FENELON's TREATISE
ON THE EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS.
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| Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. |
FENELON's TREATISE
ON THE
EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS:
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH,
AND
ADAPTED TO ENGLISH READERS,
With an Original Chapter,
"On Religious Studies."
BY THE REV. T. F. DIBDIN, B.A. F.A.S.
Author of
"An Introduction to the Knowledge of the best Editions of
the Greek and Latin Classics," &c.
"Chaste and modest writings never alter the honour ofany gentlewoman. For as the remembrance of infamouspersons is much detested and hated by the Muses—so isthe glory and renown of the virtuous installed by them ineternal memory for ever."
Pastorals of Julietta. Fol. Edit. 1610.
Pt. 3, p. 88.
| So in this pilgrimage I would behold You, as you are—Virtue's Temple! |
| Donne's Poems. Edit. 1650. p. 156. |
| [To the Countess of Bedford.] |
CHELTENHAM:
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY H. RUFF: AND SOLD BY
LONGMAN, HURST, REES AND ORME, LONDON.
1805.
Entered at Stationers' Hall.