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I THE ESSENTIALS OF A HOME 15
II THE FATHER’S RELATION TO THE HOME 24
III THE MOTHER’S RELATION TO THE HOME 29
IV THE BOY’S RELATION TO THE HOME 34
V THE GIRL’S RELATION TO THE HOME 41
VI TRAINING AND GOVERNMENT IN THE HOME 47
SECOND DIVISION
HOW TO TEACH SOCIAL PURITY AND SEX TRUTHS TO A CHILD
VII THE RIGHT OF A CHILD TO A KNOWLEDGE OF SEX 63
VIII FIRST STORY--BABY PLANTS 87
IX SECOND STORY--BABY OYSTERS AND FISH 99
X THIRD STORY--BABY BIRDS 104
XI FOURTH STORY--BABY ANIMALS AND MAN 108
XII PRACTICAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED 117
THIRD DIVISION
HOW TO TEACH SOCIAL PURITY AND SEX TRUTHS TO A GIRL
XIII A TALK TO MOTHERS 122
XIV MOTHER’S FIRST TALK--THE FEMALE FORM 130
XV MOTHER’S SECOND TALK--DAWNING OF WOMANHOOD 138
XVI MOTHER’S THIRD TALK--CHOOSING A CHUM 143
XVII MOTHER’S FOURTH TALK--CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE 146
XVIII MOTHER’S FIFTH TALK--A SMALL GIRL’S ETHICS 157
XIX MOTHER’S SIXTH TALK--HOW TO GROW BEAUTIFUL 162
FOURTH DIVISION
HOW TO TEACH SOCIAL PURITY AND SEX TRUTHS TO A BOY
XX A TALK TO FATHERS 166
XXI FATHER’S FIRST TALK--BOYS MAKE MEN 173
XXII FATHER’S SECOND TALK--PERFECT BOYS MAKE PERFECT MEN 182
XXIII FATHER’S THIRD TALK--IMPERFECT BOYS MAKE IMPERFECT MEN 195
XXIV FATHER’S FOURTH TALK--HOW TO LIVE A PURE LIFE 204
XXV FATHER’S FIFTH TALK--THE TRUE YOUNG KNIGHT 211
FIFTH DIVISION
VITAL FACTS OF LIFE FOR THE YOUNG WOMAN, MARRIED OR SINGLE
XXVI THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SEX 218
XXVII THE VICIOUS NOVEL 225
XXVIII THE PUBLIC DANCE 232
XXIX A YOUNG WOMAN’S ETHICS 237
XXX THE WRONGED GIRL 245
XXXI THE MIRACLE OF MOTHERHOOD 258
XXXII PRACTICAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED 266
XXXIII BEAUTY BY BATHING 276
XXXIV PHYSICAL CULTURE 291
SIXTH DIVISION
VITAL FACTS OF LIFE FOR THE YOUNG MAN, MARRIED OR SINGLE
XXXV THE DEEPER SIGNIFICANCE OF SEX 304
XXXVI CONTINENCE 313
XXXVII PROSTITUTION 318
XXXVIII VENEREAL DISEASES 322
XXXIX A YOUNG MAN’S ETHICS 331
XL MANHOOD WRECKED AND REGAINED 337
XLI PRACTICAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED 345
XLII PHYSICAL CULTURE 371
SEVENTH DIVISION
HEREDITY, OR VITAL FACTS FOR THE MARRIED AND MARRIAGEABLE
XLIII HEREDITY, A FACT 386
XLIV HEREDITY AND REPRODUCTION 413
XLV CHOOSING A COMPANION 435
XLVI PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND MORAL PREPARATION FOR PARENTHOOD 445
XLVII PRENATAL TRAINING 454
XLVIII DELINQUENCIES, CAUSES AND REMEDIES 468
XLIX BIRTHMARKS 494
L HEREDITY, ENVIRONMENT AND REDEMPTION 506
LI COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 518
EIGHTH DIVISION
VITAL FACTS FOR MARRIED OR UNMARRIED, OF MIDDLE LIFE AND OLD AGE
LII VITAL FACTS CONCERNING THE “CHANGE OF LIFE” IN WOMAN, AND THE YEARS TO FOLLOW 528
LIII VITAL FACTS CONCERNING THE “CHANGE OF LIFE” IN MAN, AND THE YEARS TO FOLLOW 540
LIV PRACTICAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED 550
NINTH DIVISION
MORAL, SOCIAL AND REFORM TOPICS
LV SCHOOL INSTRUCTION IN SEX HYGIENE--BY CHARLES W. ELIOT 560
LVI THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC--BY HON. STANLEY W. FINCH 570
LVII THE PURITY MOVEMENT--BY B. S. STEADWELL 599
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
COLORED PLATES
Telling the Story of Life Frontispiece
A Gift from Heaven
God’s Richest Blessing to a Home
I Love You
HALF-TONES AND CHARTS
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Home 17
Ideal Relations in the Home 35
Let Them Play Together 39
Chums in the Home 43
Danger 79
Flower 94
Female Internal Organs 133
Sexual Organs of Male 186
Developing Knighthood 212
Friendship 238
Beauty by Bathing, No. 1 277
Beauty by Bathing, No. 2 278
Beauty by Bathing, No. 3 282
Beauty by Bathing, No. 4 283
Beauty by Bathing, No. 5 290
Physical Culture, No. 1-6 295
Physical Culture, No. 7-12 297
Physical Culture, No. 13-14 302
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 1 375
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 2 376
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 3 377
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 4-5 378
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 6 379
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 7 380
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 8 381
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 9 382
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 10 383
Physical Culture Exercise, No. 11-12 384
A Wild Rose 388
American Beauty Rose 389
A Wild Strawberry 392
A Cultivated Strawberry 393
Results of Personal Liberty 402
Protected 403
Louise and Mary Carter, Twins 418
Well Born 446
Neglected 478
Heredity Chart, Emma W. 506
Heredity Chart, No. 1 508
Heredity Chart, No. 2-A 509
Heredity Chart, No. 2-B 511
Well Preserved and Contented Old Age 529
Climax of a Well-Spent Life 541
Hon. Stanley W. Finch 571
John B. Hammond 575
Touring Purity Conference at Los Angeles 579
Touring Purity Conference, Chattanooga 583
Trial of a White Slaver 595
B. S. Steadwell 601
T. Albert Moore, D.D 605
Touring Purity Conference, New Orleans 611
SELF KNOWLEDGE AND GUIDE TO SEX INSTRUCTION