Letters on the Improvement of the Mind: Addressed to a Young Lady

Hester Chapone

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107051133

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Addressed to a Young Lady

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Hester Chapone

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: October 2014
Print publication year:: 2013
Online ISBN:: 9781107051133
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107051133

Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Education
Subjects:: Education, Education, History, Theory

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Originally published in 1773 in two volumes, and now reissued here together in one, this work by the writer Hester Chapone (1727–1801), a renowned proponent of female education, contains advice delivered in the form of letters to her niece. The first volume deals primarily with matters of religion and morality, while the second volume addresses questions of behaviour and schooling. Unusually for self-improvement books of this era, Chapone recommends that a young woman should have a rigorous education in a wide variety of subjects, including ancient history and geography, as well as instruction in ladylike deportment and mastery of household matters. She exhorts young ladies to avoid vanity and other vices through devoted study of scripture, and writes of the importance of choosing worthy and sensible friends who can be trusted to offer good advice. Chapone's posthumously published works, in two volumes, are also reissued in this series.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Dedication
pp iii-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

VOL. I

LET. I - On the First Principles of Religion
pp 1-18

LET. II - On the Study of the holy Scriptures
pp 19-41

LET. III - On the Study of the holy Scriptures
pp 42-61

LET. IV - On the Regulation of the Heart and Affections
pp 62-79

LET. V - On the Regulation of the Heart and Affections
pp 80-116

VOL. II
pp 117-118

LET. VI - On the Government of the Temper
pp 119-146

LET. VII - On Oeconomy
pp 147-173

LET. VIII - On Politeness and Accomplishments
pp 174-206

LET. IX - On Geography and Chronology
pp 207-226

LET. X - On the Manner and Course of reading History
pp 227-256

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