The arts of life : I. Of providing food, II. Of providing cloathing, III. Of providing shelter. Described in a series of letters for the instruction of young persons / by the author of Evenings at home.

  • Aikin, John, 1747-1822.
Date:
1802
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Credit: The arts of life : I. Of providing food, II. Of providing cloathing, III. Of providing shelter. Described in a series of letters for the instruction of young persons / by the author of Evenings at home. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ]uan Fernandez ? In the times of anti- quity, the inventors or importers of ufeful arts have been treated with di- vine honours; and indeed what greater human benefactor can be conceived, than one who, cominsr amon^a favatre 1 o o o people, fcarcely able to fubfift in want Und wretchednefs, fhould teach them the means of acquiring comfort and plenty ? The arts of life may be divided into thofe, i ft, abfolutely neceflary for its prefervation : 2dlv, conducive to com- fort and convenience: 3dly, minifler- ing to luxury or pleafure. It is the fir ft two to which I fhall confine myfelf in thefe letters ; and as it is not poffible to draw any exact limits between them, I fhall not attempt to make ihe feparation, but at the kune time fhall confider the means both of being and ol •well-being. A more ufeful order to follow, will be that of the particular purpofe of thefe arts; fuch as the pro- £ 3 viding