Mary Wilson  

"A lady of 70 or 80 years of age can at pleasure enjoy a fine robust youth of 20; and to elevate the mind to the sublimest raptures of love" --The Voluptuarian Cabinet, cited in The Secret Museum, page 62

"Of the erotic books which Mary Wilson published and had translated I might mention a translation of the Puttana errante of Aretino (‘ The Accomplished Whore ’, London, 1827); the Education de Laura by Mirabeau (‘ The Curtain Drawn Up, or the Education of Laura,’ as Vol. Ill of the Voluptarian Cabinet, London, 1824); also The Spirit of Flagellation, London, 1827. One erotic book. The Mysteries of Venus, which bears the name of Mary Wilson, was not written by her, but first appeared in Naples at a much later date, 1882."--Sexual Life in England: Past and Present