 'Religious Faith, Class Politics, and Equitable Progress: James Woodhouse and Elizabeth Montagu's Contending Visions of Improvement' - Adam Bridgen and Steve Van Hagen3. 'Cultivating Wilderness' - Ve-Yin Tee Section Two4. 'Another Little Excursion": On Tour with Mrs Montagu and Lord Lyttelton' - Michael Cousins5. 'Cultivating Land, Literature, Letters: Textualities of Improvement in Elizabeth Montagu's Travels in Scotland' - Millie Schurch6. '"She had no eyes nor understanding to see that it was not a common vulgar garden": Mary Delany's Landscapes of Improvement' - Kristina Decker7. 'Ladies of Landscape: The Discovery of Lady Harriett Garnier's ferme ornée at Rookesbury, Hampshire' - Rosemary Baird Andreae Section Three8. 'The Genius of Rest ... those Happy Groves Inspired': Literary Composition, Coterie Sociability, and the Gardens at Wrest Park' - Jemima Hubberstey9. '"Fate led me from my lov'd retreat": the city and the country in Elizabeth Harcourt's writings' - Mary Chadwick10. '"Death's Refreshing Shade": Elizabeth Carter, 'Church-yard Poetry' and Contemplative Retirement in the Gardens of the Dead' - James Metcalf Afterword: 'Bluestocking Landscapes' - Stephen BendingBibliography

MARKMAN ELLIS is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at Queen Mary University of London. JACK ORCHARD is Content Editor of the Electronic Enlightenment project based at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford NICOLE POHL is Professor Emerita at Oxford Brookes University. She is the Academic Editor of Electronic Enlightenment at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword: 'Bringing Elizabeth Montagu to the World' - Joanna Barker and Nicole PohlIntroduction: 'The Prospect of Improvement: Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain' - Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard Section One1. 'Idioms of Improvement: Gender and Social Relations on the Montagu Estates, 1730-1800' - Steve Hindle2. 'Religious Faith, Class Politics, and Equitable Progress: James Woodhouse and Elizabeth Montagu's Contending Visions of Improvement' - Adam Bridgen and Steve Van Hagen3. 'Cultivating Wilderness' - Ve-Yin Tee Section Two4. 'Another Little Excursion": On Tour with Mrs Montagu and Lord Lyttelton' - Michael Cousins5. 'Cultivating Land, Literature, Letters: Textualities of Improvement in Elizabeth Montagu's Travels in Scotland' - Millie Schurch6. '"She had no eyes nor understanding to see that it was not a common vulgar garden": Mary Delany's Landscapes of Improvement' - Kristina Decker7. 'Ladies of Landscape: The Discovery of Lady Harriett Garnier's ferme ornée at Rookesbury, Hampshire' - Rosemary Baird Andreae Section Three8. 'The Genius of Rest ... those Happy Groves Inspired': Literary Composition, Coterie Sociability, and the Gardens at Wrest Park' - Jemima Hubberstey9. '"Fate led me from my lov'd retreat": the city and the country in Elizabeth Harcourt's writings' - Mary Chadwick10. '"Death's Refreshing Shade": Elizabeth Carter, 'Church-yard Poetry' and Contemplative Retirement in the Gardens of the Dead' - James Metcalf Afterword: 'Bluestocking Landscapes' - Stephen BendingBibliography

MARKMAN ELLIS is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at Queen Mary University of London. JACK ORCHARD is Content Editor of the Electronic Enlightenment project based at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford NICOLE POHL is Professor Emerita at Oxford Brookes University. She is the Academic Editor of Electronic Enlightenment at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword: 'Bringing Elizabeth Montagu to the World' - Joanna Barker and Nicole PohlIntroduction: 'The Prospect of Improvement: Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain' - Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard Section One1. 'Idioms of Improvement: Gender and Social Relations on the Montagu Estates, 1730-1800' - Steve Hindle2. 'Religious Faith, Class Politics, and Equitable Progress: James Woodhouse and Elizabeth Montagu's Contending Visions of Improvement' - Adam Bridgen and Steve Van Hagen3. 'Cultivating Wilderness' - Ve-Yin Tee Section Two4. 'Another Little Excursion": On Tour with Mrs Montagu and Lord Lyttelton' - Michael Cousins5. 'Cultivating Land, Literature, Letters: Textualities of Improvement in Elizabeth Montagu's Travels in Scotland' - Millie Schurch6. '"She had no eyes nor understanding to see that it was not a common vulgar garden": Mary Delany's Landscapes of Improvement' - Kristina Decker7. 'Ladies of Landscape: The Discovery of Lady Harriett Garnier's ferme ornée at Rookesbury, Hampshire' - Rosemary Baird Andreae Section Three8. 'The Genius of Rest ... those Happy Groves Inspired': Literary Composition, Coterie Sociability, and the Gardens at Wrest Park' - Jemima Hubberstey9. '"Fate led me from my lov'd retreat": the city and the country in Elizabeth Harcourt's writings' - Mary Chadwick10. '"Death's Refreshing Shade": Elizabeth Carter, 'Church-yard Poetry' and Contemplative Retirement in the Gardens of the Dead' - James Metcalf Afterword: 'Bluestocking Landscapes' - Stephen BendingBibliography