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Letters of Advice to a Young American: on the course of studies it might be most advantageous for him to pursue

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1818

Godwin, William Letters of Advice to a Young American: on the course of studies it might be most advantageous for him to pursue (1818) M.J. Godwin and Co.

Written to Joseph V. Bevan, an American student from Georgia, who visited Godwin in London on 11 June 1817 at the beginning of a British tour and asked him for guidance in his reading. Godwin's answer was first published by M.J. Godwin and Co. for private distribution and reprinted in the Edinburgh Magazine for March 1818. In America, it was reprinted in the Analectic Magazine for August 1818 and various other journals. Further letters of advice from Godwin to Bevan were first published, in partial form, in the Analectic Magazine for September 1819.