F to Divert and Entertain, and at the same time to Instruct, and Improve the Minds of the Youth of both Sexes:
IF to inculcate Religion and Morality in so easy and agreeable a manner, as shall render them equally delightful and profitable to the younger Class of Readers, as well as worthy of the Attention of Persons of maturer Years and Understandings:
IF to set forth in the most exemplary Lights, the Parental, the Filial, and the Social Duties, and that from low to high Life:
IF to paint Vice in its proper Colours, to make it deservedly Odious; and to set Virtue in its own amiable Light, to make it truly Lovely:
IF to draw Characters justly, and to support them equally:
IF to raise a Distress from natural Causes, and to excite Compassion from proper Motives:
IF to teach the Man of Fortune how to use it; the Man of Passion how to subdue it; and the Man of Intrigue, how, gracefully, and with Honour to himself, to reclaim:
IF to give practical Examples, worthy to be followed in the most critical and affecting Cases, by the modest Virgin, the chaste Bride, and the obliging Wife:
IF to effect all these good Ends, in so probable, so natural, so lively a manner, as shall engage the Passions of every sensible Reader, and strongly interest them in the edifying Story: