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001 94069451
003 DLC
005 20111007082843.0
008 941021s1995 miu j b 000 0 eng
010 $a 94069451
020 $a0937191515
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aQH48$b.W24 1995
082 00 $a508$220
100 1 $aWakefield, Priscilla,$d1751-1832.
245 10 $aMental improvement /$cPriscilla Wakefield ; edited with introduction and notes by Ann B. Shteir.
260 $aEast Lansing :$bColleagues Press,$cc1995.
300 $axxi, 171 p. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aEarly English women writers, 1660-1800 ;$vno. 4
500 $aBased on the original two-volume version from 1794, originally titled: Mental improvement : or, the beauties and wonders of nature and art, conveyed in a series of instructive conversations.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xix-xxi).
520 $aLessons for young people on a wide variety of topics, from whaling and seashells to painting on glass and the origin of navigation, are presented in fictional conversations of an eighteenth-century family.
650 0 $aNatural history$xJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aScience$xJuvenile literature.
650 1 $aNatural history.
650 1 $aScience.
700 1 $aShteir, Ann B.,$d1941-
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1117/94069451-d.html