The Mother’s Book
By L. Maria Child, Author of the Frugal Housewife, the Girl’s Own Book, Philothea, Letters From New York, &c.
The child is father of the man;
And I could wish his days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
Wordsworth.
Do you ask, then, what will educate your son? Your example will educate him; your conversation; the business he sees you transact; the likings and dislikings you express,—these will educate him; the society you live in will educate him.—Mrs. Barbauld.
SIXTH EDITION,
WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR.
NEW YORK:
C. S. FRANCIS & CO., 252 BROADWAY.
BOSTON:
JOSEPH H. FRANCIS, 128 WASHINGTON STREET.
1846.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844,
BY C. S. FRANCIS & CO.,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
TO
AMERICAN MOTHERS,
ON
WHOSE INTELLIGENCE AND DISCRETION
THE
SAFETY AND PROSPERITY
OF OUR
REPUBLIC SO MUCH DEPEND,
This Volume
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RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.