"Man has been defined to be a bundle of habits; till the bundle is made up we may continually increase or diminish it."
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;