ſervation and Detection of all thoſe, who are not already in the Secret.
Secondly, if ſhe ſhould have expoſed ſome of thoſe nicer Female Foibles, which have eſcaped moſt other Writers, ſhe hath at the ſame time nobly diſplayed the Beauties and Virtues of the more amiable Part, which abundantly overbalances in the Account. By comparing theſe together, young Ladies may, if they pleaſe, receive great Advantages: I will venture to ſay, no Book extant is ſo well calculated for their Inſtruction and Improvement. It is indeed a Glaſs, by which they may dreſs out their Minds, and adorn themſelves with more becoming, as well as more laſting Graces, than the Dancing-Maſter, the Manteau-Maker, or the Millener can give them. Here even their Vanity may be rendered uſeful, as it may make them deteſt and ſcorn all baſe, mean, ſhuffling Tricks, and admire and cultivate whatever is truly amiable, generous and good: Here they muſt learn, if they will pleaſe to attend, that Conſummation of a Woman's Character, is to maintain the Qualities of Goodneſs, Tenderneſs, Affection and Sincerity, in the ſeveral ſocial Offices and Duties of Life; and not to unite Ambition, Avarice, Luxury, and Wanton-
