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Mrs. Chapone. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady
Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady
Table of Contents
TO. MRS. MONTAGU
LIFE. OF. HESTER CHAPONE
LETTERS. ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MIND
LETTER I
ON THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF RELIGION
LETTER II
ON THE STUDY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
LETTER III
LETTER IV
ON THE REGULATION OF THE HEART AND AFFECTIONS
LETTER V
ON THE REGULATION OF THE AFFECTIONS
LETTER VI
ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TEMPER
LETTER VII
ON ECONOMY
LETTER VIII
ON POLITENESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
LETTER IX
ON GEOGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY
LETTER X
ON READING HISTORY
FINIS
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Mrs. Chapone
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Her 'Letters on the Improvement of the Mind' owed much of their early success to the talents and kindness of Mrs. Montagu. 'The bookseller,' writes their Author, July the 20th, 1773, 'is preparing the second edition with all haste, the whole of the first being gone out of his hands; which, considering that he printed off fifteen hundred at first, is an extraordinary quick sale. I attribute this success principally to Mrs. Montagu's name, and patronage,' &c. More of this is told in the Dedication of the work to her. 'I believe you (Mrs. Montagu) are persuaded that I (Mrs. Chapone) never entertained a thought of appearing in public, when the desire of being useful to one dear child, in whom I take the tenderest interest[12], induced me to write the following letters: perhaps it was the partiality of friendship which so far biassed your judgment as to make you think them capable of being more extensively useful, and warmly to recommend the publication of them.
If,' proceeds the author, 'you will allow me to add that some strokes of your elegant pen have corrected these Letters, I may hope they will be received with an attention which will insure a candid judgment from the reader; and, perhaps, will enable them to make some useful impressions on those to whom they are now particularly offered.'
