The Original Chapter "on religious studies" has been submitted to those, whose opinions, matured by experience, I have been anxious to obtain; and it has received the sanction of their approbation.
If the Work fail of success, it will not be from the want of spirit in the Publisher; for it is accompanied with considerable beauty of type and paper, and elegance of ornament.
The design is every way worthy of the ingenious artist by whom it was executed, and who has long been known to the world from the taste and fidelity of his pencil. The engraving, by Mr. Freeman, will convince the public that he requires only to be known, to be more generally encouraged.
T. F. D.
Terrace, Kensington,
June 2, 1805.
CONTENTS.
| [PREFACE] |
| [CHAPTER I.] |
| IMPORTANCE OF FEMALE EDUCATION |
| [CHAPTER II.] |
| ERRORS IN ORDINARY EDUCATION |
| [CHAPTER III.] |
| FIRST FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION |
| [CHAPTER IV.] |
| THE DANGER OF IMITATION |
| [CHAPTER V.] |
| INDIRECT INSTRUCTIONS |
| [CHAPTER VI.] |
| USE OF HISTORY |
| [CHAPTER VII.] |
| PRINCIPLES OF RELIGION |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] |
| ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
| [CHAPTER IX.] |
| ORDINARY DEFECTS AMONG GIRLS |
| [CHAPTER X.] |
| VANITY OF BEAUTY AND DRESS |
| [CHAPTER XI.] |
| INSTRUCTION OF WOMEN IN THEIR DUTIES |
| [CHAPTER XII.] |
| CONTINUATION OF THE DUTIES OF WOMEN |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] |
| OF GOVERNESSES |