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Juvenile pieces : designed for the instruction and entertainment of the youth of both sexes : to which is now prefixed, An essay on the education of youth : pointing out those branches of knowledge most useful in the present state of society, and enumerating publications under each branch of knowledge conducive to mental improvement
Juvenile pieces : designed for the instruction and entertainment of the youth of both sexes : to which is now prefixed, An essay on the education of youth : pointing out those branches of knowledge most useful in the present state of society, and enumerating publications under each branch of knowledge conducive to mental improvement
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Juvenile pieces : designed for the instruction and entertainment of the youth of both sexes : to which is now prefixed, An essay on the education of youth : pointing out those branches of knowledge most useful in the present state of society, and enumerating publications under each branch of knowledge conducive to mental improvement

Date1804
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Alternate Title
  • Essay on the education of youth
Format
Medium
Dimensions23 x 29 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Extent
  • 18 x 11 cm
Language
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131009538430D
Dewey NumberBI EVA
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1894375
Little Master's miscellany, or, Divine and moral essays in prose and verse : adapted to the capacities and design'd for the improvement of youth of both sexes, containing dialogues ... to which are added select fables, moral songs and useful maxims ...
Little Master's miscellany, or, Divine and moral essays in prose and verse : adapted to the capacities and design'd for the improvement of youth of both sexes, containing dialogues ... to which are added select fables, moral songs and useful maxims ...
1765
Mental amusement, or, The juvenile moralist : consisting of moral essays, allegories, and tales, interspersed with poetical pieces : calculated for the use of private families and public schools
Mental amusement, or, The juvenile moralist : consisting of moral essays, allegories, and tales, interspersed with poetical pieces : calculated for the use of private families and public schools
1798
Mental amusement, or, The juvenile moralist : consisting of moral essays, allegories, and tales, interspersed with poetical pieces calculated for the use of private families and public schools
Mental amusement, or, The juvenile moralist : consisting of moral essays, allegories, and tales, interspersed with poetical pieces calculated for the use of private families and public schools
1798
Curious thoughts on the history of man : chiefly abridged or selected from the celebrated works of Lord Kaimes, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Dunbar, and the immortal Montesquieu : replete with useful and entertaining instruction on a variety of important and popular subjects : viz. Population, Language, Manners, Property, Love, Matrimony, Polygamy, Marriage-ceremonies, Commerce, Government, Patriotism, Agriculture, Peace and war, Taxes, Music, Gaming, Luxury, &c. : designed to promote a spirit of enquiry in the British youth of both sexes: and to make the philosophy, as well as history of the human species, familiar to ordinary capacities
Curious thoughts on the history of man : chiefly abridged or selected from the celebrated works of Lord Kaimes, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Dunbar, and the immortal Montesquieu : replete with useful and entertaining instruction on a variety of important and popular subjects : viz. Population, Language, Manners, Property, Love, Matrimony, Polygamy, Marriage-ceremonies, Commerce, Government, Patriotism, Agriculture, Peace and war, Taxes, Music, Gaming, Luxury, &c. : designed to promote a spirit of enquiry in the British youth of both sexes: and to make the philosophy, as well as history of the human species, familiar to ordinary capacities
1789
The speaker, or, Miscellaneous pieces : selected from the best English writers, and disposed under proper heads, with a view to facilitate the improvement of youth, in reading and speaking : to which is prefixed An essay on elocution
The speaker, or, Miscellaneous pieces : selected from the best English writers, and disposed under proper heads, with a view to facilitate the improvement of youth, in reading and speaking : to which is prefixed An essay on elocution
1780
The amusing instructor, or, Tales and fables in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth : with useful and pleasing remarks on different branches of science ... : adorned with cuts
The amusing instructor, or, Tales and fables in prose and verse, for the improvement of youth : with useful and pleasing remarks on different branches of science ... : adorned with cuts
1777
Book cover; marbled
The Rotchfords, or, The friendly counsellor : designed for the instruction and amusement of the youth of both sexes
1786
A father's instructions : consisting of moral tales, fables, and reflections; designed to promote the love of virtue, a taste for knowledge, and an early acquaintance with the works of nature
A father's instructions : consisting of moral tales, fables, and reflections; designed to promote the love of virtue, a taste for knowledge, and an early acquaintance with the works of nature
1788
The British youth's instructor, or, A new and easy guide to practical arithmetic : wherein the rudiments of common arithmetic, vulgar and decimal fractions, the extraction and use of the square and cube roots, &c. are so easily treated of, and so plainly demonstrated, that any person may, of himself (in a short time) become acquainted with every thing necessary to the knowledge of business : to which is added a postcript for the use of country youths in particular, shewing how to measure any regular piece of timber, tyling, thatching, brick-work, or piece of land, as also how to gauge any cistern, piece of malt, or common cooler, tub, &c. : the whole designed for such as have hitherto neglected or have not had opportunity of being acquainted with figures and attempted in natural and familiar dialogues in order to render the work more easy
The British youth's instructor, or, A new and easy guide to practical arithmetic : wherein the rudiments of common arithmetic, vulgar and decimal fractions, the extraction and use of the square and cube roots, &c. are so easily treated of, and so plainly demonstrated, that any person may, of himself (in a short time) become acquainted with every thing necessary to the knowledge of business : to which is added a postcript for the use of country youths in particular, shewing how to measure any regular piece of timber, tyling, thatching, brick-work, or piece of land, as also how to gauge any cistern, piece of malt, or common cooler, tub, &c. : the whole designed for such as have hitherto neglected or have not had opportunity of being acquainted with figures and attempted in natural and familiar dialogues in order to render the work more easy
1770
Maternal instruction, or, Family conversations, on moral and entertaining subjects : interspersed with history, biography, and original stories : designed for the perusal of youth
Maternal instruction, or, Family conversations, on moral and entertaining subjects : interspersed with history, biography, and original stories : designed for the perusal of youth
1807
The Catholic school book, containing easy and familiar lessons for the instruction of youth of both sexes in the English language and the paths of tru(...)
The Catholic school book, containing easy and familiar lessons for the instruction of youth of both sexes in the English language and the paths of tru(...)
1817
The wonders of the human body : being a familiar introduction to a knowledge of its anatomy and physiology : for the use of students, and young persons of both sexes
The wonders of the human body : being a familiar introduction to a knowledge of its anatomy and physiology : for the use of students, and young persons of both sexes
1810