| Authorship Notes |
'Advice to a Son' was Osborne's most successful and popular work. It was written in a frank and practical - some might say cynical - tone, and aimed to guide the reader to success in a self-seeking world. Chapters cover the topics: āStudiesā, āLove and Marriageā, āTravelā, āGovernmentā, and āReligionā. In keeping with his general program Osborne warns of the dangers of travel while giving a mixture of practical and moral advice on how to benefit from the experience: 'They and only they Advantage themselves by Travell, who well fraught with the Experience of what their own Country affords, carry over with them large and Thriving Talents.' 'Advice to a Son' was critiqued and responded to by the minor author John Heydon's 'Advice to a Daughter'. The chapter 'Travell' appears pp. 57-77 of the first edition. |
