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 Author Name: Cobbett, William
Title: Advice To Young Men And (Incidentally) To Young Women: In The Middle And Higher Ranks Of Life In A Series Of Letters
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine/Near Fine
Edition: Limited
Publisher: London Knopf 1930
Illustrator: Illustrated
Seller ID: INTERLOC005914
Octavo, Dust Jacket is wrapped in a fresh Mylar protective sleeve. This is copy #440 of only 1000 printed. Scarce. British journalist and radical William Cobbett (1762-1835) published the weekly newsletter Political Register and is also the author of The Progress of a Ploughboy to a Seat in Parliament (1830). William Cobbett experienced life to its fullest, and in this work first printed in 1829 , he shares the wisdom of his years with the youngsters of Britain. His advice encompasses: . why it's best to be civil but never servile . why education should be "by no means... despised" . why a young man should not sport with the affections of a young woman . why it's best to avoid buying anything on credit . why it may be wise not to introduce servants into your household . why it's necessary to cure the vices of wives as soon as possible . why a father should strenuously oppose the smallpox vaccine for his children . why book-reading is wholly detrimental to young women . and much more.
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