I cannot take the credit for discovering this treasure. My mother found it one day and thought it might interest me greatly. It once belonged to my great-grandmother, Dora Lackner. On the page leaf, in lovely, old-fashioned penmanship, is written 'Presented to Dora Lackner for learning Beatitudes Sept. 29, 1900.'
"Hours with Girls" grants readers a unique chance to understand the culture and the ideals that shaped the young women of the late Victorian era. Mrs. Sangster gives advice on such varied topics as dress, leisure time, friends, admirers, faith, and individuality. Although some of the advice is a little out dated (such as the number of dresses a young lady should have), the majority of wise counsel is relevant to the twenty-first century young lady (such as time management).
This small book sheds new light on a woman's role in Victorian America. Mrs. Sangster encouraged girls not to be idle or simply wait to be married. " . . . do not regard marriage as the only thing worth living for," she says. "A happy marriage is indeed the crown of a woman's life, but many women live in a large, noble, and useful way, blessing all around them, and yet are never married."
"Hours with Girls", published in 1881, is a wonderful and relatively easy read. If you have read Jane Austen, this book will be a breeze!
Chapter topics include: Self-Control, On Paying Your Way, Hospitality, Courage, Reading the Bible, Being Yourself, and Economy and Extravagance.
"Hours with Girls" grants readers a unique chance to understand the culture and the ideals that shaped the young women of the late Victorian era. Mrs. Sangster gives advice on such varied topics as dress, leisure time, friends, admirers, faith, and individuality. Although some of the advice is a little out dated (such as the number of dresses a young lady should have), the majority of wise counsel is relevant to the twenty-first century young lady (such as time management).
This small book sheds new light on a woman's role in Victorian America. Mrs. Sangster encouraged girls not to be idle or simply wait to be married. " . . . do not regard marriage as the only thing worth living for," she says. "A happy marriage is indeed the crown of a woman's life, but many women live in a large, noble, and useful way, blessing all around them, and yet are never married."
"Hours with Girls", published in 1881, is a wonderful and relatively easy read. If you have read Jane Austen, this book will be a breeze!
Chapter topics include: Self-Control, On Paying Your Way, Hospitality, Courage, Reading the Bible, Being Yourself, and Economy and Extravagance.
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