The new female instructor; or, Young woman's guide to domestic happiness : being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life: with examples of illustrious women. To which are added, advice to servants; a complete art of cookery, and plain directions for carving: also, a great variety of medicinal and other useful receipts in domestic economy; and numerous interesting articles, forming a complete storehouse of valuable knowledge.

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[1824]
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Credit: The new female instructor; or, Young woman's guide to domestic happiness : being an epitome of all the acquirements necessary to form the female character, in every class of life: with examples of illustrious women. To which are added, advice to servants; a complete art of cookery, and plain directions for carving: also, a great variety of medicinal and other useful receipts in domestic economy; and numerous interesting articles, forming a complete storehouse of valuable knowledge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    ADVERTISEMENT. The present sera is as remarkable for the number, as for the excellence of those works which are in- tended to form the Female Character, and which combine both useful and ornamental instruction. Yet, among all the books on this subject, hitherto presented to the Public, we know of none which are entirely calculated for the Female in every class of life. The “ New Female Instructor” is now offered to supply this deficiency, and the Author trusts that it will contribute to render every one of its fair readers, a pleasing companion—a respectable mother of a family—an agreeable friend, or a useful member of domestic society. The “ Guide to Domestic Happiness” commences »vith some observations on dress, manners, intro- duction into company, amusements, conversation, letter-writing, and employment of time. As it is intended to unite habits of usefulness with cultiva- tion of talent, “ Domestic JEconomy^^ occupies the next place. Love, that inmate of every breast, matured by courtship, naturally leads us to considerations be- fore marriage—duties of the married state—manage- ment of infants—and the education of children. To write a legible hand, and to cast accompts with accuracy, are so indispensably necessary to every Female, that we have devoted some space to the consideration of these important subjects ; par- A 2