OR, HINTS TO DAUGHTERS. DESIGNED FOR THEIR USE FROM THE TIME OF LEAVING SCHOOL TILL THEIR SETTLEMENT IN LIFE. BY A MOTHER. Many daughters have done virtuously, But thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Prov. xxxi. 29, 30. LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; Instituted 1799. SOLD AT THE DEPOSITOY, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND BY THE BOOKSELLERS. 1838. THE IMPORTANT PERIOD...Illustration of the practical tendency of STIMULATED TO SELF-IMPROVEMENT... Need of self-improvement...Encouragement to seek it...Value of observation... Possibility of acquirement late in life... Anecdote of two old men...Of Rev. T. Scott... A worthy and suitable object... Useless labour deprecated... Fixed attention...Anecdote... Patience and perseverance... Friendly counsel...Self-acquaintance...Method and order... Dependence on Divine direction... Disposal of time... Anecdote...Mental employment... A common-place book... Collecting |