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Just received this little gem from 1801: "The Works of Hannah More".
I really have never heard of Hannah More before, but doing some internet research (again my friend, the internet!) discovered that Hannah More (February 2, 1745 – September 7, 1833) was an English religious writer, and philanthropist. She can be said to have made three reputations in the course of her long life: as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical philanthropist.
The thing is that I cannot believe that I've just received a 210 year old book, a book that went through innumerable hands all through these centuries for under eleven dollars... ELEVEN dollars
with shipping mind you!!!
Just browsed it a little, besides fixing the falling front cover, and this book seems like a very interesting read: the basics on educating a woman in the late 1700's to the early 1800's. Just am curious on how much anyone would be willing to educate their daughters in those days.
This is what some of these young ladies were wearing in 1801:
Fashions of 1801.
More 1801 ladies... Very Jane Austen!
Can you imagine who has touched this book? How many houses has it been? Something like that always fascinates me...
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