“What a Young Woman Ought to Know.”BY MRS. MARY WOOD-ALLEN, M.D.Condensed Table of ContentsPART ICHILDHOOD AND GROWTHWoman’s worth—Importance of care of the body—How to obtain health—Waste and repair—Questions of food—Importance of rest in sleep—The office and importance of correct breathing—Injuries from tight clothing—Physical culture—Exercise and recreation—The value of the bath.PART IIWOMANHOODThe endowment of new powers—The conferring of life—Brain building and character formation—Soul and self—Special physiology—Woman’s special bodily endowments—The crisis in the girl’s life—Ovulation and menstruation—Their significance—Causes and cures of disturbed physical conditions—Painful periods and displacements—Special care of health at special times—Many healthful suggestions suited to the physical needs of young women—Secret vice and its consequences—The relation of pure young women to young men—Friendships.PART IIIWhat is love—Should include mental conjugality, spiritual sympathy and physical attraction—Responsibility in marriage—Antecedents, talents and habits of young man—The law of heredity—Beneficial—Effects of stimulants upon offspring—Inherited effects of immorality—Good characteristics also transmitted—Requisites in a husband—Engagements—Benefits of, evils of—Holding to the highest ideals—Weddings—Gifts, tours and realities of life.Price {$1.00} net, per copy, post free4 s.
“What a Young Woman Ought to Know.”
BY MRS. MARY WOOD-ALLEN, M.D.
Condensed Table of Contents
PART I
CHILDHOOD AND GROWTH
Woman’s worth—Importance of care of the body—How to obtain health—Waste and repair—Questions of food—Importance of rest in sleep—The office and importance of correct breathing—Injuries from tight clothing—Physical culture—Exercise and recreation—The value of the bath.
PART II
WOMANHOOD
The endowment of new powers—The conferring of life—Brain building and character formation—Soul and self—Special physiology—Woman’s special bodily endowments—The crisis in the girl’s life—Ovulation and menstruation—Their significance—Causes and cures of disturbed physical conditions—Painful periods and displacements—Special care of health at special times—Many healthful suggestions suited to the physical needs of young women—Secret vice and its consequences—The relation of pure young women to young men—Friendships.
PART III
What is love—Should include mental conjugality, spiritual sympathy and physical attraction—Responsibility in marriage—Antecedents, talents and habits of young man—The law of heredity—Beneficial—Effects of stimulants upon offspring—Inherited effects of immorality—Good characteristics also transmitted—Requisites in a husband—Engagements—Benefits of, evils of—Holding to the highest ideals—Weddings—Gifts, tours and realities of life.
“What a Young Woman Ought to Know.”WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAYLady Henry Somerset“An extremely valuable book, and I wish that it may be widely circulated.”Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant“The book ought to be in the hands of every girl on her fifteenth birthday, as a safe guide and teacher along the difficult path of womanhood.”Margaret Warner Morley“There is an awful need for the book, and it does what it has undertaken to do better than anything of the kind I ever read.”Mrs. May Wright Sewall“I am profoundly grateful that a subject of such information to young woman should be treated in a manner at once so noble and so delicate.”Elizabeth Cady Stanton“It is a grave mistake for parents to try to keep their children ignorant of the very questions on which they should have scientific information.”Lillian M. N. Stevens“There is a great need of carefully, delicately written books upon the subjects treated in this series. I am gratefully glad that the author has succeeded so well, and I trust great and enduring good will be the result.”Mrs. Matilda B. Carse“It is pure and instructive on the delicate subjects that mean so much to our daughters, to their future as home-keepers, wives and mothers, and to the future generations.”
“What a Young Woman Ought to Know.”
WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAY
Lady Henry Somerset
“An extremely valuable book, and I wish that it may be widely circulated.”
Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant
“The book ought to be in the hands of every girl on her fifteenth birthday, as a safe guide and teacher along the difficult path of womanhood.”
Margaret Warner Morley
“There is an awful need for the book, and it does what it has undertaken to do better than anything of the kind I ever read.”
Mrs. May Wright Sewall
“I am profoundly grateful that a subject of such information to young woman should be treated in a manner at once so noble and so delicate.”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“It is a grave mistake for parents to try to keep their children ignorant of the very questions on which they should have scientific information.”
Lillian M. N. Stevens
“There is a great need of carefully, delicately written books upon the subjects treated in this series. I am gratefully glad that the author has succeeded so well, and I trust great and enduring good will be the result.”
Mrs. Matilda B. Carse
“It is pure and instructive on the delicate subjects that mean so much to our daughters, to their future as home-keepers, wives and mothers, and to the future generations.”
“What a Woman of Forty-five Ought to Know”BY MRS. EMMA F. A. DRAKE, M. D.Condensed Table of ContentsKNOWLEDGE OF CLIMACTERIC NECESSARYWhy women are not prepared to meet the climacteric—The fear that unnerves many—Error of views concerning “Change of Life”—Correct teaching stated—Influence of medical literature—Three periods in a woman’s life—Relation of early habits to later aches and ills—The menopause—Conditions which influence the period of the climacteric—The age at which it usually appears—Effects of heredity—Childless women—Mothers of large families—Effects of different occupations—Excesses.HERALDS OF CHANGE—DISEASES AND REMEDIESMental states during menopause—Change in blood currents—Flushes, chilliness, dizziness, etc.—Nervous Symptoms—Disturbed mental and nervous equilibriums—Nature as woman’s helper—Troublesome ailments—Mental troubles considered—Suggested help—Cancer—Benefits named—Apprehensions dispelled—How to banish worry—Simplifying daily duty—An eminent physician’s prescription—A word to single women—Reluctance of unmarried women to meet the menopause—How to prolong one’s youth—Dress during this period—The mother “At Sea”—Guarding against becoming gloomy—Effects of patent medicine advertising—Drug fiends—Lustful indulgence.WHAT BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SHOULD REMEMBERSlights and inattentions keenly felt by her—Need of patience—A word of private counsel—Value of little attentions—Wife’s duty to her husband—Holding husband’s affections—Making home attractive—Unselfishness.AUTO-SUGGESTION AND OTHER SUGGESTIONSInfluence of mind over body—The mind as a curative agent—How to rise out of depression—Mental philosophy and physical betterment—Relation of health to sight—Care of the teeth—The hair—Constipation—Self cure—Choice of foods—Exercise—Physical development—Exercise of mind and soul.Price {$1.00} net, post free.4 s.
“What a Woman of Forty-five Ought to Know”
BY MRS. EMMA F. A. DRAKE, M. D.
Condensed Table of Contents
KNOWLEDGE OF CLIMACTERIC NECESSARY
Why women are not prepared to meet the climacteric—The fear that unnerves many—Error of views concerning “Change of Life”—Correct teaching stated—Influence of medical literature—Three periods in a woman’s life—Relation of early habits to later aches and ills—The menopause—Conditions which influence the period of the climacteric—The age at which it usually appears—Effects of heredity—Childless women—Mothers of large families—Effects of different occupations—Excesses.
HERALDS OF CHANGE—DISEASES AND REMEDIES
Mental states during menopause—Change in blood currents—Flushes, chilliness, dizziness, etc.—Nervous Symptoms—Disturbed mental and nervous equilibriums—Nature as woman’s helper—Troublesome ailments—Mental troubles considered—Suggested help—Cancer—Benefits named—Apprehensions dispelled—How to banish worry—Simplifying daily duty—An eminent physician’s prescription—A word to single women—Reluctance of unmarried women to meet the menopause—How to prolong one’s youth—Dress during this period—The mother “At Sea”—Guarding against becoming gloomy—Effects of patent medicine advertising—Drug fiends—Lustful indulgence.
WHAT BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SHOULD REMEMBER
Slights and inattentions keenly felt by her—Need of patience—A word of private counsel—Value of little attentions—Wife’s duty to her husband—Holding husband’s affections—Making home attractive—Unselfishness.
AUTO-SUGGESTION AND OTHER SUGGESTIONS
Influence of mind over body—The mind as a curative agent—How to rise out of depression—Mental philosophy and physical betterment—Relation of health to sight—Care of the teeth—The hair—Constipation—Self cure—Choice of foods—Exercise—Physical development—Exercise of mind and soul.
“What a Woman of Forty-five Ought to Know”PRAISED BY THE PRESS“Will dispell apprehensions aroused by groundless forebodings.”—Reformed Church Messenger.“If the hygienic advice in this book is followed it will lengthen the lives of women and make their closing years the happiest and most useful of all.”—Herald and Presbyter.“In no line of literature, perhaps, is such a book so much needed.”—New Haven Leader.“Those who peruse the book only from prurient curiosity will be disappointed.”—Cleveland World.“Should be read by every woman nearing and passing middle life.”—Pittsburg Gazette.“Written in that wholesome sympathetic manner characteristic of all the books in the Self and Sex Series.”—Cleveland Daily World.“Full of most admirable practical advice and it is written in a sympathetic manner which is the outcome of oneness of sex between the author and those whom she addresses.”—Syracuse Herald.“There are some things that a woman of forty-five does not know—things which she regards with more or less terror in the expectation—which terror it is the object of Mrs. Drake to dispel.”—Rochester Herald.“There is nothing in the book that could not be proclaimed from the house-tops, and there is everything in it that intelligent and thoughtful women should read and keep for their daughters to read when the proper time comes.”—Newark Daily Advertiser.
“What a Woman of Forty-five Ought to Know”
PRAISED BY THE PRESS
“Will dispell apprehensions aroused by groundless forebodings.”—Reformed Church Messenger.
“If the hygienic advice in this book is followed it will lengthen the lives of women and make their closing years the happiest and most useful of all.”—Herald and Presbyter.
“In no line of literature, perhaps, is such a book so much needed.”—New Haven Leader.
“Those who peruse the book only from prurient curiosity will be disappointed.”—Cleveland World.
“Should be read by every woman nearing and passing middle life.”—Pittsburg Gazette.
“Written in that wholesome sympathetic manner characteristic of all the books in the Self and Sex Series.”—Cleveland Daily World.
“Full of most admirable practical advice and it is written in a sympathetic manner which is the outcome of oneness of sex between the author and those whom she addresses.”—Syracuse Herald.
“There are some things that a woman of forty-five does not know—things which she regards with more or less terror in the expectation—which terror it is the object of Mrs. Drake to dispel.”—Rochester Herald.
“There is nothing in the book that could not be proclaimed from the house-tops, and there is everything in it that intelligent and thoughtful women should read and keep for their daughters to read when the proper time comes.”—Newark Daily Advertiser.
“What a Young Boy Ought to Know.”BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.Condensed Table of ContentsPART IGod’s purpose in endowing plants, animals and man with reproductive power—The question of the origin of life a natural and proper one—Difference between creating and making—How God now creates or reproduces the flowers, insects, fishes and animals—The mamma and papa plants and the baby plants—The mamma and papa nature in the stalk of corn—The two natures united in the same flower—Separated in other plants—The office of the wind and insects in fertilizing the flowers—The mamma and papa natures united in the same oyster—The life of the baby oyster—The two natures separated in the fishes—The eggs and the baby fishes—How seeds are made to grow and how eggs are hatched—The beautiful lives of parent birds—The bird’s nest, the eggs and the baby birds—Why the eggs of animals may not be exposed in a nest—The nest which God has prepared for them—The hatching of the egg or the birth of the animal—The creation of Adam and Eve—God created man with power similar to his creative power—The purity of parentage.PART IIThe manner in which the reproductive organs are injured in boys by abuse—Comparative anatomy, or points of resemblance between bodies of birds, animals and man—Man the only animal with a perfect hand—With the hand he constructs, builds and blesses—With the hand he smites, slays and injures others, and degrades himself.PART IIIThe consequences in boys of the abuse of the reproductive organs—Need of proper information—The moral effects first to manifest themselves—How secret sin affects the character of boys—Effects upon the body and the nerves—Effects upon the brain and mind—The physical effects that follow.PARTS IV and VHow boys may preserve their bodies in purity and strength—Our duty to aid others to avoid pernicious habits, and to retain or regain their purity and strength.PARTS VI and VIIHow purity and strength may be measurably regained—The age of adolescence or puberty and its attendant changes—Its significance and its dangers.Price {$1.00} net, post free4 s.
“What a Young Boy Ought to Know.”
BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.
Condensed Table of Contents
PART I
God’s purpose in endowing plants, animals and man with reproductive power—The question of the origin of life a natural and proper one—Difference between creating and making—How God now creates or reproduces the flowers, insects, fishes and animals—The mamma and papa plants and the baby plants—The mamma and papa nature in the stalk of corn—The two natures united in the same flower—Separated in other plants—The office of the wind and insects in fertilizing the flowers—The mamma and papa natures united in the same oyster—The life of the baby oyster—The two natures separated in the fishes—The eggs and the baby fishes—How seeds are made to grow and how eggs are hatched—The beautiful lives of parent birds—The bird’s nest, the eggs and the baby birds—Why the eggs of animals may not be exposed in a nest—The nest which God has prepared for them—The hatching of the egg or the birth of the animal—The creation of Adam and Eve—God created man with power similar to his creative power—The purity of parentage.
PART II
The manner in which the reproductive organs are injured in boys by abuse—Comparative anatomy, or points of resemblance between bodies of birds, animals and man—Man the only animal with a perfect hand—With the hand he constructs, builds and blesses—With the hand he smites, slays and injures others, and degrades himself.
PART III
The consequences in boys of the abuse of the reproductive organs—Need of proper information—The moral effects first to manifest themselves—How secret sin affects the character of boys—Effects upon the body and the nerves—Effects upon the brain and mind—The physical effects that follow.
PARTS IV and V
How boys may preserve their bodies in purity and strength—Our duty to aid others to avoid pernicious habits, and to retain or regain their purity and strength.
PARTS VI and VII
How purity and strength may be measurably regained—The age of adolescence or puberty and its attendant changes—Its significance and its dangers.
“What a Young Boy Ought to Know”For Boys under Sixteen Years of AgeWHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAYTheodore L. Cuyler, D.D.“‘What a Young Boy Ought to Know’ ought to be in every home where there is a boy.”Lady Henry Somerset“Calculated to do an immense amount of good. I sincerely hope it may find its way to many homes.”Joseph Cook, D.D., LL.D.“It is everywhere suggestive, inspiring and strategic in a degree, as I think, not hitherto matched in literature of its class.”Charles L. Thompson, D.D.“Why was not this book written centuries ago?”Anthony Comstock“It lifts the mind and thoughts upon a high and lofty plane upon delicate subjects.”Edward W. Bok“It has appealed to me in a way which no other book of its kind has.”Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D.“You have handled with great delicacy and wisdom an exceedingly difficult subject.”John Willis Baer“I feel confident that it can do great good, and I mean that my boys shall have the contents placed before them.”Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, LL.D.“Full of physiological truths, which all children ought to know, at a proper age; will be read by boys without awakening a prurient thought.”Josiah Strong, D.D.“A foolish and culpable silence on the part of most parents leaves their children to learn, too often from vicious companions, sacred truth in an unhallowed way.”
“What a Young Boy Ought to Know”
For Boys under Sixteen Years of Age
WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAY
Theodore L. Cuyler, D.D.
“‘What a Young Boy Ought to Know’ ought to be in every home where there is a boy.”
Lady Henry Somerset
“Calculated to do an immense amount of good. I sincerely hope it may find its way to many homes.”
Joseph Cook, D.D., LL.D.
“It is everywhere suggestive, inspiring and strategic in a degree, as I think, not hitherto matched in literature of its class.”
Charles L. Thompson, D.D.
“Why was not this book written centuries ago?”
Anthony Comstock
“It lifts the mind and thoughts upon a high and lofty plane upon delicate subjects.”
Edward W. Bok
“It has appealed to me in a way which no other book of its kind has.”
Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D.
“You have handled with great delicacy and wisdom an exceedingly difficult subject.”
John Willis Baer
“I feel confident that it can do great good, and I mean that my boys shall have the contents placed before them.”
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, LL.D.
“Full of physiological truths, which all children ought to know, at a proper age; will be read by boys without awakening a prurient thought.”
Josiah Strong, D.D.
“A foolish and culpable silence on the part of most parents leaves their children to learn, too often from vicious companions, sacred truth in an unhallowed way.”
“What a Young Man Ought to Know.”BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.Condensed Table of ContentsSTRENGTHThe value of physical strength—The weak man handicapped—Threefold nature of man—Relation of the physical, intellectual and moral—Impair one, you injure all—The physical foundation—Man’s strong sexual nature—Sexuality strongly marked in all great men—Importance of manly mastery of sexual nature—Personal purity—Only one moral standard for men and women.WEAKNESSInherited weakness—How overcome—Acquired weakness—How produced—The effects of secret vice—What should be done—Losses in sleep—When to consult a physician—Danger from quacks and charlatans—What are normal and abnormal losses—Medical authorities quoted—Subject illustrated—Important directions.SOCIAL VICEAlarming ignorance concerning the diseases which accompany vice—Why physicians do not acquaint their patients with the nature of these diseases—The prevalence—All forms of venereal diseases leave terrible results—Character and consequences of gonorrhœa—Later complications—Chordee, stricture, blindness, etc.—How healthy brides become early and permanent invalids—Chancroid and chancre—The primary, secondary and tertiary forms of syphilis—The beginning, progress and end—Can it ever be cured—May the man ever marry—Effects upon wife and children.THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANSTheir purpose and prostitution—Marriage a great blessing—Difference between creation and procreation—All life from the seed or the egg—The reproduction of plants, fishes, birds and animals contrasted—An interesting study.MAN’S RELATION TO WOMANImportance of a right relation to women—The nature of marriage—The friends and foes of marriage—Who should not marry—The selection of a wife—Some general rules—Importance of great caution—Causes of unhappiness in married life—Early and late marriages.HINDRANCES AND HELPSThe choice of companions, books, pictures, amusements, recreations—Liquors and tobacco—Self-mastery—Right aim in life—Industry, early rising—The influence of an ennobling affection—Education—The Sabbath, the Church and the Bible.Price {$1.00} net, per copy, post free4 s.
“What a Young Man Ought to Know.”
BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.
Condensed Table of Contents
STRENGTH
The value of physical strength—The weak man handicapped—Threefold nature of man—Relation of the physical, intellectual and moral—Impair one, you injure all—The physical foundation—Man’s strong sexual nature—Sexuality strongly marked in all great men—Importance of manly mastery of sexual nature—Personal purity—Only one moral standard for men and women.
WEAKNESS
Inherited weakness—How overcome—Acquired weakness—How produced—The effects of secret vice—What should be done—Losses in sleep—When to consult a physician—Danger from quacks and charlatans—What are normal and abnormal losses—Medical authorities quoted—Subject illustrated—Important directions.
SOCIAL VICE
Alarming ignorance concerning the diseases which accompany vice—Why physicians do not acquaint their patients with the nature of these diseases—The prevalence—All forms of venereal diseases leave terrible results—Character and consequences of gonorrhœa—Later complications—Chordee, stricture, blindness, etc.—How healthy brides become early and permanent invalids—Chancroid and chancre—The primary, secondary and tertiary forms of syphilis—The beginning, progress and end—Can it ever be cured—May the man ever marry—Effects upon wife and children.
THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
Their purpose and prostitution—Marriage a great blessing—Difference between creation and procreation—All life from the seed or the egg—The reproduction of plants, fishes, birds and animals contrasted—An interesting study.
MAN’S RELATION TO WOMAN
Importance of a right relation to women—The nature of marriage—The friends and foes of marriage—Who should not marry—The selection of a wife—Some general rules—Importance of great caution—Causes of unhappiness in married life—Early and late marriages.
HINDRANCES AND HELPS
The choice of companions, books, pictures, amusements, recreations—Liquors and tobacco—Self-mastery—Right aim in life—Industry, early rising—The influence of an ennobling affection—Education—The Sabbath, the Church and the Bible.
“What a Young Man Ought to Know.”What Eminent People Say:Francis E. Clark, D. D.“Of exceeding value to every youth just entering upon manhood. It is written reverently but very plainly, and I believe will save a multitude of young men from evils unspeakable.”John Clifford, D. D.“One of the best books for dawning manhood that has fallen into my hands. It goes to the roots of human living. It is thoroughly manly. Dr. Stall has laid the rising generation under an immense obligation.”J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D.“I bear willing testimony that I believe this book ought to be in the hands of every young man in this country.”Paul F. Munde, M. D., LL. D.Professor of Gynæcology in the New York Polyclinic and at Dartmouth College, says:“I most heartily commend not only the principle but the execution of what it aims to teach.”Eugene H. Porter, M. D., LL. D.President of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York; Professor Materia Medica, New York Homeopathic Medical College, etc., says:“We should especially commend the volume for its reliability in statement, and, as a medical man, I highly indorse the medical teachings of the book. It is trustworthy and sound. It is a work which should be in the hands of every young man.”
“What a Young Man Ought to Know.”
What Eminent People Say:
Francis E. Clark, D. D.
“Of exceeding value to every youth just entering upon manhood. It is written reverently but very plainly, and I believe will save a multitude of young men from evils unspeakable.”
John Clifford, D. D.
“One of the best books for dawning manhood that has fallen into my hands. It goes to the roots of human living. It is thoroughly manly. Dr. Stall has laid the rising generation under an immense obligation.”
J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D.
“I bear willing testimony that I believe this book ought to be in the hands of every young man in this country.”
Paul F. Munde, M. D., LL. D.
Professor of Gynæcology in the New York Polyclinic and at Dartmouth College, says:
“I most heartily commend not only the principle but the execution of what it aims to teach.”
Eugene H. Porter, M. D., LL. D.
President of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of New York; Professor Materia Medica, New York Homeopathic Medical College, etc., says:
“We should especially commend the volume for its reliability in statement, and, as a medical man, I highly indorse the medical teachings of the book. It is trustworthy and sound. It is a work which should be in the hands of every young man.”
“What a Young Husband Ought to Know.”BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.Condensed Table of ContentsPART IWHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIMSELFThe true foundation for happiness in married life—Physical, intellectual and sexual differences between men and women—Each complemental to the other, and complete only when mated—The three theories regarding coition—The correct theory—The physical cost of procreation—Illustrated in insects, animals and man—What is excess—Effects of marital continence—The husband’s duty to his wife—Physical defects and deficiencies of husband or wife—Misery entailed by vice—Effects upon wife—Upon children—Purity and fidelity.PART IIWHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIS WIFEI THE BRIDEMarriage the most trying event in a woman’s life—Earliest mistake which most young husbands make—Few intelligent guardians of their brides—Threefold classification of women—Causes of differences.II THE WIFEHer manifold duties as wife, mother and housekeeper—God has fitted her for her sphere—The mother-nature—Barrenness and sterility—Physical, social, intellectual and moral benefits of motherhood and fatherhood—Aversion and evasion—God’s purpose in marriage—Limitation of offspring—Marital excess—The wrongs which wives suffer because of ignorant and unthinking husbands—Repellant periods in the life of woman.III THE MOTHERPurposed and prepared parenthood—Conception—The marvels of fœtal life and growth—Changes during the months of gestation—The husband’s duty to wife and offspring—What the wife has a right to expect before and during confinement—Ignorant, unthinking and unsympathetic husbands—The child in the home—Real life and genuine happiness—The mother while nursing—Protection of child from impure nurses.PART IIIWHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIS CHILDRENHeredity—Prenatal influences—Physical conditions prior to and at conception—Stirpiculture—Essentials of seed, soil and care—“Longings,” markings, etc.—Can sex of offspring be governed—Cause of idiocy—Blindness, etc.—The right to be well-born—Parental discipline during first two years—Duties during childhood—Nursery influences—Honest answers to honest inquiries—How to secure purity in thought and life of children.Price {$1.00} net, per copy4 s.
“What a Young Husband Ought to Know.”
BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.
Condensed Table of Contents
PART I
WHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIMSELF
The true foundation for happiness in married life—Physical, intellectual and sexual differences between men and women—Each complemental to the other, and complete only when mated—The three theories regarding coition—The correct theory—The physical cost of procreation—Illustrated in insects, animals and man—What is excess—Effects of marital continence—The husband’s duty to his wife—Physical defects and deficiencies of husband or wife—Misery entailed by vice—Effects upon wife—Upon children—Purity and fidelity.
PART II
WHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIS WIFE
I THE BRIDE
Marriage the most trying event in a woman’s life—Earliest mistake which most young husbands make—Few intelligent guardians of their brides—Threefold classification of women—Causes of differences.
II THE WIFE
Her manifold duties as wife, mother and housekeeper—God has fitted her for her sphere—The mother-nature—Barrenness and sterility—Physical, social, intellectual and moral benefits of motherhood and fatherhood—Aversion and evasion—God’s purpose in marriage—Limitation of offspring—Marital excess—The wrongs which wives suffer because of ignorant and unthinking husbands—Repellant periods in the life of woman.
III THE MOTHER
Purposed and prepared parenthood—Conception—The marvels of fœtal life and growth—Changes during the months of gestation—The husband’s duty to wife and offspring—What the wife has a right to expect before and during confinement—Ignorant, unthinking and unsympathetic husbands—The child in the home—Real life and genuine happiness—The mother while nursing—Protection of child from impure nurses.
PART III
WHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIS CHILDREN
Heredity—Prenatal influences—Physical conditions prior to and at conception—Stirpiculture—Essentials of seed, soil and care—“Longings,” markings, etc.—Can sex of offspring be governed—Cause of idiocy—Blindness, etc.—The right to be well-born—Parental discipline during first two years—Duties during childhood—Nursery influences—Honest answers to honest inquiries—How to secure purity in thought and life of children.
“What a Young Husband Ought to Know”WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAYChas. M. Sheldon, D. D.“I believe the book will do great good, and I hope its message may be used for the bettering of the homes of the world.”Rev. F. B. Meyer, B. A.“I greatly commend this series of manuals, which are written lucidly and purely, and will afford the necessary information without pandering to unholy and sensual passion.”Hon. S. M. Jones“I am glad to say that my study of it indicates that you have been led by a pure love for your kind to write one of the most helpful and valuable books that it has been my privilege to see in many days.”Bishop John H. Vincent, D. D., LL. D.“Straightforward, clean, kind, clear and convincing. A copy ought to go with every marriage certificate.”Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis“It is a wholesome and helpful contribution to a most difficult subject, and its reading will help to make the American home happier and more safely guarded.”Rev. A. C. Dixon, D. D.“I take pleasure in commending it to husbands, young and old. The vice of ignorance on these delicate but important subjects has done much to increase the business of divorce courts and wreck homes.”Amos R. Wells“The race would be infinitely stronger in body and soul if all husbands would obtain this book and follow its precepts.”
“What a Young Husband Ought to Know”
WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAY
Chas. M. Sheldon, D. D.
“I believe the book will do great good, and I hope its message may be used for the bettering of the homes of the world.”
Rev. F. B. Meyer, B. A.
“I greatly commend this series of manuals, which are written lucidly and purely, and will afford the necessary information without pandering to unholy and sensual passion.”
Hon. S. M. Jones
“I am glad to say that my study of it indicates that you have been led by a pure love for your kind to write one of the most helpful and valuable books that it has been my privilege to see in many days.”
Bishop John H. Vincent, D. D., LL. D.
“Straightforward, clean, kind, clear and convincing. A copy ought to go with every marriage certificate.”
Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis
“It is a wholesome and helpful contribution to a most difficult subject, and its reading will help to make the American home happier and more safely guarded.”
Rev. A. C. Dixon, D. D.
“I take pleasure in commending it to husbands, young and old. The vice of ignorance on these delicate but important subjects has done much to increase the business of divorce courts and wreck homes.”
Amos R. Wells
“The race would be infinitely stronger in body and soul if all husbands would obtain this book and follow its precepts.”
“What a Man of Forty-five Ought to Know.”BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.Condensed Table of ContentsPART IWHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIMSELFPrevalent ignorance concerning physical changes in men of middle-life—Sad results of such ignorance—Reasons for change—Evidences of these changes—Husband and wife constitute a reproductive unit—The two natures responsive in activity and repose—Somewhat similar changes in both—The age at which climacteric or “change of life” occurs in men—Climacteric and adolescence contrasted—The testimony of medical men to the fact—Only young men need the testimonials of authorities—Old men know it—Compensations which follow the sexual hush—Physical and mental effects—Changes more gradual than in women—Many men intellectually at their best after sexual hush—To them time and experience open their richest treasures—Moderation in all things enjoined—Sexual moderation emphasized—Virility, how destroyed, how preserved—Effects of exercise, food, stimulants, sleep, employment, etc.—Functional disorders—Benefit of intelligence—Enlargement of the prostate gland—Manifestations, cause and precautionary measures—The marriage of men of middle life—Physical unfitness and effects—Rights of the unborn—The years beyond—The man at forty determines what the man at eighty shall be—Value of purpose to keep strong and bright—Examples.PART IIWHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIS WIFEReproduction the primal purpose of marriage—Attractive and repellent periods in life of woman—Climacteric or change of life the most repellent period—Disappearance of menstruation only an outward manifestation—The phenomenon explained—Reasons for change made plain—Not a period of stress for all women—How to meet the menopause—Occupation, diet, fresh air, exercise, sleep, companionship, sexual repose, etc., etc.—Mortality and insanity greater among men—The aches and ills which attend the menopause—Aversion to husband, children and friends—Physical changes which attend and follow change of life in women—Modified sexual nature—Growths—Mental changes and conditions—Need of intelligence upon the part of husband and others.Price {$1.00} net, post free4 s.
“What a Man of Forty-five Ought to Know.”
BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.
Condensed Table of Contents
PART I
WHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIMSELF
Prevalent ignorance concerning physical changes in men of middle-life—Sad results of such ignorance—Reasons for change—Evidences of these changes—Husband and wife constitute a reproductive unit—The two natures responsive in activity and repose—Somewhat similar changes in both—The age at which climacteric or “change of life” occurs in men—Climacteric and adolescence contrasted—The testimony of medical men to the fact—Only young men need the testimonials of authorities—Old men know it—Compensations which follow the sexual hush—Physical and mental effects—Changes more gradual than in women—Many men intellectually at their best after sexual hush—To them time and experience open their richest treasures—Moderation in all things enjoined—Sexual moderation emphasized—Virility, how destroyed, how preserved—Effects of exercise, food, stimulants, sleep, employment, etc.—Functional disorders—Benefit of intelligence—Enlargement of the prostate gland—Manifestations, cause and precautionary measures—The marriage of men of middle life—Physical unfitness and effects—Rights of the unborn—The years beyond—The man at forty determines what the man at eighty shall be—Value of purpose to keep strong and bright—Examples.
PART II
WHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIS WIFE
Reproduction the primal purpose of marriage—Attractive and repellent periods in life of woman—Climacteric or change of life the most repellent period—Disappearance of menstruation only an outward manifestation—The phenomenon explained—Reasons for change made plain—Not a period of stress for all women—How to meet the menopause—Occupation, diet, fresh air, exercise, sleep, companionship, sexual repose, etc., etc.—Mortality and insanity greater among men—The aches and ills which attend the menopause—Aversion to husband, children and friends—Physical changes which attend and follow change of life in women—Modified sexual nature—Growths—Mental changes and conditions—Need of intelligence upon the part of husband and others.
“What a Man of Forty-five Ought to Know”PRAISED BY THE PRESS“We do not hesitate to recommend.”—Experience.“A reliable and instructive guide, in sexual matters and yet pure and chaste in style.”—Journal of Dermatology.“Information of vital importance.”—Pittsburgh Christian Advocate.“Written in an honest, frank, and fearless way.”—Christian Standard.“It is a clean book which one should sit down to alone.”—The Evangelist.“These books deserve to be circulated by the million.”—Leslie’s Weekly.“To many men the guidance of this book will be a timely benediction.”—Chicago Appeal.“The utterance of one who has an accurate knowledge of men.”—Brooklyn Citizen.“It is a helpful book and in all important particulars sound in its medical statements.”—Baltimore Sun.“This book is recommendable not only to the intelligent layman to read himself and hand to others, but also to the physician, who ought to welcome it as a means to refresh an important part of his physiologic knowledge.”—Alkaloidal Clinic.“A man who is a fool at forty-five (and there are many of them) is pretty hard to manage. There are certain things which he ought to know without being told, but it is difficult to teach him these things. He needs reasoning with and plain talking to. This book does it in a healthy, elevating manner. These cases are often very troublesome to the physician. It would be well to have this book handy to lend to such patients. This course will help the physician to manage his patient and help the patient. This book will do much good. There has been a need for just such a work.”—Medical World.
“What a Man of Forty-five Ought to Know”
PRAISED BY THE PRESS
“We do not hesitate to recommend.”—Experience.
“A reliable and instructive guide, in sexual matters and yet pure and chaste in style.”—Journal of Dermatology.
“Information of vital importance.”—Pittsburgh Christian Advocate.
“Written in an honest, frank, and fearless way.”—Christian Standard.
“It is a clean book which one should sit down to alone.”—The Evangelist.
“These books deserve to be circulated by the million.”—Leslie’s Weekly.
“To many men the guidance of this book will be a timely benediction.”—Chicago Appeal.
“The utterance of one who has an accurate knowledge of men.”—Brooklyn Citizen.
“It is a helpful book and in all important particulars sound in its medical statements.”—Baltimore Sun.
“This book is recommendable not only to the intelligent layman to read himself and hand to others, but also to the physician, who ought to welcome it as a means to refresh an important part of his physiologic knowledge.”—Alkaloidal Clinic.
“A man who is a fool at forty-five (and there are many of them) is pretty hard to manage. There are certain things which he ought to know without being told, but it is difficult to teach him these things. He needs reasoning with and plain talking to. This book does it in a healthy, elevating manner. These cases are often very troublesome to the physician. It would be well to have this book handy to lend to such patients. This course will help the physician to manage his patient and help the patient. This book will do much good. There has been a need for just such a work.”—Medical World.
JUST PUBLISHEDA New Devotional Book“Faces Toward the Light”BYSYLVANUS STALL, D.D.Author of “Methods of Church Work,” “Five-Minute Object Sermons to Children,” “Talks to the King’s Children,” “Bible Selections for Daily Devotion,” etc.SOME CHAPTERS IN THE BOOKGlory After Gloom.—The Dangerous Hour.—The Concealed Future.—Gleaning for Christ.—Hunger and Health.—Direction and Destiny.—God of the Valleys.—Coins and Christians.—Reserved Blessings.—Comfort in Sorrow.—The Better Service.—Not Knowing Whither.—Good, but Good for Nothing.—No Easy Place.—The Dead Prayer Office.—How God Reveals Himself.—Starting Late.—Source of Power.—Toiling at a Heavy Tow.—What He Gave and What He Got.—Vacation Lessons.—Wheat or Weeds, etc., etc., etc.Price {$1.00} net, per copy4 s.
JUST PUBLISHED
A New Devotional Book
“Faces Toward the Light”
BYSYLVANUS STALL, D.D.
Author of “Methods of Church Work,” “Five-Minute Object Sermons to Children,” “Talks to the King’s Children,” “Bible Selections for Daily Devotion,” etc.
SOME CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK
Glory After Gloom.—The Dangerous Hour.—The Concealed Future.—Gleaning for Christ.—Hunger and Health.—Direction and Destiny.—God of the Valleys.—Coins and Christians.—Reserved Blessings.—Comfort in Sorrow.—The Better Service.—Not Knowing Whither.—Good, but Good for Nothing.—No Easy Place.—The Dead Prayer Office.—How God Reveals Himself.—Starting Late.—Source of Power.—Toiling at a Heavy Tow.—What He Gave and What He Got.—Vacation Lessons.—Wheat or Weeds, etc., etc., etc.
JUST PUBLISHEDNew Revised Edition“Manhood’s Morning”BY JOSEPH ALFRED CONWELLAn Invaluable Book for Every Young ManChapter 1, Twelve Million Young Men. Chapter 2, The Best Years of Life. Chapter 3, What Some Young Men Have Done. Chapter 4, Wild Oats and Other Weeds. Chapter 5, Reason Why Young Men Go Wrong. Chapter 6, Paying the Piper. Chapter 7, Where Young Men Belong. Chapter 8, What Young Men Must Be. Chapter 9, What Young Men Must Do.COMMENDATIONSFrom Prof. Lyman B. Sperry, M.D., Lecturer and Author“Every young man should read it yearly from the time he is fourteen till he is twenty-eight.”Bishop J. H. Vincent, LL.D. Chancellor of Chautauqua University“Every minister who deals with young men, and every young man who cares to avoid evil and loves righteousness should read the book.”Frances E. Willard, President National W. C. T. U.“We advise parents to send for a copy of this book to give as a present to their sons.”T. J. Sanders, A.M., Ph.D., President Otterbein University, Ohio“A remarkable series of Chapters to young men—stimulating and suggestive.”Price {$1.00} net, per copy4 s.
JUST PUBLISHED
New Revised Edition
“Manhood’s Morning”
BY JOSEPH ALFRED CONWELL
An Invaluable Book for Every Young Man
Chapter 1, Twelve Million Young Men. Chapter 2, The Best Years of Life. Chapter 3, What Some Young Men Have Done. Chapter 4, Wild Oats and Other Weeds. Chapter 5, Reason Why Young Men Go Wrong. Chapter 6, Paying the Piper. Chapter 7, Where Young Men Belong. Chapter 8, What Young Men Must Be. Chapter 9, What Young Men Must Do.
COMMENDATIONS
From Prof. Lyman B. Sperry, M.D., Lecturer and Author
“Every young man should read it yearly from the time he is fourteen till he is twenty-eight.”
Bishop J. H. Vincent, LL.D. Chancellor of Chautauqua University
“Every minister who deals with young men, and every young man who cares to avoid evil and loves righteousness should read the book.”
Frances E. Willard, President National W. C. T. U.
“We advise parents to send for a copy of this book to give as a present to their sons.”
T. J. Sanders, A.M., Ph.D., President Otterbein University, Ohio
“A remarkable series of Chapters to young men—stimulating and suggestive.”
OTHER BOOKSBYSYLVANUS STALL, D. D.Five-Minute Object Sermons to Children“Far better than Newton’s, the anecdotes and subjects of which have long since become common property. Many of the subjects are very fresh and telling.”—New York Evangelist.Cloth, 253 pp. Price, $1.00, post free.Talks to the King’s Children“The Rev. Dr. Sylvanus Stall, is one of the best preachers for young people in the American pulpit. His ‘Five-Minute Object Sermons’ to children was an ideal book in its class. The present volume is a second series of the same kind, and will be found to have no less point and charm than the volume published two years ago.”—New York Independent.Cloth, 249 pp. Price $1.00, post free.Methods of Church Work“It is stimulating, helpful, worth its weight in gold to any minister who wishes to accomplish anything for the kingdom of Christ.”—New York Christian Intelligencer.Cloth, 304 pp. Price $1.50, post free.Bible Selections for Daily Devotion.The most spiritual and helpful portion of the entire Bible arranged in the order of the original text. Comprises about one-third of the whole Bible.“That there has been a great falling off in the good old custom of daily family worship, there can be no doubt. Just how much of this deplorable condition is due to the difficulty of hastily selecting Scriptural passages suited to the service, it might be difficult to determine. But fully persuaded that this is an obstacle of considerable moment, Dr. Stall, after some three year’s work, has selected a series of 365 devotional readings from Genesis to Revelation.”—Christian Advocate, Pittsburg.Cloth, 12mo., 686 pages. Price, $1.00, post free.Pastor’s Pocket Record(Undenominational.)“Its departments covers everything a minister wishes to record.”—W. F. Crafts, D. D.20 Departments. 200 pp., Levant morocco. Price, 50c.ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TOThe Vir Publishing Company.
OTHER BOOKSBYSYLVANUS STALL, D. D.
Five-Minute Object Sermons to Children
“Far better than Newton’s, the anecdotes and subjects of which have long since become common property. Many of the subjects are very fresh and telling.”—New York Evangelist.
Cloth, 253 pp. Price, $1.00, post free.
Talks to the King’s Children
“The Rev. Dr. Sylvanus Stall, is one of the best preachers for young people in the American pulpit. His ‘Five-Minute Object Sermons’ to children was an ideal book in its class. The present volume is a second series of the same kind, and will be found to have no less point and charm than the volume published two years ago.”—New York Independent.
Cloth, 249 pp. Price $1.00, post free.
Methods of Church Work
“It is stimulating, helpful, worth its weight in gold to any minister who wishes to accomplish anything for the kingdom of Christ.”—New York Christian Intelligencer.
Cloth, 304 pp. Price $1.50, post free.
Bible Selections for Daily Devotion.
The most spiritual and helpful portion of the entire Bible arranged in the order of the original text. Comprises about one-third of the whole Bible.
“That there has been a great falling off in the good old custom of daily family worship, there can be no doubt. Just how much of this deplorable condition is due to the difficulty of hastily selecting Scriptural passages suited to the service, it might be difficult to determine. But fully persuaded that this is an obstacle of considerable moment, Dr. Stall, after some three year’s work, has selected a series of 365 devotional readings from Genesis to Revelation.”—Christian Advocate, Pittsburg.
Cloth, 12mo., 686 pages. Price, $1.00, post free.
Pastor’s Pocket Record(Undenominational.)
“Its departments covers everything a minister wishes to record.”—W. F. Crafts, D. D.
20 Departments. 200 pp., Levant morocco. Price, 50c.
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