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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 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD;

AND BY THE BOOKSELLERS.

1838.

THE PERSONAL HABITS OF YOUNG FEMALES... Power of habit...
Youth the season for its formation...HEALTH... Its value...Duty of
acting in conformity with the laws of health... Responsibility...
Acquaintance with the human frame... Air... Cleanliness... Exercise
...The chest... Ruinous effects of pressure... Food... Temperance,
moderation, excess... Regular hours... DRESS... Neatness... Anecdote
...Adaptation of clothing to season...to employment... Economy in
apparel...SELF-GOVERNMENT...The thoughts... Desires...Tempers
...Humility... Submission... Contentment...Benevolence... Meekness
... Forgiveness...Self-examination... Example of Christ... GoVERN-
MENT OF THE TONGUE...HABITUAL CONDUCT... Integrity... Bene-
volence...Prudence... Religion indispensable Motives to early

piety...

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VICISSITUDES...Breaking up of family and social circles...Acknow-
ledge the hand of God in all the changes that occur...Our expecta-
tions from worldly things should be moderate... We should dili-

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