The new female instructor; or, Young woman's guide to domestic happiness : containing general rules for the regulation of female conduct, and the formation of moral habits; together with the elements of science, as geography, astronomy, natural history, botany, &c. ... being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life.

Date:
1837
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Credit: The new female instructor; or, Young woman's guide to domestic happiness : containing general rules for the regulation of female conduct, and the formation of moral habits; together with the elements of science, as geography, astronomy, natural history, botany, &c. ... being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    price and magnitude, should be accessible to all. To meet this demand, the present work has been attempted; and the writer trusts that.it will contribute to render every one of its fair readers, an intelligent and pleasing companion — a respectable mother of a family—an agreeable friend, or a useful member of society. The “ Guide to Domestic Happiness” commences with some observations on dress, manners, introduction into com- pany, amusements, conversation, letter-writing, and em- ployment of time. As it is intended to unite habits of usefulness with cultivation of talent, “Domestic Economy” occupies the next place. Love, that inmate of every breast, matured by courtship, naturally leads us to considerations before marriage—duties of the marriage state — management of infants — and the education of children. To write a legible hand, and to cast accompts with accu- racy, are so indispensably necessary to every female, that some space has been devoted to the consideration of these important subjects; particularly the latter, in the treatment of which will be found much novel and useful information. An easy and natural transition is next made to English Grammar, without a knowledge of which, the acquisition of reading and writing would be almost in vain. To these succeed an abridged and popular outline of the sciences of Geography and Astronomy: without which we remain in degrading and culpable ignorance of the world we inhabit, as well as of all those other bodies which move in connexion with it, in wondrous order and harmony. From the general view of the world, which a knowledge of Geography affords, we derive a subject of interesting in- quiry,—when, and how was it created ; what are the beings with which it is peopled; and how have they been employed since their first residence upon it? The answer to these