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Lately Publiſhed, (Price One Shilling.)
The THIRD EDITION, Beautifully Printed in Octavo,
Dedicated to Her Highneſs the LADY AUGUSTA.

The LADY's PRECEPTOR: Or, A Letter to a Young Lady of Diſtinction upon POLITENESS. Taken from the French of the Abbè D'Ancourt, and adapted to the Religion, Cuſtoms, and Manners of the Engliſh Nation. By a Gentleman of Cambridge.

———Adorn'd
With all that Earth or Heav'n could beſtow,
To make her amiable:——On ſhe came,
Grace was in all her Steps, Heav'n in her Eye,

In every Geſture Dignity and Love. Milton

The CONTENTS.

Of Politeneſ in general.
Of Politeneſs in Religion, and againſt Superſtition.
Of Devotion.
Of Behaviour at Church.
Of the Duties and Decorums of Civil Life.
Of Behaviour to our Superiors.
Of Conversation.
Of Complaiſance.
Of Flattery and Servility.
Of Appearing Absent in Company.
Of Contradiction.
Of Calumny and Detraction.
Of Vain-Glory.
Of Prejudice.
Of being too Inquiſitive.
Of Whiſpering and Laughing in Company.
Of Applauding and Cenſuring People raſhly.
Of Mimicking others.
Of being Blind to what gives us Offence.
Of Gallantry from the Men.
Of Friendſhip with Men.
Of Love.
Of Matrimony.
Of Duty to Parents.
Of Pride and Condeſcenſion.
Of True and Falſe Nobility.
Of Self-Conceit and Love of Vanity.
Of Humility and Pride.
Of Going to Court, and Courtiers.
Of Inſincerity.
Of Friendſhip.
Of Doing Good Offices.
Of Anger and Resentment.
Of Gentleneſs and Modeſty.
Of Keeping and Imparting Secrets.
Of Receiving and Paying Viſits.
Of Egotiſm.
Of the Imitation of others.
Of Compliments and Ceremony.
Of Aſking Queſtions.
Of Talking before Servants.
Of Behaviour towards rude young Fellows.
Of Ridicule.
Of Politicks.
Of Truſting to Appearances and Reports.
Of Hope and Belief.
Of Idleneſs.
Of Appearing often in Publick Places.
Of Houſwifry.
Of Frugality and Covetouſneſs.
Of the Learning proper to a young Lady.
Of Letter-Writing.
Of the Choice and Entertainment of Books.
Of Dreſs.
Of Behaviour at Table.
Of Behaviour at Asſſmblies, Operas, and Plays.
Of Gaming.
Of Self-Converſation.
Of Good nature and Charity.

Juſt Publiſhed in One Volume in Twelves,
Illuſtrated with 197 Cuts, the Fifth Edition of

Dr. CROXALL's Fables of Æsop and OTHERS, newly done into Engliſh. With an Application to each Fable.

——garrit aniles

Ex re Fabellas——Hor.

The SIXTH EDITION, Printed in Octavo, of

Mr. GAY's Fifty One NEW FABLES in Verſe. (Invented for the Amuſement of His Highneſs WILLIAM Duke of Cumberland); With Fifty One Cuts, Deſign'd by Mr. Kent and Mr. Wooton, and Engraved by Mr. Baron, Mr. Vandergucht, and Mr. Fourdrinier.