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Hannah More (1745–1833)
The History of Mary Wood, the House-Maid, or, The Danger of False Excuses
Smithfield [London]: J. Evans and Sons: J. Hatchard; Bath: J. Binns, ca. 1798
NYPL, The Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Hannah More, an Evangelical Christian abolitionist and philanthropist, was
indefatigable in her efforts to encourage docility and obedience among the
poor. Many items from her long series of Cheap Repository Tracts, made to be
given away or sold very cheaply, address specific problems—as here, with “false
excuses”—in order to teach servants and other members of the laboring
classes how to behave.
