* * * * * CONCLUDING REMARKS If this book is to be of use to mothers and to the rising generation, as I humbly hope and trust that it has been, and that it will be still more abundantly, it ought not to be listlessly read, merely as a novel or as any other piece of fiction; but it must be thoughtfully and carefully studied, until its contents, in all its bearings, be completely mastered and understood. * * * * * In conclusion: I beg to thank you for the courtesy, confidence, and attention I have received at your hands; and to express a hope that my advice, through God's blessing, may not have been given in vain; but that it may be--one among many--an humble instrument for improving the race of our children--England's priceless treasures! O, that the time may come, and may not be far distant, "That our sons may grow up as the young plants, and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple!" INDEX. ABLUTION of a child of an infant of a youth thorough, of boy and girl Accidents of children how to prevent Acne, symptoms and treatment of Advice to a mother if her infant be poorly to _Mr Pater familias_ Ailments, the distinction between between _serious_ and _slight_ of infants Air and exercise for youth the importance of good the necessity of fresh, and changing the Airing an infant's clothes Alternately to each breast American ladies Amusements for a child for a boy for a girl Ankles, weak Antipathies of a child Aperients for a child for an infant for a new-born babe for a youth danger of frequent Appeal to mothers Appetite, on a child losing his Applications, hot Apron, washing Archery Arnold, Dr, on corporal punishment Arrow-root for an infant Artificial food for an infant at breast Asses' milk BABES should kick on floor Babe's clothing Babe himself taking exercise Babyhood, the language of Baby daughter Baked crumb of bread for an infant flour for an infant Bakers' and home made bread Bathing after _full_ meal Baths, cold, tepid, and warm warm, as a remedy for flatulence Beard, best respirator Bed, on placing child in Beds, feather purification of Bed-rooms, the ventilation of cool large a plan to ventilate Bee, the sting of Beef, salted or boiled Beer, on giving child Belladonna, poisoning by Belly-band, best kind when to discontinue Beverage for a child "Black-eye," remedies for Bladder and bowels of an infant Bleeding from navel, how to restrain of nose Blood, spitting of Blows and bruises Boarding schools for females on cheap (note) Boiled bread for infants' food flour for infants' food Boils, the treatment of Boots and shoes Bottles, the best nursing Boulogne sore-throat Bow-legs Bowels, large, of children looseness of protrusion of lower regulation of, by diet Boys should be made strong Brain, water on the