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CONTENTS OF THE EDITION Volume 1 General Introduction Exemplary Women, Ancient and Modern Note on Copy Texts Woman Triumphant: Or, the Excellency of the Female Sex (1721) [John Essex], The Young Ladies Conduct: or, Rules for Education (1722) Female Piety and Virtue. A Poem (1725) Jane Sharp, extracts from The Compleat Midwife's Companion (1725) and Elizabeth Nihell, extracts from An Answer to the Author of the Critical Review ... Upon ... Mrs. Nihell's Treatise on the Art of Midwifery (1760) E[liza] S[mith], extracts from The Compleat Housewife, 2nd edn (1728) [George Lyttelton], Advice to a Lady (1733) Advice to the Fair: an Epistolary Essay (1738) A Letter to a Lady. In Praise of Female Learning (1739) Volume 2 Alexander Monro, The Professor's Daughter. An Essay on female Conduct [1739-45] Woman Not Inferior to Man (1739) Man Superior to Woman (1739) Wetenhall Wilkes, A Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady (1741) Volume 3 The Lady's Preceptor. Or, a Letter to a Young Lady of Distinction upon Politeness (1743) [Edward Moore], extracts from Fables for the Female Sex (1744) [David Fordyce], extracts from Dialogues concerning Education (1745) Volume 4 Extracts from The Art of Governing a Wife; with Rules for Batchelors (1747) Extracts from The Young Gentleman and Lady Instructed (1747) A Letter to a Lady, Concerning the Education of Female Youth (1749) The Bridegroom's Garland [1750?] [William Kenrick], The Whole Duty of Woman (1753) A Letter of Consolation to a Noble Lady, upon the Differences between Her and Her Lord (1753) Volume 5 Thomas Marriott, extracts from Female Conduct: being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing (1759) Sarah Pennington, An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to her Absent Daughters, 3rd edn (1761) Friendly Advice to the Fair Sex in Particular (1763) Volume 6 [Charles Allen], The Polite Lady: or, A Course of Female Education (1760) Benito Jerónimo Feijoo, An Essay on Woman, or, Physiological and Historical Defence of the Fair Sex (1768) Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Women Conduct of life Early works to 1800