This appeared in the same year as the sixth edition of Ann Murry
's work of the same title, Mentoria; or, The Young Lady's Instructor, first published in 1778 (to which it bears no...
Textual Features
Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger
EOB
writes in terms of a women's tradition: for instance, she praises Barbauld
for praising Elizabeth Rowe
. She makes confident judgements and attributions (she is sure that Lady Pakington
is the real author of...