Advice to young men and (incidentally) to young women, in the middle and higher ranks of life : in a series of letters, addressed to a youth, a bachelor, a lover, a husband, a father, a citizen, or a subject / by William Cobbett.

1st ed.
Dated "25th Aug. 1830" on final page.
Originally published in 14 parts, June 1829-Sept. 1830 (see NCBEL).
Written in epistolary form, with many anecdotes from the author's life.
"The Cobbett-Library," 12 p. of advertisements at end.
Obituary in newspaper clipping for Cobbett's daughter Eleanor pasted inside front cover.