THE YOUNG LADY'S COMPANION: IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, BY MARGARET COX E, AUTHOR OF BOTANY OF THE SCRIPTURES,' 'WONDERS OF THE COLUMBUS: PUBLISHED BY I. N. WHITING. M DCCC XXXIX. 396.4 C874 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by In the District Clerk's Office of the District Court of Ohio. WESTERN CHURCH PRESS: GEORGE W. MYERS, PRINTER, Gambier, Ohio. From rom the Collection on Janet Jam ADVERTISEMENT. THE PUBLISHER of the YOUNG LADY'S COMPANION has great pleasure in presenting the following recommendations of the work; the first from the pen of the Rt. Rev. Bishop McIlvaine, and the other from a distinguished divine and Professor, both of whom have had opportunities of thoroughly examining the work: "To MR. ISAAC N. WHITING: "DEAR SIR-In compliance with your request, I have examined the work you have just published, the Young Lady's Companion,' by Miss Margaret Coxe; and I have no hesitation in expressing a very favorable opinion of its merits and adaptation for extensive usefulness. The subjects are judiciously selected; the sentiments and advice are sound, practical and very appropriate; a wise moderation pervades the work; the aim is always at the promotion of the very best features of female and christian character; the marks of a well-read, well-thinking, discreet, delicate, and refined mind are apparent in all the book; nothing is strained; the manners and character inculcated are such as constitute true ladyship, as distinct from that which resides merely on the surface and takes little heed to the affections and principles. But the chief excellence of the book is that it is begun, continued and ended with distinct and sound reference to christian principles, as being at the basis of all right education, and as the forming and governing ingredient of female as well as of all other characters. Books for the training of the youthful mind are radically defective, unless they be thus distinguished. I cannot but anticipate the happiest results from an extensive circulation of the work. "Yours, &c." CHAS. P. McILVAINE, D. D. Bishop of the Prot. Epis. Church in the State of Ohio. GAMBIER, AUGUST 2, 1839. 2 The YOUNG LADY'S COMPANION: In a SERIES OF LETTERS. By Margaret Coxe, author of "Botany of the Scriptures," "Wonders of the deep," &c. &c. Roy. 12mo. pp. 350. "This work is designed to occupy an important place in the Christian education of young ladies. It is a Companion, alike for the study, the boudoir and the closet. The soundness of its views of Christian principle and duty; the refinement and delicacy with which it touches on those minute details of female manners which form so essential a part of the character of woman; its judicious suggestions upon the intellectual and practical parts of education, and altogether, its healthful religious tone, commend it to those who desire to see in the hands of the young females of our country a work at once attractive and instructive a friend and companion uttering its counsels in the meekness of christian wisdom, and the purity and fidelity of christian words. "In the work of education the author of this work seeks to place, as the only proper foundation, that precious corner stone of the Gospel, which can alone give permanence to the fabric designed to be erected." PREFACE. SOME apology may be considered necessary for presenting to the public another work, especially designed for young ladies. On examining a collection of similar publications, which have emanated from various quarters, the author has been led to think that still another might be added to the list, with a prospect of usefulness to that interesting and important portion of the community, in whose welfare the happiness of so many is involved. While she readily acknowledges the far superior claims to public approbation which many of her predecessors possess, she has been encouraged to hope that her more humble effort may not be altogether unavailing, since she has endeavoured to place her instructions on a broader basis of Christian principle, than most of the authors alluded to have deemed necessary. In the work of Education, she would seek to place, as the only right foundation |