The Universal Instructor or Self-Culture for All (Two-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: -
Binding: Hardback
Published: Ward, Lock & Co., 1900
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Worn boards woth bumping on corners and spine. Hinges cracked. Clean text.
This two-volume Victorian-era instructional set presents a sweeping compendium of practical knowledge, moral guidance, and intellectual enrichment aimed at the self-improvement of the industrious reader. Published by Ward, Lock & Co., The Universal Instructor or Self-Culture for All organizes its content across disciplines—science, literature, history, commerce, and domestic management—arguing for education as the cornerstone of personal and societal advancement. It instructs with clarity and ambition, offering essays, diagrams, and exercises designed to cultivate reasoning, eloquence, and civic virtue. The work reflects the period’s belief in upward mobility through disciplined study and moral rectitude. With its ornate binding and encyclopedic scope, the set stands as both a cultural artifact and a testament to the Victorian ideal of lifelong learning.
Author: -
Binding: Hardback
Published: Ward, Lock & Co., 1900
Condition:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Worn boards woth bumping on corners and spine. Hinges cracked. Clean text.
This two-volume Victorian-era instructional set presents a sweeping compendium of practical knowledge, moral guidance, and intellectual enrichment aimed at the self-improvement of the industrious reader. Published by Ward, Lock & Co., The Universal Instructor or Self-Culture for All organizes its content across disciplines—science, literature, history, commerce, and domestic management—arguing for education as the cornerstone of personal and societal advancement. It instructs with clarity and ambition, offering essays, diagrams, and exercises designed to cultivate reasoning, eloquence, and civic virtue. The work reflects the period’s belief in upward mobility through disciplined study and moral rectitude. With its ornate binding and encyclopedic scope, the set stands as both a cultural artifact and a testament to the Victorian ideal of lifelong learning.