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Additional authors

1. Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.
2. Forrester, James, -1765.

Description

1. 190 p.

Uniform title

1. Letters to his son

Alternative title

1. Letters to his son
2. New system of education

Subject

1. Youth -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800
2. Etiquette -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800
3. Happiness -- Early works to 1800

Note

1. "The polite philosopher ..."--p. [132]-182. Attributed to James Forrester by Halkett and Laing.
2. "Ten precepts, which William, Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England, gave to his second son, Robert Cecil, afterwards the Earl of Salisbury."--P. [183]-190.
3. Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
4. Sabin no. 90233.

Indexed in (note)

1. RLIN

Reproduction (note)

1. Electronic reproduction.

Author

1. Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.

Title

1. Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son, on men and manners, or, A new system of education [electronic resource] : in which the principles of politeness, the art of acquiring a knowledge of the world, are laid down in a plain, easy, and familiar manner : to which are annexed The polite philosopher: or An essay on the art which makes a man happy in himself, and agreeable to others : also, Lord Burghley's Ten precepts to his second son, Robert Cecil, afterwards the Earl of Salisbury.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia : Printed for Thomas Dobson, 1786.

Indexed in:

1. RLIN, CTRG00-B869

Reproduction

1. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Connect to:

1. Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added author

1. Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598. Ten precepts.
2. Forrester, James, -1765. Polite philosopher.