1825 · Boston
by HAMILTON, Elizabeth
Boston: Samuel H Parker, 1825. Third US Edition. Two volumes. 8vo, pp. 238 252. With the adv. leaf. Bound in contemporary linen-backed boards, some uncut with very wide, clean margins. A very good copy. Imprints 20791. Hamilton (1758-1816) wrote essays and stories and devoted much time to the improvement of the life of Scottish rustics. She founded the Female House of Industry in Edinburgh. This is an enlarged version of Letters on Education that was issued the previous year. Hamilton is best remembered as the author of Memoirs of Modern Philosophers and harsh commentary on the radicalism of Wollstonecraft and Godwin. (Inventory #: 43410)