Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son, on men and manners, or, A new system of education : 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.

Author/creator Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed for T. Dobson, 1789.
Description227 pages ; 14 cm
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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Uniform titleLetters to his son
Variant title New system of education
General note"The polite philosopher ..."--p. [157]-217. Attributed to James Forrester by Halkett & Laing.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 90236.
Citation/References note RLIN, CTRG00-B841
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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