Elizabeth Lachlan's Private Education is a practical guide for young ladies who wish to pursue their studies privately. The book provides a plan for a comprehensive course of study and includes an address to both parents and private governesses. The guide provides practical advice on how to design a curriculum and how to measure progress, making it an essential guide for anyone interested in private education. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.