A Collection of Governess Novels in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Volume 1

(c. 485pp.)

Introduction by Shigeo Yokoyama, Nara Women’s University

S., H.

Anecdotes of Mary; or, the Good Governess

(London, E. Newbery, 1795), 163pp.

Mathews, Mrs

C. Ellinor: or The Young Governess, A Moral Tale

(York, Thomas Wilson and Son, 1809), 107pp.

Hofland, Mrs

Ellen, the Teacher: A Tale for Youth, 2nd edn.

(London, J. Harris and Son, 1819), 207pp.

Volume 2

(c. 510pp.)

Sherwood, Mrs. [Mary Martha]

The Governess: or, the Little Female Academy

(Wellington, F. Houlston and Son, 1820), 252pp.

Craik, Dinah Mulock

Bread upon the Waters; A Governess’s Life

(London: Printed for the Governesses Benevolent Institution, 1852 (Reprint, Leipzig, 1865)), 250pp.

Volume 3

(c. 525pp.)

Sewell, Elizabeth

Amy Herbert

(London, Longman, 1844) (two vols. bound in one), 519pp

also AVAILABLE FROM EDITION SYNAPSE

British Servants: A Collection of Early Guides and Companions

Edited by Akio Kobayashi, Sophia University, Tokyo

PUBLICATION DETAILS

5 volumes | £790

270x190mm | c. 2,420pp.

set ISBN: 978-4-902454-22-2

publication date: May 2006

market: English History and Literature, Social History of 18th- and 19th-Century England

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

This five-volume set offers a collection of thirteen guides and companions written for British servants in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The chronologically balanced selection provides a historical perspective on the changes of the roles of servants and their position in British society.

CONTENTS

Volume 1 (c. 520pp.)

Jacob, Giles

The compleat court-keeper: or, land steward’s assistant. Containing, first, the nature of courts-leets and courts-baron; The second edition, with additions and amendments

London, 1715, 514pp.

Volume 2 (c. 310pp.)

Anon.

A present for servants, from their ministers, masters, or other friends

London, 1710, 95pp.

Dodsley, Robert

The footman’s friendly advice to his brethren of the livery; and to all servants in general

London, 1730, 31pp.

Anon.

The complete man and maid servant: containing, plain and easy instructions for servants of both sexes, ...

London, 1764, 87pp.

Johnson, Mary

[Some plain and necessary directions to maid-servants in general, and several useful tables], extract from ‘Madam Johnson’s present: or, every young woman’s companion, in useful and universal Knowledge. ...’ The fourth edition

London, 1766, 17pp.

Anon.

A present for servants. Containing several useful articles of information, for persons in dependant stations of life; as laws relating to servants and labourers, …

Salisbury, 1769, 23pp.

Barker, Anne

The complete servant maid: or young woman’s best companion. Containing full, plain, and easy directions for qualifying them for service in general, ...

London, 1770, 47pp.

Anon.

The servant’s friend; or, the master and mistresses best gift to their servants, apprentices, and workmen. Being a set of excellent maxims; which, if duly practised, will render their service delightful and profitable, both to themselves and their employers.

Edinburgh, 1793, 7pp.

Volume 3 (c. 525pp.)

Raffald, Elizabeth

The experienced English housekeeper, for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. Written purely from practice, ... The twelfth ed.

London, 1799, 411pp.

Anon.

Domestic management, or the art of conducting a family; with instructions to servants in general. Addressed to young housekeepers

London, 1800, 109pp.

Volume 4 (c. 510pp.)

Adams, Samuel and Sarah

The complete servant; being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants...

London, 1825, 506pp.

Volume 5 (c. 540pp.)

Anon.

The servants’ guide and family manual: with new and improved receipts, arranged and adapted to the duties of all classes of servants … Third edition

London, 1832, 334pp.

Anon.

The servants practical guide. A handbook of duties and rules

London, 1880, 204pp.

Biography

Shigeo Yokoyama