Excerpt from Letters on Practical Subjects From a Clergyman of New England to His Daughter Tu following letters were originally designed to be preserved in manuscript, as a legacy to a moth erless child. The cifcumstances which have result ed in their being given to the Werld, it fi'not neces sary to state. The author has only to add his eam eet prayer, that they may be read. With some degree of advantage, by young females into whose hand: they may happen to fall, and especially by these, whom the righteous Providence of God has depri ved of the adva'ntages of maternal care hid instruo tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.