1819 · London
by Jane Marcet
Marcet, Jane. Conversations on Political Economy; In which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained By the Author of "Conversations on Chemistry"
Mrs. Marcet's most popular work, an early explanation of the "dismal science" for young girls.
The work is in the form of a series of dialogues between "Mrs. B" and her precocious young female charges ("Here is a beautiful passage in Adam Smith, the merits of which you will now be able to appreciate…").
No less a critic than Macaulay wrote of it: "Every girl who has read Mrs. Marcet's little dialogues on political economy could teach Montagu or Walpole many lessons in (truncated)
Mrs. Marcet's most popular work, an early explanation of the "dismal science" for young girls.
The work is in the form of a series of dialogues between "Mrs. B" and her precocious young female charges ("Here is a beautiful passage in Adam Smith, the merits of which you will now be able to appreciate…").
No less a critic than Macaulay wrote of it: "Every girl who has read Mrs. Marcet's little dialogues on political economy could teach Montagu or Walpole many lessons in (truncated)