The Female Mentor: Or, Select Conversations (Two Volumes in One)

Honoria

John Hoff, 1802

[The Role of Women: Women's Education] First American edition. 2 volumes bound in 1. 12mo. Bound in contemporary calf.  Front joint split.  Shelfworn.  Minor spotting, but generally sound internally.  (1) 162; 154 (2). First printed in London, 1793.  A conduct and lesson book inspired by Fenelon, with biographies of inspiring women of history, chapters on the study of nature, music and dance. There is much advocacy of female education, with an extended dialogue on its propriety. Shaw & Shoemaker 2220.