“A Present for a Servant-Maid.  Or, the Sure Means of Gaining Love and Esteem” was frequently reprinted both in London and Dublin during the years 1743-4, and as late as 1772 a revision was mentioned in the “Monthly Review” as a “well-designed and valuable tract."[10] The work is a compendium of instructions for possible Pamelas, teaching them in brief how to wash, to market, to dress any sort of meat, to cook, to pickle, and to preserve their virtue.  The maids are cautioned against such female errors as sluttishness, tale-bearing, staying on errands, telling family affairs, aping the fashion, and giving saucy answers.  They are forbidden to play with fire or candles, to quarrel with fellow domestics, to waste victuals or to give them away.  A fine example of the morality of scruples inculcated by the tract is the passage on the duty of religious observance.  A maidservant should not neglect to go to church at least every other Sunday, and should never spend the time allowed her for that purpose walking in the fields or drinking tea with an acquaintance.  “Never say you have been at Church unless you have, but if you have gone out with that Intention, and been diverted from it by any Accident or Persuasions, confess the Truth, if asked.”  Girls so unhappy as to live with people who “have no Devotion themselves” should entreat permission to go to church, and if it is refused them, rather leave their place than be deprived of sacred consolation.  “If you lose one, that God, for whose sake you have left it, will doubtless provide another, and perhaps a better for you.”  Scarcely more edifying are the considerations of self-interest which should guide a maidservant into the paths of virtue.  “Industry and Frugality are two very amiable Parts of a Woman’s Character, and I know no readier Way than attaining them, to procure you the Esteem of Mankind, and get yourselves good Husbands.  Consider, my dear Girls, that you have no Portions, and endeavour to supply the Deficiencies of Fortune by Mind.”  And in pure Pamela vein is the advice offered to those maids whose honor is assailed.  If the temptation come from the master, it will be well to reflect whether he is a single or a married man and act accordingly.  One cannot expect the master’s son to keep a promise of marriage without great difficulty, but the case may be different with a gentleman lodger, especially if he be old and doting.  And the moral of all is:  Don’t sell yourselves too cheap.  Finally to complete the usefulness of the pamphlet were added, “Directions for going to Market:  Also, for Dressing any Common Dish, whether Flesh, Fish or Fowl.  With some Rules for Washing, &c.  The whole calculated for making both the Mistress and the Maid happy.”