EDUCATION

OF

AMERICAN GIRLS

CONSIDERED IN A SERIES OF

son ESSAYS.

-

Ein Seri
te na konci ra, EDITED BY

SANNA C. BRACKETT.

. The time has arrived, when like hontsmen, we should surround the cover, and look sharp
that justice does not slip away and pass out of sight and get lost ; for there can be no doubt that
we are in the right direction. Only try and get a sight of her, and if you come within view
Arst, let me kuow."-PLATO REP. Book IV.

NEW YORK:
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS,
FOORTH AVENUE AND TWENTY-THIRD STREET.

1874.

97.27

TO THE

SCHOOL-GIRLS AND COLLEGE-GIRLS

OF

AMERICA,

BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THEIR IDEALS ARE HIGII AND THAT

THEY JAVE STRENGTH TO MAKE THEM REAL,

This Book is Dedicated

BY THE

WOMEN WHO, IN THE INTERVALS SNATCHED FROM DAILY LABOR,

HAVE WRITTEN IT FOR TIIEIR SAKES.