5), ran through eight editions. The single occurrence of Mrs.
Haywood's name on a title-page after 1730, if we except the two reprints
of "Secret Histories," was when the unacknowledged "Adventures of
Eovaai" (1736) re-appeared five years later as "The Unfortunate
Princess" with what seems to be a "fubbed" title-page for which the
author was probably not responsible. And the successful works referred
to by Professor Lounsbury were all either issued without any signature
or under such designations as "the Author of the Fortunate Foundlings,"
or "Mira, one of the Authors of the Female Spectator," or
"Exploralibus," so that even the reviewers sometimes appeared to be
ignorant of the writer's identity.

Moreover, Mrs. Haywood's re-establishment as an anonymous author seems
to have been a work of some difficulty, necessitating a ten years'
struggle against adversity. Between 1731 and 1741 she produced fewer
books than during any single year of her activity after the publication
of "Idalia" and before "The Dunciad." Her probable share in the "Secret
Memoirs of Mr. Duncan Campbel" was merely that of a hack writer, her
contributions to the "Opera of Operas" were of the most trifling nature,
and the two volumes of "L'Entretien des Beaux Esprits" were not
original. For six years after the "Adventures of Eovaai" she sent to
press no work now known to be hers, and not until the catch-penny
"Present for a Servant-Maid" (1743) and the anonymous "Fortunate
Foundlings" (1744) did her wares again attain the popularity of several
editions. All due credit must be allowed Mrs. Haywood for her persistent
efforts to regain her footing as a woman of letters, for during this
time she had little encouragement. Pope's attack did destroy her best
asset, her growing reputation as an author, but instead of following
Savage's ill-natured advice to turn washerwoman, she remained loyal to
her profession and in her later novels gained greater success than she
had ever before enjoyed. But it was only her dexterity that saved her
from literary annihilation.[20]

The lesson of her hard usage at the hands of Pope and his allies,
however, was not lost upon the adaptable dame. After her years of
silence Mrs. Haywood seems to have returned to the production of
perishable literature with less inclination for gallantry than she had
evinced in her early romances. Warm-blooded creature though she was,
Eliza could not be insensible to the cooling effect of age, a