Lady of the Manor (Volume 6) Professor Marion Clawson A unique and lavishly illustrated

A unique and lavishly illustrated collection of musings

and recollections from friends and contemporaries

this piece functions as an invaluable historical archive for fashion historians tracking the landscape of Gilded Age social customs

and the no less remarkable 'Bird' and 'Shell' books

Lady of the Manor (Volume 6) Professor Marion Clawson A unique and lavishly illustratedPublished in sequential volumes, this text belongs to an influential 7 volume series explicitly subtitled Being a Series of Conversations on the Subject of Confirmation; Intended for the Use of the Middle and Higher Ranks of Young Females. Volume 6 uses a framing narrative of an aristocratic Christian matriarch who gathers wealthy young women to prepare them for the Anglican rite of confirmation. Through didactic sub stories, moral parables, and