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| Title | The young woman's guide to excellence (frontispiece) |
| Author | Alcott, William A. (William Andrus), 1798-1859 |
| Publisher | Peirce, Charles H.
Binney and Otheman
W.J. Reynolds and Company
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| Publisher Location | United States--Massachusetts--Boston |
| Publication Date | 1847 |
| Printer | Rand, George C.
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| Illustrator | Pelton, O.
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Illustrated with uncolored wood engravings.
Thirteenth edition.
"The author discusses the type of education and character development suitable to the true woman." (Source: OCLC record)
Although the author states in his preface that he does "not propose to give a complete manual of the social and moral duties of young women", this book covers chapters on: Female Responsiblities, Love of Improvement, Self-command, Decision of Character, Reasoning and Originality, Detraction and Scandal, Love of Domestic Concerns, Frugality and Economy, Punctuality, Rest and Sleep, Visiting, Dosing and Drugging, Intellectual Improvement, and Moral Progress. The sub-topics include: The work of self-education the work of life - a never-ending progress upward to the throne of God; Palsy of the moral sensibilities; Females not expected to be reasoners; Passive enjoyments sometimes wrong; Indolence in females; Female capabilities - Doing every thing in the best possible manner; Misery and danger of indecision; Particular need of a reform in cookery; Reasons for loving domestic life; The moral lessons of domestic life; A well ordered home a miniature of heaven; Evil of being one minute too late; How Christian visits should be conducted; and, Eating between our meals - its mischiefs.
The frontispiece depicts a woman sitting under an arbor and sewing. Beside her is an instrument.
A full text version of this title is available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=Mw8SAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=&f=false |
| Contextual Notes | William Andrus Alcott was a physician and teacher who wrote many books on the topics of education and health, and who warned young people about the dangers of courtship. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Young women -- Conduct of life; Etiquette for women |
| Category | Manners and social etiquette
Home economics and domestic life
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0373 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection HQ1229.A32 1847 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 356 p.: illustrated; 16 x 10.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Photographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist A.57 |
