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CONTENTS.
CHAP. VÌ.
Page
Filial obedience not the character of the age. A compar.
ison with the preceding age in this respect. Those
who cultivate the mind advised to study the nature of
the soil. Unpromising children often make strong
sharacters. Teachers too apt to devote their pains
almost exclusively to children of parts
CHAP. VII.
78
On female study, and initiation into knowledge. Error of
cultivating the imagination to the neglect of the judg-
ment. Books of reasoning recommended
89
CHAP. VIII.
On the religious and moral use of history and geography
99
CHAP. IX.
On the use of definitions, and the moral benefits of accura-
cy in language
110
CHAP. X.
On religion. The necessity and duty of early instruction
shewn by analogy with human learning
115
CHAP. XI.
On the manner of instructing young persons in religion,
125
general remarks on the genius of christianity
CHAP. XII.
Hints suggested for furnishing young persons with a
139
scheme of prayer
CONTENTS
OT
THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAP. XIII.
Page.
THE practical use of female knowledge, with a sketch of
the female character, and a comparative view of the
sexes
CHAP. XIV.
Conversation. Hints suggested on the subject: On the
tempers and dispositions to be introduced in it. Errors.
, to be avoided. Vanity under various shapes the cause
of those errors
22
CHAP. XV.
On the danger of an ill directed sensibility
44
CHAP. XVI.
On dissipation, and the modern habits of fashionable life
60