Author: Moore, Hannah
Title: Hints Towards Forming The Character Of A Young Princess In Two Volumes [ complete ]
Description: printed for T Cadell & W Davies in The Strand, 1805, 2nd edition. Cloth spined boards, VG. 2 volumes in 1, iii-xx+331+viii+403pp, lacks the half title to the first volume, rebound as one volume c. 1950, cloth with a repaired split to the lower hinge, internallt a bright copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ The most ambitious of the Conduct books written for the advancement of female education by the English religious writer and philanthropist Hannah More [ 1745 - 1833 ]. It is a suggested course of study for Princess Charlotte Augusta [ 1796 - 1817 ], who More and other evangelical writers saw as the saviour of Britain given that her father & grandfather were George IV & George III respectively. In the book she outlines a curriculum suitable for a future monarch - rich in classical and English history, Christian theology, and the nature of royal duties.

Keywords: english literature, education