"Great Britain" . . . . "1700 - 1899" . . . . . . "Happy families; growing up in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries" . "Happy families : growing up in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries" . . "History" . "Biography" . . . . "The children in this book came from a variety of backgrounds. The book tells of their schools and leisure activities, their joys and misfortunes, and the way that their parents, governesses and tutors tried to mould them to varying degrees of success." . . . .