The Young Woman'S Guide

The Young Woman's Guide by William A. Alcott. This work was begun, soon after the appearance of the Young Man's Guide-and was partially announced to the public. For reasons, however, which I have not room to give in this place, it was thought proper to defer its publication till the appearance of several other volumes in the same spirit, involving more particularly the relative duties. Defining terms. The word excellence here used as nearly synonym with holiness. What is meant by calling the work a Guide. The term Woman-why preferable, as a general term, to Lady. The class to whom this work is best adapted. It has been said, and with no little truth, that a large proportion of the disputes in the world might have been avoided, had the disputants first settled the meaning of the terms they respectively used. In like manner might a large share of the misapprehension and error in the world be avoided, if those who attempt to teach, would first explain their terms.I wish to have it distinctly understood, that I do not propose to give a complete manual of the social and moral duties of young women. Every one has his own way of looking at things, and I have mine. Some of the duties of young women have appeared to me to receive from other writers less attention than their comparative importance demands; and others-especially those which are connected with the great subject of "temperance in all things"-I have believed to be treated, in several respects, erroneously.

• | Author: William A. Alcott
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Nov 11, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 110 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1979661839
• | ISBN-13: 9781979661836