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Volume 1; anon., Woman Triumphant, or, the Excellency of the Female Sex;asserted in opposition to the Male (1721); John Essex, The Young LadiesConduct or Rules of Education (1722); anon., Female Piety and Virtue: A Poem(1724); extracts from Mrs Jane Sharp, The Compleat Midwife's Companion(1725); George Lyttelton, Advice to a Lady: A Poem (1733); extracts fromEliza Smith, The Compleat Housewife, 2nd ed. (1728); anon., Advice to theFair: An Epistolary Essay (1738); anon., Letter to a Lady in Praise of FemaleLearning (1739); Volume 2; Alexander Munro, The Professors's Daughter: anessay on Female Conduct contained in Letters from a Father to his Daughter(1739); [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu?], Woman not Inferior to Man, a Short andModest Vindication (1739); anon., Man Superior to Woman; or, a Vindication ofMan's Natural Right of Sovereign Authority Over Woman (1739); WetenhallWilkes, A Letter of Genteel and Moral Advice to a Young Lady, 2nd ed. (1741);Volume 3; anon., The Young Lady's Companion, or Beauty's Looking Glass(1740); Thomas Rogers, The Royal Pattern, or, Advice to the Fair (1741);anon., The Lady's Preceptor, or, a Letter to a Lady of Distinction uponPoliteness (1743); Edward Moore, Fables for the Female Sex (1744); extractsfrom David Fordyce, Dialogues Concerning Education (1745); Volume 4; anon.,The Art of Governing a Wife with Rules for Bachelors (1747); anon., A Letterto a Lady, concerning the Education of Female Youth (1749); Thomas Marriott,Female Conduct: Being an Essay on the Art of Pleasing. To be practised by theFair Sex before and after Marriage (1759); Volume 5; extracts from anon., TheYoung Gentleman and Lady Instructed in such Principles of Politeness,Prudence and Virtue, as will lay a sure Foundation for gaining Respect,Esteem, and Satisfaction in this Life, and... (1747); anon., The FemaleGarland, or The Virgin's Monitor and The Bridegroom's Garland (1750); anon.,Letter of Consolation to a Noble Lady (1759); Charles Allen, The Polite Lady,or, A Course of Female Education, in a Series of Letters from a Mother to herDaughter (1760); Volume 6; William Kenrick, The Whole Duty of Woman (1753);Sarah Pennington, An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to her Absent Daughters, ina Letter to Miss Pennington, 3rd ed. corrected (1761); anon., Friendly Adviceto the Fair Sex in particular, and Worthy of the Attention of the Other Sex(1763); Benito Jeronimo Feijoo y Montenegro, An Essay on Woman, or,Physiological and Historical Defence of the Fair Sex (1768)