As I am prevented by the great distance between Rowling and Steventon
from superintending your Education myself, the care of which will
probably on that account devolve on your Father and Mother, I think it
is my particular Duty to Prevent your feeling as much as possible the
want of my personal instructions, by addressing to you on paper my
Opinions and Admonitions on the conduct of Young Women, which you will
find expressed in the following pages.—
I am my dear Neice
Your affectionate Aunt
The Author.