Li-ching Chen is Associate Professor in the Department of Western Languages and Literature at National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Her research interests focus on women’s writing, intellectual history, conduct literature, and consumption practices in England in the long eighteenth century.

• Table of ContentsSeries PrefaceAcknowledgementsChronology of Mary HaysIntroductionBibliographyNote on the TextFamily Annals, or the Sisters IllustrationTo Mrs Fenwick, of Bridge Town, BarbadoesPrefaceText of Family AnnalsAppendicesAppendix A: On EducationAppendix B: On Economy (Domestic Economy)Appendix C: On FashionAppendix D: Selections from Bernard Mandeville’s The Fable of the Bees: Or,Private Vices, Publick Benefits (1723)Appendix E: Selected Articles by Mary Hays in the Monthly MagazineAppendix F: Mary Hays’s Novels and Books for Young PersonsAppendix G: Mary Hays’s Review of Jane West’s A Gossip’s Story, and aLegendary Tale (1796)Appendix H: Reviews of Family Annals, or the SistersNotes