Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: Volume 1 : With a View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent among Women of Rank and Fortune (Paperback, New ed)

Introduction; 1. Address to women of rank and fortune, on the effects of their influence on society; 2. On the education of women; 3. External improvements; 4. Comparison of the mode of female education in the last ages with the present; 5. On the religious employment of time; 6. Filial obedience not the character of the age; 7. On female study, and initiation into knowledge; 8. On the religious and moral use of history and geography; 9. On the use of definitions, and the moral benefits of accuracy in language; 10. On religion; 11. On the manner of instructing young persons in religion; 12. Hints suggested for furnishing young persons with a scheme of prayer.