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

A LITTLE SERMON TO SCHOOL-GIRLS 101




LETTERS TO A DAUGHTER.

LETTER I.

BEHAVIOR AND MANNERS.


_My Dear Daughter:_--One of the greatest blessings I could wish for you,
as you pass out from the guardianship of home into life with its duties
and trials, is that you should possess the power of winning love and
friends. With this power, the poor girl is rich; without it, the richest
girl is poor. In the main, this power of winning friends and love
depends upon two things: behavior and manners. Between these there is an