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The scientist Richard Lovell Edgeworth, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Oxford, was a Member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, where he exchanged ideas with other scientists, including James Watt, and was known for his significant mechanical inventions. However, Edgeworth's real interest was education: in this 1788 two-volume work, written with his daughter, the poet Maria Edgeworth, he draws on his own experience of raising 20 children, from which the work derives its authority and innovative character. The work was very influential, and led to his Essays on Professional Education. The two volumes discuss the theories of philosophers and educationalists, while in general arguing for the importance and formative character of early childhood experiences. Volume 1 deals with different areas of childhood education, including play, learning, and obedience and good behaviour.

Education --- Child rearing --- Personality development --- Character development --- Character formation --- Development, Character --- Development, Personality --- Formation, Character --- Child psychology --- Child raising --- Children --- Raising of children --- Rearing of children --- Training of children --- Child care --- Development and guidance --- Management --- Training