nce of every child whenever it asks questions
concerning its own origin."

Mrs. Harriet Lincoln Coolidge

"It is a book that mothers and daughters ought to own."

Mrs. Katharine L. Stevenson

"The book is strong, direct, pure, as healthy as a breeze from
the mountain-top."

Mrs. Isabelle MacDonald Alden, "Pansy"

"It is just the book needed to teach what most people do not
know how to teach, being scientific, simple and plain-spoken,
yet delicate."

Miss Grace H. Dodge

"I know of no one who writes or speaks on these great subjects
with more womanly touch than Mrs. Wood-Allen, nor with deeper
reverence. When I listen to her I feel that she has been
inspired by a Higher Power."

Ira D. Sankey

"Every mother in the land that has a daughter should secure
for her a copy of "What a Young Girl Ought to Know." It will
save the world untold sorrow."

"What a Young Wife Ought to Know."

BY MRS. EMMA F.A. DRAKE, M.D.

Condensed Table of Contents

HUSBAND AND HOME

The choice of a husband--One worthy of both love and
respect--Real characteristics necessary--Purity vs. "wild
oats"--What shall a young wife expect to be to her
husband?--His equal, but not his counterpart--His helpmeet
Wifehood and motherhood--Should keep pace with his mental
growth--Trousseau and wedding presents--The foolish and
ruinous display at weddings--Wedding presents and
unhappiness--Wise choice of furniture--The best adornments for
the home.

THE MARITAL RELATIONS

The marital state should be the most holy of sanctuaries--Its
influence upon character--Modesty--Reproduction the primal
purpose--Love's highest plane--The right and wrong of
marriage--The wrongdoings of good men.

PARENTHOOD

Preparation for motherhood--Motherhood the glory of
womanhood--Maternity productive of
health--Clothing--Exercise--Baths, etc., etc.--The child the
expression of the mother's thoughts--The five stages of
prenatal culture.

PREPARATION FOR FATHERHOOD

Questions which test the fitness of young men for
marriage--Many young men of startling worth--Effects of bad
morals and wayward habits--Tobacco and Alcoholics--Attaining
the best--The father reproduced in his children.

ANTENATAL INFANTICIDE

The moral responsibility of parents in heredity--The mother'