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Burns (Jabez) Mothers of the Wise and Good Designed for Maternal Encouragement
London Milner and Sowerby 1866 New and Enlarged Edition Hard Back Good
400pp plus 8pp of publishers list, illustrated with engraved frontis piece and illustration to title page, small slit along outer hinge of spine, boards bowed, top edge dusty, moderate foxing, some corners creased, overall text clean, binding tight, good sound copy. Contents include Monica and St. Augustine, Mother of Alfred the Great, Mother of Francis, Lord Bacon, Mrs. Elizabeth Burnet Sir Isaac Newton’s Mother, Dr. Samuel Johnson and His Mother, President Edwards and His Mother, Mrs Wesley and Her Children, Lady Glenorchy and Her Mother, Mrs. Robinson and Her Mother, General Washington and His Mother, Henry Kirk White and His Mother etc. There follows three further sections the first entitled Striking Incidents, and Brief Accounts of Distinguished Mothers, Select Essays and poetry. The essays include: The Dignity of Mothers, The Mother’s Charge, A Mother’s Privilege, Maternal Piety, Method of Imparting Scriptural Knowledge, Let Every Mother look to the Christian Education of her own Child, Infant Education and Education of Daughters.
Price:
45.00 GBP
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