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, 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.
| Author/creator | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Philadelphia] ; London : Printed ; Philadelphia : Reprinted and sold by T. Bradford and P. Hall, 1781. |
| Description | viii, 126, viii, 54 pages |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Letters to his son |
| Local note | Library's copy imperfect: p. 9-10 wanting; p. 79-82 misbound. |
| General note | "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. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 90230. |
| Citation/References note | RLIN, CTRG00-B870 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |