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Shakespeare And Manuscript Drama - Canon, Collaboration And Text

by James (University Of Western Ontario) Purkis

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 This book explores how Shakespeare wrote his plays and how the players revised them by examining manuscripts that have survived from use in early modern theatres. Looking at collaboration, theatre practice and the Shakespeare canon, it will greatly interest researchers and advanced students of Shakespeare studies, manuscript studies, and textual history.
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Eyes Open Level 3 Combo A With Online Workbook And Online Practice

by Ben Goldstein, Ceri Jones e Vicki Anderson

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 Captivating Discovery Education(TM) video and stimulating global topics spark curiosity and engage teenage learners.
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A Father'S Instructions - Consisting Of Moral Tales, Fables, And Reflections

by Thomas Percival

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 This short book of improving tales by the physician and medical reformer Thomas Percival, originally written for his own children, first published in 1777 and revised and enlarged in 1779, contains lessons on obedience to parents, family affection, and kindness to animals, among many other examples of moral instruction.
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An Introduction To Botany - In A Series Of Familiar Letters, With Illustrative Engravings

by Priscilla Wakefield

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 This 1796 book on botany, a science which 'contributes to health of body and cheerfulness of disposition' but is difficult to study because of its Latin nomenclature, offers a simple introduction for children through the medium of letters, as 'Felicia' shares with 'Constance' her growing understanding of plant science.
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Last Words To Girls - On Life In School And After School

by Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey

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 In this 1889 work, the educationalist and feminist Maria Grey looks back, offering to the young 'the results of her life's thought and experience', and endeavouring to help late-Victorian school-leavers answer the questions 'Where are we going? What was the object of all this school work?'
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Life And Letters Of Hannah E. Pipe

by Anna M. Stoddart

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 The educationalist Hannah E. Pipe opened her first school in Manchester, but moved to London in 1856. Stoddart, formerly a member of the staff of her enormously successful school, published this fascinating account of an inspiring teacher, pioneer of girls' education and philanthropist in 1908.
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Intellectual Education And Its Influence On The Character And Happiness Of Women

by Emily Shirreff

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 This 1862 book considers the theory and purpose of education, and the particular issues of its application to girls, before suggesting appropriate curricula for each age group from seven to eighteen, with a final chapter on life after the classroom and 'some peculiarities of woman's social position'.
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The Woman Question In Europe - A Series Of Original Essays

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 Theodore Stanton's intention in this 1884 work had been to get from each European country the collaboration of women who had participated in some phase of the women's movement. Among the contributors are many famous names in the struggle for women's rights at the end of the nineteenth century.
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A Child'S History Of England: Volume 3

by Charles Dickens

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 This three-volume work was originally serialised in Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853 and published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. The work was popular with readers, and was used in British schools well into the twentieth century.
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A Child'S History Of England: Volume 2

by Charles Dickens

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 This three-volume work was originally serialised in Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853 and published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. The work was popular with readers, and was used in British schools well into the twentieth century.
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A Child'S History Of England

by Charles Dickens

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 This three-volume work was originally serialised in Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853 and published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. The work was popular with readers, and was used in British schools well into the twentieth century.
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Little Arthur'S History Of England

by Maria Callcott

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 This highly popular children's history of England by the author and traveller Maria Callcott (1785â€"1842) was first published in two volumes in 1835. Written as a series of stories of heroism and patriotism as told to 'Little Arthur', the work is reissued here in a single volume.
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Reciprocal Duties Of Parents And Children

by Ann Taylor

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 The works of 'Mrs Taylor of Ongar' (1757â€"1830) began with advice books for her own daughters. In this 1818 publication, stern warnings are given to show the importance of duty to and respect for parents, but the parental duties of care in rearing and education are also emphasised.
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Practical Hints To Young Females - On The Duties Of A Wife, A Mother, And A Mistress Of A Family

by Ann Taylor

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 The works of 'Mrs Taylor of Ongar' (1757â€"1830) began with advice books for her own daughters. This 1815 publication, addressed to 'females in the middle ranks', assumes that a girl's aspiration is to be a wife and mother, but also explains to the husband his duties to his wife.
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The Educator - Prize Essays On The Expediency And Means Of Elevating The Profession Of The Educator In Society

by Edward Higginson, J. Simpson, John Abraham Heraud, John Lalor e Sarah Porter

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 This work was first published in 1839. The five writers had been chosen as the winners in a competition for an essay on the 'Expediency and Means of Elevating the Profession of the Educator in Society', and the book offers a wide-ranging consideration of all the aspects of education.
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Conversations On Arithmetic

by Sarah Ricardo Porter

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 In this 1835 work, Sarah Porter (1790â€"1862) shows her enthusiasm for arithmetic, and for its ability to develop the pupil's mind. She uses the device of a conversation between pupil and teacher to guide young Edmund from the written symbols for numbers through to square and cube roots.
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Exercises In Idiomatic Italian - Through Literal Translation From The English

by Maria Francesca Rossetti

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 This aid to the study of Italian was published in 1867 by Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827â€"76), a scholar and teacher of Italian. Her purpose is to demonstrate idiomatic Italian usage through short passages translated very literally into English, so that the 'unnatural' English phraseology demonstrates the correct Italian construction.
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On The Adaptation Of External Nature To The Physical Condition Of Man - Principally With Reference To The Supply Of His Wants And The Exercise Of His Intellectual Faculties

by John Kidd

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 Regius professor of medicine at Oxford, John Kidd (1775â€"1851) published this Bridgewater Treatise in 1833. Kidd argues that animals, minerals and plants are adapted by God to serve mankind. This work exemplifies the influence of natural theology within the scientific establishment before the era of Darwin.
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Letters On The Elementary Principles Of Education: Volume 2

by Elizabeth Hamilton

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 Owing much to the theories of John Locke as well as contemporary conduct-book advice on the education of girls, this two-volume work offers detailed theoretical explorations of how children learn. Published 1801â€"2, this important and influential book remains relevant to those interested in female education in particular.
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Letters On The Elementary Principles Of Education: Volume 1

by Elizabeth Hamilton

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 Owing much to the theories of John Locke as well as contemporary conduct-book advice on the education of girls, this two-volume work offers detailed theoretical explorations of how children learn. Published 1801â€"2, this important and influential book remains relevant to those interested in female education in particular.
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The English Spelling-Book

by William Fordyce Mavor

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 A clergyman and prolific author, William Fordyce Mavor (1758â€"1837) first published this hugely popular work in 1801. Reissued here is the corrected and improved 1843 edition. Intended to 'sow the seeds of useful learning', it is both a reading primer and a compendium of general knowledge.
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Letters On The Improvement Of The Mind - Addressed To A Young Lady

by Hester Chapone

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 This reissue brings together the two volumes, first published in 1773, of Hester Chapone's letters to her niece, in which she offers advice on a variety of topics pertaining to self-improvement. The guidance concerns not only ladylike deportment, but also emphasises the importance of a rigorous and broad education.
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Schools For Girls And Colleges For Women - A Handbook Of Female Education Chiefly Designed For The Use Of Persons Of The Upper Middle Class

by Charles Eyre Pascoe

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 The author of handbooks that reflected the Victorian emphasis on bettering one's prospects, Charles Eyre Pascoe (1842â€"1912) addressed the topic of female education in this work of 1879. Ranging in coverage from kindergarten to university, it was intended to assist parents in making informed choices about their daughters' education.
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Improvements In Education, As It Respects The Industrious Classes Of The Community - With A Brief Sketch Of The Life Of Joseph Lancaster

by Joseph Lancaster e William Corston

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 First published in 1803 and reissued here in its revised 1805 third edition, this work by Joseph Lancaster (1778â€"1838) sets out in detail the philosophy and practice of his system of education, which relied on peer tutoring. A brief 1840 biography of Lancaster is included in this reissue.
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