Description |
vi, 890 pages, 8 pages, 16 unnumbered pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Contents. Introduction -- Home duties -- Study and sel-improvement -- Simple science -- Employments and etiquette for young ladies -- Outdoor amusements -- Artistic instruction -- Dress and needlework -- Indoor amusements -- Home pets |
Summary |
A "storehouse of knowledge and information on every subject that enters into girl-life" [p. 2], covering elegant household arts, home duties, study and self-improvement, science for girls, parish work, indoor and outdoor games and amusements, social manners and etiquette, artistic occupations and pusuits, and domestic animals and pets |
Notes |
Date from British Library catalogue |
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Includes index |
Audience |
For girls and young women |
Subject |
Amusements -- Early works to 1900
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Hobbies -- Early works to 1900
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Young women -- Life skills guides.
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Young women -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1900
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Genre/Form |
Almanacs.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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