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.

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    Let parental vigilance and love gently point out to the daughter, on every convenient occasion, what is proper or im- proper in the conduct of the persons of her own age, with whom she is in any degree conversant, and also the grounds of the approbation or disapprobation expressed. Let pa'rental coun- sel and authority be prudently exercised in regulating the choice of her associates. And at the same time that she is habituateil to regard distinctions of v/ealth and rank, as circumstances wholly unconnected with personal worth; let her companions be in general neither much above her own level, nor much be- low it: lest she should be led to ape the opinions, the expen- siveness, .and the fashionable follies of persons in a station higher than her own; or in her intercourse with those of hum- ble condition, to assume airs of contemptuous and domineering superiority. Solicitude on the part of parents, to consult the welfare of their child in these points, will probably be attended with a farther consequence of no small benefit to themselves; when it persuades them to an increased degree of circumspec- tion as to the visitors whom they encourage at home, and the society wliich they frequent abroad. CHAPTER IV. CONVERSATION AND LETTER-WRITING. Canst thou be silent? No ; for wit is thine ; And wit talks most, when least she has to say, And reason interrupts not her career. Yol'ng. Conversation is one of our most rational and highest en- joyments ; it is very necessary, therefore, that our readers should acquire an easy and pleasing manner of conversing on every subject proper for their sex and age ; but never to at- tempt those in which their want of knowledge would expose them to ridicule. A good wtriiory is a very necessary requisite to make an agreeable and intelligent companion. Diffidence is sometimes an impediment to young people’s shewing their abilities in con- versation ; but that will wear off’, after associating a little time with the polite world. Yet, however brilliant your powers of conversing, they must be kept under the nicest restric- tions. If so fortunate as to have a good understanding, united with the happy art of shewing it to advantage, you must pever attempt to monopolize too much of the conveisalion to your-