THE

EDUCATION

OF

MOTHERS OF FAMILIES;

OR,

THE CIVILISATION

OF

THE HUMAN RACE BY WOMEN.

BY M. AIMÉ-MARTIN.

BEING THE WORK TO WHICH THE PRIZE OF THE FRENCH ACADEMY
WAS AWARDED.

TRANSLATED FROM THE THIRD PARIS EDITION,

WITH

REMARKS ON THE PREVAILING METHODS OF EDUCATION,
AND THEIR INFLUENCE UPON HEALTH AND HAPPINESS,

BY EDWIN LEE, Esq.

MEMBER OF THE PRINCIPAL EUROPEAN MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL
SOCIETIES; AUTHOR OF "THE BATHS OF GERMANY," A "TREATISE
ON SOME NERVOUS DISORDERS," &c.

"Les hommes seront toujours ce qu'il plaira aux femmes: si vous voulez qu'ils
soient grands et vertueux, apprenez aux femmes ce que c'est grandeur et vertu."
J. J. ROUSSEAU. EMILE.

LONDON:

WHITTAKER & Co., AVE-MARIA LANE;
A. & C. BLACK, EDINBURGH.

1842.

LONDON

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