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LETTERS TO A DAUGHTER
AND
A LITTLE SERMON TO SCHOOL-GIRLS.
BY
HELEN EKIN STARRETT,
Author of "The Future of Educated Women," etc.
CHICAGO:
JANSEN, McCLURG, & COMPANY.
1886.
COPYRIGHT,
BY JANSEN, MCCLURG, & CO.
A.D. 1885.
CONTENTS.
LETTER I. BEHAVIOR AND MANNERS 5
LETTER II. SELF-CONTROL AND SELF-CULTURE 16
LETTER III. AIMS IN LIFE 27
LETTER IV. PERSONAL HABITS 35
LETTER V. SOCIETY--CONVERSATION 46
LETTER VI. ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS 59
LETTER VII. TACT--UNOBTRUSIVENESS 71
LETTER VIII. WHO ARE THE CULTIVATED? 81
LETTER IX. RELIGIOUS CULTURE AND DUTY 88