| Chapter | Page |
| Preface | |
| I | 1 |
| II | 7 |
| III | 14 |
| IV | 26 |
| V | 31 |
| VI | 42 |
| VII | 53 |
| VIII | 59 |
| IX | 67 |
| X | 80 |
| XI | 86 |
| XII | 95 |
| XIII | 103 |
| XIV | 115 |
| XV | 125 |
| XVI | 132 |
| XVII | 141 |
| XVIII | 158 |
| XIX | 172 |
THE
BOARDING SCHOOL;
OR
FAMILIAR CONVERSATIONS
BETWEEN A
GOVERNESS AND HER PUPILS.
WRITTEN FOR THE
AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION
OF
YOUNG LADIES.
Those persons whose time is devoted to the instruction of youth, havenot only abundant opportunities of ascertaining the capacities of theirpupils, but of observing their various dispositions, and of noticing theeffects which have been produced on them by previous habit and example.It seldom happens that amiability of temper, respectful behaviour tosuperiors, or kindness to inferiors, distinguish children who in theirinfancy have been left to the care of menials, or who have beensuffered, by the blind indulgence of parents, to gratify their forwardinclinations; and it as rarely occurs that those who have had thebenefit of good example and parental admonition in the “bud of life,”display much propensity to vice as they grow up, unless their