The rational amusement, comprehending a collection of letters on a great variety of subjects, serious, entertaining, moral, diverting, and instructive. : Interspersed with essays, and some little pieces of history, more especially adapted to exercise the understanding, inform the judgment, correct the passions, and to introduce a philosophick calmness, and the maxims of oeconomick prudence in the conduct of human life. With a preface by the author of the memoirs of the Duke de Ripperda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, John, 1708-1775.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Polite correspondence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English letters.

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages,iii-vii pages, 9 unnumbered pages,348 pages ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

Corke : Printed by and for Phineas and George Bagnell, Booksellers, near the Exchange; and for John Cherry, bookseller, in Limerick, MDCCLVI. [1756]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

The author of 'The memoirs' = John Campbell.

With a subscriber's list.

Originaly published as: 'The polite correspondence'.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from National Library of Ireland.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T168243.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.