The governess, or, The little female academy
Subtitle: calculated for the entertainment and instruction of young ladies in their education
By: by the author of David Simple
Edition: 4th ed., rev. and corrected.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks
Publisher: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand
Published: 1758
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Conduct of life; Juvenile literature; Women; Education; Governesses
Other titles: Little female academy
Work titles: Governess
Notes: "[Price bound, 1s. 6d.]."

Originally published in 1749; cf. Osborne and Welch, both cited below.

Woodcuts: head- and tail-pieces, ornamental initials.

Includes dedication to Mrs. Poyntz, preface.

By Sarah Fielding; cf. Halkett & Laing; also Brit. mus. Catalogue.

Cf. Osborne Coll., p. 254; 886.

Cf. Gumuchian, 2525.

Cf. Welch, D.A. Amer. children's books, 409.

Reproduction of the original from the Smith College Library.