Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1746-47

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Letters to His Son, 1746-1747 by The Earl of ChesterfieldThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Letters to His Son, 1746-1747Author: The Earl of ChesterfieldRelease Date: December 1, 2004 [EBook #3351] [Last updated on February 14, 2007]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LETTERS TO HIS SON, 1746-1747 ***Produced by David WidgerLETTERS TO HIS SON1746-1747By the EARL OF CHESTERFIELDon the Fine Art of becoming aMAN OF THE WORLDand aGENTLEMANPG Editor's Notes:O. S. and N. S.: On consultation with several specialists I have learned that the abbreviations O. S. and N. S. relate to thedifference between the old Julian calender used in England and the Gregorian calender which was the standard inEurope. In the mid 18th century it is said that this once amounted to a difference of eleven days. To keep track of thechronology of letters back and forth from England to France or other countries in mainland Europe, Chesterfield insertedin dates the designation O. S. (old style) and N. S. (new style).Chesterfield demonstrates his classical education by frequent words and sometimes entire paragraphs in variouslanguages. In the 1901 text these were in italics; in this etext edition I have substituted ...