Preface to "The Female Reader"

1789
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Female Reader:  Or Miscellaneous Pieces in Prose and Verse Selected from the Best Writers and Disposed under Proper Heads:  For the Improvement of Young Women, By Mr. Cresswick, Teacher of Elocution, to Which is Prefixed a Preface, Containing Some Hints on Female Education
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The main notable thing here is that Wollstonecraft was the actual editor, using the "Cresswick" pseudonym.  Also, it's nice that she was encouraging the skill of elocution in young women.  However, the preface isn't that interesting in itself.