The English child in the eighteenth century by Bayne-Powell, Rosamond, 1879-1960

Table of Contents: “…The children of the well-to-do -- The children of the poor -- Theories on education -- Dames' Schools and Charity Schools -- Boys' schools -- Girls' schools -- Religion and the child -- The law and the child -- The child in illness -- Amusements, sports and games -- Children's toys -- Children's books -- Superstitions and customs relating to childhood -- Children's needlework and handicrafts -- Some children in eighteenth-century fiction -- Some children's letters.…”


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Mary Wollstonecraft in context

Table of Contents: “…Schellenberg -- Conduct literature / Vivien Jones -- Theories of education / Frances Ferguson -- Sentimentalism and sensibility / Alex Wetmore -- English Jacobin novels / April London -- Anti-Jacobin novels / Gary Kelly -- Children's literature / Andrew O'Malley -- Gothic literature / Michael Gamer -- Travel writing / Pamela Perkins -- History writing / Jonathan Sachs - Periodicals / Jacqueline George -- Translations / Alessa Johns.…”


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