The Daughters of England

by Sarah Stickney Ellis

THE

DAUGHTERS OF ENGLAND.

THEIR

POSITION IN SOCIETY,

CHARACTER AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

BY

MRS. ELLIS,

author of "the women of england," "sons of the soil," hints to make
⁠ home happy," and summer and winter in the pyrenees."

NEW-YORK.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

1842.

CONTENTS.

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PREFACE
	v
CHAPTER I
Important Inquiries	7
CHAPTER II
Economy of Time	25
CHAPTER III
Cleverness—Learning—Knowledge	42
CHAPTER IV
Music, Painting, and Poetry	75
CHAPTER V
Taste, Tact, and Observation	100
CHAPTER VI
Beauty, Health, and Temper	123
CHAPTER VII
Society, Fashion, and Love of Distinction	151
CHAPTER VIII
Gratitude and Affection	177
CHAPTER IX
Friendship and Flirtation	192
CHAPTER X
Love and Courtship	223
CHAPTER XI
Selfishness, Vanity, Artifice, and Integrity	241
CHAPTER XII
Dedication of Youth	263