| Record ID: |
1894375 |
| Full edition title: |
Fourth edition / with considerable additions and improvements. |
| Variant Title: |
Essay on the education of youth |
| Format: |
Regular Print Book |
| Physical description: |
xlvi, [2], 211, [5] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 18 cm. |
| Date acquired: |
Not available |
| More creator details: |
by John Evans ... |
| General note: |
"Dedication to Joseph Slater": p. [iii-iv], dated from Pullin's Row, Islington, August, 1804. |
| General note: |
"Embellished with three elegant engravings."--t.p. |
| General note: |
Blurb from Monthly review for April, 1799: p. [vii] |
| General note: |
Frontispiece and one plate are engraved by James Hopwood after William Hopwood; the third is by Lester after Craig. |
| General note: |
Publisher's advertisements on [5] p. at end of text. |
| Contents note: |
An introductory essay on the education of youth -- The student's dream -- The vision of female excellence -- The fire-side / by Dr. Cotton -- The painter's panegyrist -- An evening's meditation on the extent and uses of our present knowledge -- An address to the young on early wisdom as displayed in the example of Christ -- Moral reflections suggested by a view of London from off the monument -- Reflections on the commencement of the nineteenth century -- Reflections on the resurrection of a pious family from the grave at the last day -- A visit to Sir Ashton Lever's museum, near Blackfriar's-bridge -- An address to young people on the necessity and importance of religion. |
| Access restriction: |
FOR USE IN OSBORNE COLLECTION ONLY. NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERLOAN. |
| Contributor: |
Cundee, J. (James), printer.
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| Contributor: |
Hopwood, James, approximately 1752-1819.
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| Contributor: |
Hopwood, William, 1784-1853, illustrator.
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| Contributor: |
B. Crosby and Co., bookseller. |
