The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Ladies' Vase, by An American Lady

Title: The Ladies' Vase

Polite Manual for Young Ladies

Author: An American Lady

Release Date: October 4, 2005 [eBook #16802]

Language: English

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THE

LADIES' VASE;

OR

POLITE MANUAL

FOR

YOUNG LADIES.

Original and Selected.

BY AN

AMERICAN LADY.

EIGHTH EDITION.

HARTFORD:
H.S. PARSONS AND CO.
1849.

Stereotyped by
RICHARD H. HOBBS.
Hartford, Conn.

PREFACE.

So many volumes have already appeared before the public, similar in character to this little work, that it is with feelings of diffidence we bring our humble offering, especially when we consider the rich merit possessed by many of its predecessors. But our apology must be found in the fact that these publications are, from their size, and consequent expense, inaccessible to many of the class whose improvement they are so well adapted to promote. Considering the formation of female character and manners a matter of inestimable importance, especially at the present age, swayed as it is by moral rather than by physical force, we have carefully availed ourselves of the best advice of some of our most judicious writers on female education; and, by presenting our work in a cheaper form than any of this class which is now before the public, hope to render it attainable to all those for whom it is especially designed.

April 16, 1847.

CONTENTS.