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Childrearing Manuals




>Does anyone know of any 18th century, childrearing manuals? Or even perhaps
>some 19th century, childrearing manuals?

These aren't so much childrearing manuals as advice from fathers to their
children -- but they might be nice for Father's Day!  Try:

Chesterfield, Philip.
Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son, on Men and Manners.
4th ed.
London: Richardson and Urquhart, 1784

Gregory, John.
A Father's Legacy to His Daughters.
Dublin: John Colles, 1774

There's a Gutenberg edition of the Chesterfield but no online edition (as
far as I am aware) of the Gregory.

Betty Hagglund
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