The Gentleman's pocket library. Containing, 1. The principles of politeness. 2. The economy of human life. 3. Rochefoucauld's Moral reflections. 4....

"AS all young men, on their first outset in life, are in want some experienced and friendly hand to bring them for and teach them a knowledge of the world; I think I cannot do the rising generation a greater service, than by directing the young man's steps, and teaching him how to make his way among the crowd. I will suppose him already instructed in the principles of religion and the necessity of moral virtues: (for without these he must be most unhappy) of course shall, in a series of chapters, point out under distin heads, the qualifications necessary to make him well received world, without which he cannot expect to bear his part in life, agreeable to his own wishes, or the duty he owes to society; and a dsty is the basis of a proper reception, I shall begin with that."
This is an edition of a classical book first published in the eighteenth century.