A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

female literary characters of England. She was daughter of Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, and was born about 1690, at Thoresby, in England. She displayed uncommon abilities, at a very early age, and was educated by the best masters in the English, Latin, Greek, and French, languages. She accompanied her husband (Edward Wortley Montagu) on an embassy to Constantinople, and her correspondence with her friends was published and much admired. She introduced the practice of inoculation for the smallpox into England, which proved of great benefit to millions. She died at the age of seventy-two, A. D. 1762. _Moral Philosophy_, the science which treats of the motives and rules of human actions, and of the ends to which they ought to be directed. _Moreen_, a kind of woollen stuff used for curtains, covers of cushions, bed hangings, &c. _Mucous_, having the nature of _mucus_, a glutinous, sticky, thready, transparent fluid, of a salt savor, produced by different membranes of the body, and serving to protect the membranes and other internal parts against the action of the air, food, &c. The fluid of the mouth and nose is mucus. _Mucous membrane_, that membrane which lines the mouth, nose, intestines, and other open cavities of the body. _Muriatic acid_, an acid, composed of chlorine and hydrogen, called, also, hydrochloric acid, and spirit of salt. _Mush-stick_, a stick to use in stirring _mush_, which is corn meal boiled in water. _Nankeen_, or _Nankin_, a light cotton cloth, originally brought from Nankin, in China, whence its name. _Nash_, (Richard,) commonly called _Beau Nash_, or King of Bath, a celebrated leader of the fashions in England. He was born at Swansea, in South Wales, October 8, 1674, and died in the city of Bath, (England,) February 3, 1761. _Natural History_, the history of animals, plants, and minerals. _Natural Philosophy_, the science which treats of the powers of Nature, the properties of natural bodies, and their action one upon another. It is sometimes called _physics_. _New-milch cow_, a cow which has recently calved. _Newton_, (Sir Isaac,) an eminent English philosopher and mathematician, who was born on Christmas