LIST OF BOOKS
RECENTLY PUBLISHED, AND PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION,
BY
C. S. FRANCIS & CO.
252 BROADWAY,
New-York.
I.
HISTORY OF THE CONDITION OF WOMEN IN VARIOUS AGES AND COUNTRIES.
BY L. MARIA CHILD. 2 vols.
II.
THE DREAM, AND OTHER POEMS.
BY HON. MRS. NORTON.
III.
THE CHILD OF THE ISLANDS. A Poem.
BY HON. MRS. NORTON.
IV.
MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF FELICIA HEMANS, BY HER SISTER,
With an Essay on her Genius, by Mrs. Sigourney.
V.
ZENOBIA; OR THE FALL OF PALMYRA.
BY REV. WM. WARE. 2 vols. A new edition.
VI.
TRAGEDIES AND POEMS.
BY T. NOON TALFOURD.
VII.
LALLA ROOKH.
BY THOMAS MOORE. A new edition.
VIII.
THE EPICUREAN.
BY THOMAS MOORE. A new edition.
IX.
POEMS AND ORATIONS OF CHARLES SPRAGUE.
X.
COMPLETE WORKS OF FELICIA HEMANS. WITH MEMOIR BY HER SISTER,
And Essay by Mrs. Sigourney. In seven volumes. Large type. Beautifully printed.
XI.
ANOTHER EDITION OF MRS. HEMANS’ COMPLETE WORKS.
In three volumes.—Large type.
XII.
JULIAN; OR SCENES IN JUDEA BY THE AUTHOR OF ZENOBIA.
XIII.
LETTERS FROM NEW YORK.
BY L. MARIA CHILD.
XIV.
LETTERS FROM NEW YORK.
Second Series.
BY L. MARIA CHILD.
XV.
MENTAL AND MORAL CULTURE AND POPULAR EDUCATION.
BY S. S. RANDALL.
XVI.
A NEW HOME—WHO’LL FOLLOW?
BY MRS. KIRKLAND.
XVII.
THE MOTHER’S BOOK.
BY L. MARIA CHILD.
XVIII.
POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.
In seven volumes. With illustrations.
XIX.
GOOD WIVES.
BY L. MARIA CHILD.
XX.
SORROWS OF ROSALIE, AND OTHER POEMS.
BY MRS. NORTON.
XXI.
THE UNDYING ONE, AND OTHER POEMS.
BY MRS. NORTON.
XXII.
MEMOIRS OF MADAME DE STAEL AND OF MADAME ROLAND.
BY L. MARIA CHILD.
XXIII.
POEMS OF THOMAS CAMPBELL. Complete.
A new edition.
XXIV.
THE WISDOM AND GENIUS OF SHAKSPERE.
BY REV. THOMAS PRICE.
XXV.
WARRENIANA.
With Notes—Critical and Explanatory.
XXVI.
DRAMAS ON THE PASSIONS.
BY JOANNA BAILLIE.
XXVII.
POEMS OF JOANNA BAILLIE.
XXVIII.
MEMOIRS OF LADY RUSSELL AND OF MADAME GUION.
BY L. MARIA CHILD.
XXIX.
SPECIMENS OF THE EARLY ENGLISH POETS.
BY GEORGE ELLIS.
XXX.
LEGENDS OF LAMPIDOSA, AND SECRETS OF CABALISM.
XXXI.
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS’ DISCOURSES ON PAINTING.
THE
MOTHER’S BOOK.
BY L. MARIA CHILD,
AUTHOR OF THE FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE, THE GIRL’S OWN BOOK, PHILOTHEA, LETTERS FROM NEW YORK, &C.
The child is father of the man;
And I could wish his days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
Wordsworth.
Do you ask, then, what will educate your son? Your example will educate him; your conversation; the business he sees you transact; the likings and dislikings you express,—these will educate him; the society you live in will educate him.—Mrs. Barbauld.
SIXTH EDITION,
WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR.
NEW YORK:
C. S. FRANCIS & CO., 252 BROADWAY.
BOSTON:
JOSEPH H. FRANCIS, 128 WASHINGTON STREET.
1846.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844,
BY C. S. FRANCIS & CO.,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
TO
AMERICAN MOTHERS,
ON
WHOSE INTELLIGENCE AND DISCRETION
THE
SAFETY AND PROSPERITY
OF OUR
REPUBLIC SO MUCH DEPEND,
This Volume
IS
RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.