ThewritingsoftheHighChurchTorypamphleteerMaryAstell(1666-1731)arearemarkableandunderestimatcLicontributiontothec:onstitutionaldebateswhichushcrediiithemodemliberaldemocraticstate.AninterlocutorwithSwiftandDefoe，AstcllwasperhapsthefirstsystenlaticcriticofLocke'sentirecorpus，somethingwhichhasbeenoverlookedintheconsiderableliteraturecvaluatingthereceptionofLockc'sTwoTrcatisesonGovement.Astell'spoliticaJpamphletsReflectionsuponMarriage，AFairWaywiththeDissentcrsandAnImpartialEnquiryintotheOriginsofRebellionrantosomefiveeditionsinherlifetime，buthaveneverbeenreprintedintheircntirety.Thisnewedition　　makesaccessiblethemajorworksofafineEnglishstylistandimportantpoliticaltheorist.　　PatriciaSpringborgisaReaderintheDepartmentofGovernmentattheUniversityofSydnev，NewSouthWales.ShehasheldvisituigappointmentsattheUniversityofPennsylvania，theUniversityofCalifornia，Berkeley，andtheBrookingsInstitutioninWashington.HerpublicationsincludeTheProblemofHumanNccds(1981)，RoyalPersons(1990)andWestemRepublicanismandtheOrientalPrince(1992).