SEWELL, Elizabeth Missing ("The author of 'Amy Herbert'")
Principles of Education, Drawn from Nature and Revelation, and Applied to Female Education in the Upper Classes
Green cloth 12mo; 476 (4)pp. Very Good+ with minor rubbing and soil to exterior, small abrasion at the front joint; internally crisp and clean.Sewell (1815-1906) was known for writing morally engaged fiction for young women and became an educator to her own siblings, ultimately establishing St Boniface School in 1866, the year this book was published. Among her arguments, she asserts that even women of privileged classes should acquire an education of independence and responsibility.
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