"On the contrary, if, to entice him to enter the paths of knowledge, we strew them with flowers, how will he feel when he must force his way through thorns and briars?"
Practical Education
1 entry in ESTC (1798).<br>
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Edgeworth, Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth. <u>Practical Education; by Maria Edgeworth, Author of Letters for Literary Ladies, and the Parentâ€™s Assistant; and by Richard Lovell Edgeworth, F.R.S. and M.R.I.A.</u>, 2 vols. (London: Printed for Joseph Johnson, in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1798). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T137068">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW105840917&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Vol I, Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW105756991&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Vol II, Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Thomas Beddoes contributed to chapter 1. Chapters 13-18 by R. L. Edgeworth; the rest by Maria Edgeworth. Based on the Edgeworths' own experiences, and a work by Richard Lovell and Honora Edgeworth, privately printed in 1780. Maria began this work at least as early as 1796.<br>
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Bibliographical description and metaphors contributed by PC Fleming. See also Richard Lovell and Honora Edgeworth's <u>Practical Education: or, The History of Harry and Lucy.</u> (Lichfield: Printed by J. Jackson. And sold by J. Johnson, London, 1780). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T211330">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;