The Father's Book; or Suggestions For the Government and Instruction of Young Children, on Principles Appropriate to a Christian Country
Springfield: G. and C. Merriam, 1834. Hardcover. First Edition. vii, 199pp. Historical library bookplate on front pastedown, foxed, throughout. Edges of boards sunned with evidence of title label and on spine, else a very good example in publisher's brown cloth. Very good. Item #71118
Written in the plain, instructive voice of a parent speaking to his children, Dwight's guide to parenting blends anecdote with practical advice and Protestant-inflected moral guidance. Dwight stresses industry, honesty, self-discipline, and piety as the essential foundations of respectable character.
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