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STRICTURES ON THE MODERN SYSTEM OF FEMALE
EDUCATION.
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I.
ADDRESS TO WOMEN OF RANK AND FORTUNE, ON THE FFFECTS
ON SOCIETY SUGGESTIONS FOR THE
EXERTION OF IT IN VARIOUS INSTANCES
OF THEIR
INFLUENCE
PAGE
360
363
CHAPTER II.
ON THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN-THE PREVAILING SYSTEM TFNDS
TO ESTABLISH THE ERRORS WHICH IT OUGHT TO CORRECT-
DANGERS ARISING FROM AN EXCESSIVE CULTIVATION
OF THR
COMPARISON OF THE MODE OF FEMALE EDUCATION IN THE LAST
AGE WITH THE PRESENT
CHAPTER V.
ON THE RELIGIOUS EMPLOYMENT OF TIME ON THE MANNER IN
WHICH HOLIDAYS
PASSED SELFISHNESS AND INCONSIDER-
ARE
ATION CONSIDERED-DANGERS ARISING FROM THE WORLD
CHAPTER VI.
ON THE EARLY FORMING OF HABITS-ON THE NECESSITY OF
FORMING THE JUDGMENT TO DIRECT THOSE HABITS
CHAPTER VII.
FILIAL OBEDIENCE NOT THE CHARACTER OF THE AGEA COM-
PARISON 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
TOO APT ΤΟ DEVOTE THEIR PAINS
CHARACTERS-TEACHERS
388
. 392
.397
404
ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY TO CHILDREN OF PARTS
409
CHAPTER VIII.
ON FEMALE STUDY, AND INITIATION INTO KNOWLEDGE-FRROR OF
CULTIVATING THE IMAGINATION ΤΟ THE NEGLECT OF THE
JUDGMENT-BOOKS OF REASONING RECOMMENDED
416
CHAPTER IX.
ON THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL USE OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
ON THE USE OF DEFINITIONS, AND THE MORAL BENEFITS OF
ACCURACY IN LANGUAGE
430
CHAPTER XI.
ON RELIGION-THE NECESSITY AND DUTY OF EARLY INSTRUCTION,
SHOWN BY ANALOGY WITH HUMAN LEARNING
434
CHAPTER XII.
ON THE MANNER OF INSTRUCTING YOUNG PERSONS IN KELIGION-
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE GENIUS OF CHRISTIANITY
440
THE PRACTICAL USE OF FEMALE KNOWLEDGE, WITH A SKETCH OF
THE FEMALE CHARACTER, AND A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE SEXES
450
455
467
483
CHAPTER XVII.
ON DISSIPATION, AND THE MODERN HABITS OF FASHIONABLE LIFE
495
ON THE LEADING DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY—THE CORRUPTION
DOCTRINE OF REDEMPTION-THE
OF HUMAN
NATURE-THE
NECESSITY OF A CHANGE OF HEART, AND OF THE DIVINE IN-
FLUENCES TO PRODUCE THAT CHANGE-WITH A SKETCH OF THE
CHRISTIAN CHARACTER
CHAPTER XXI.
ON THE DUTY AND EFFICACY OF PRAYER
517
. 528
543
MORAL ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM THE STUDY OF HISTORY,
INDEPENDENT OF THE EXAMPLES IT EXHIBITS-HISTORY PROVES
THE CORRUPTION OF HUMAN NATURE-IT
. 591
. 597
.599
. 603
DEMONSTRATES THE
ILLUSTRATED BY
.608
CHAPTER XV.
ON THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS OF CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER XVI.
ON THE SCRIPTURE EVIDENCES OF CHRISTIANITY-THE CHRISTIAN
RELIGION PECULIARLY ADAPTED TO THE EXIGENCIES OF MAN,
AND ESPECIALLY CALCULATED ΤΟ SUPPLY THE DEFECTS OF
HEATHEN PHILOSOPHY
614
618
THE USE OF HISTORY IN TEACHING THE CHOICE OF FAVOURITES—
FLATTERY-OUR TASTE IMPROVED IN THE ARTS OF ADULATION-
THE DANGERS OF FLATTERY EXEMPLIFIED
. 627
THE IMPORTANCE OF ROYAL EXAMPLE IN PROMOTING LOYALTY-ON
FALSE PATRIOTISM-PUBLIC SPIRIT
CHAPTER XXII.
647
ON THE GRACES OF DEPORTMENT-THE
DISPOSITIONS NECESSARY
FOR BUSINESS-HABITS OF DOMESTIC LIFE
654
CHAPTER XXIII.
ON THE CHOICE OF SOCIETY-SINCERITY THE BOND OF FAMILIAR
INTERCOURSE-LIBERALITY-INSTANCES
PRINCES-ON RAISING THE TONE OF
"MANNERS
OF INGRATITUDE IN
CONVERSATION AND OF
. 657
HINTS, &c.-continued.
CHAPTER XXIV.
ON THE ART OF MORAL CALCULATION, AND MAKING A TRUE ESTI-
MATE OF THINGS AND PERSONS
CHAPTER XXV.
ON ERRONEOUS
JUDGMENT-CHARACTER OF QUEEN CHRISTINA OF
SWEDEN-COMPARISON OF CHRISTINA WITH ALFRED
CHAPTER XXVI.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV. AND ON VOLTAIRE
CHAPTER XXVII.
. 663
668
671
FARTHER OBSERVATIONS ON LOUIS XIV. AN EXAMINATION OF THE
CLAIMS OF THOSE PRINCES WHO HAVE OBTAINED THE APFELLA-
TION OF THE GREAT
. 677
ON THE ABUSE OF TERMS-ENTHUSIASM-SUPERSTITION-ZEAL FOR
RELIGIOUS OPINIONS NO PROOF OF RELIGION
714
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE REFORMATION
CHAPTER XXXVI.
721
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND OBSERVANCES
THEY ARE SUITED TO THE NATURE OF CHRISTIANITY, AND
PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO THE CHARACTER OF MAN
725
CHAPTER XXXVII.
OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF ENGLAND
.729
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
SUPERINTENDENCE OF PROVIDENCE MANIFESTED IN THE LOCAL
CIRCUMSTANCES, AND IN THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF
THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED-TOLERANT SPIRIT OF THE CHURCH
-CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH LED TO THE REVOLUTION, AND TO THE
PROVIDENTIAL SUCCESSION OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER
744
THOUGHTS ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE HEART AND TEMPER
IN THE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS.
787
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION TO THE FEMALE CHARAC-
TER.
793
MISCELLANEOUS
OBSERVATIONS ON
GENIUS,-TASTE,-GOOD
SENSE, ETC.
799