Mental improvement / Priscilla Wakefield ; edited with introduction and notes by Ann B. Shteir.
Lessons for young people on a wide variety of topics, from whaling and seashells to painting on glass and the origin of navigation, are presented in fictional conversations of an eighteenth-century family.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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East Lansing :
Colleagues Press,
©1995.
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| Series: | Early English women writers, 1660-1800 ;
no. 4. |
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| Summary: | Lessons for young people on a wide variety of topics, from whaling and seashells to painting on glass and the origin of navigation, are presented in fictional conversations of an eighteenth-century family. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the original two-volume version from 1794, originally titled: Mental improvement : or, the beauties and wonders of nature and art, conveyed in a series of instructive conversations. |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 171 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xix-xxi) |
| ISBN: | 0937191515 |