FROM THE 
•R E V I E W S, &c. 
W E acknowledge with real regret that the prefent 
fyftem of female education is too imperfect and con* 
fined; and we earneftly look and long for that happy pe- 
riod, when the mind’s of Nature’s faireft works will not 
be fhackled by an improper courfe of education, and when 
the gratification received by folici inftrnaion will eft'ec'tu- 
ailly induce them to btftow on their children the valuable 
acquifition of a well informed mind. 
To remove, in a great meafure, tlie force of the above 
argument, is ,we think, one of the leading purpofes of this 
valuable publication. Here ufcful knowledge is collefled, 
claflilied, and eKpretfed in the moft concife, fimple, and 
eafy manner. 
Its objefl is to ferve as a key to open the mind to exten- 
five views of the natural and moral worlds, and to lead 
youth to admire the wildom, and’ adore the goodnefs of 
GOD; tlie firft grand and valuable principle of every thing 
virtuous and praife worthy. We therefore heartily re- 
commend it to the life, not only of children, but of pa- 
rents thcmfelves, as a publication which, in every rcCpect, 
does the head and heart of the editor the highefi honor. 
The editor of the Biographical IMagazinc obferves, that 
— The fubjetls of llicle ufeful, moral, and elegant (this 
work was publillicd in . z vols.). volumes, are treated 
with great tafte, ingenuity of obfervation, and morality 
of principle. 
NATURAL 
