Item of the Day: Chesterfield to his Son (1774)

Full title: Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden. Together with Several Other Pieces on Various subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, From the Originals Now in Her Possession. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Dublin: [...]

Item of the Day: Sketches of the History of Man (1774)

Full Title: Sketches of the History of Man by Lord Kames Home.
Edinburgh: W. Creech:
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1774.

Book I.
Progress of Men as Individuals
SKETCH VI.
Progress of the Female Sex.
The history of the female sex, a capital branch of the history of man, comprehends great variety of matter, curious and interesting. But sketches [...]