LETTERS TO A YOUNG LADY, ON A VARIETY OF USEFUL AND INTERESTING SUBJECTS: CALCULATED TO IMPROVE THE HEART, TO FORM THE MANNERS, AND ENLIGHTEN THE UNDERSTANDING. BY THE REV. JOHN BENNETT, AUTHOR OF STRICTURES ON FEMALE EDUCATION. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I [-II]

Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1798. Volumes I and II bound together in original sheep, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label [rubbed, hinges starting but firm, lacking front free endpaper, owner writing on endpapers]. vii, [1 blank], [9]-129, [1 blank]; 134 pp, with separate title for volume II. Light scattered foxing, Very Good.

Bennett's purpose is "to serve the fairest and most amiable part of the creation; to rouse young ladies from a vacant or insipid life, into one of usefulness, and laudable exertion- - to recall them from visionary novels and romances into solid reading and reflection. . ."
Originally published in London in 1789, this is the third Hartford edition.
Evans 33402. ESTC W13578.