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Additional authors

1. Forrester, James, -1765.

Description

1. viii, 126, viii, 54 p.

Uniform title

1. Letters to his son

Alternative title

1. Letters to his son

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, or, An essay on the art which makes a man happy in himself and aggreable to others."--viii, 54 p. at end. Attributed to James Forrester by Halkett and Laing.
2. Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
3. Sabin no. 90230.

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, with every instruction necessary to form a man of honour, virtue, taste, and fashion, are laid down in a plain, easy, familiar manner, adapted to every station and capacity : the whole arranged on a plan entirely new.

Imprint

1. [Philadelphia] ; London : Printed ; Philadelphia : Reprinted and sold by T. Bradford and P. Hall., 1781.

Indexed in:

1. RLIN, CTRG00-B870

Reproduction

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

Local note

1. Library's copy imperfect: p. 9-10 wanting; p. 79-82 misbound.

Connect to:

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

Added author

1. Forrester, James, -1765. Polite philosopher.