The young lady's pocket library, or, Parental monitor

Author(s)

• Gregory, John
• Pennington, Sarah, Lady, d. 1783
• Lambert, Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de
• Moore, Edward
• Jones, Vivien

Bibliographic Information

The young lady's pocket library, or, Parental monitor

with a new introduction by Vivien Jones

（For her own good : a series of conduct books）

Thoemmes Press, 1995

Note

Reprint. Originally published: Dublin: Printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for John Archer, 1790

Bibliography: p. [xlv]-xlix

Contents of Works

• A father's legacy to his daughters / by the late Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh
• An unfortunate mother's advice to her absent daughters, in a letter to Miss Pennington / by the late Lady Pennington
• Advice of a mother to her daughter / by the Marchioness de Lambert
• Fables for the female sex / by Edward Moore

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection, for marriageable daughters of the 18th century, contains advice from mothers and fathers on how not only to behave correctly, but how to survive the contemporary restrictive ideals of femininity.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA25686823
• ISBN:
  • 1855063824
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bristol
• Pages/Volumes: xlix, vii, 311 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 938.6
  • DC20 : 828.608
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA25687054