What it means--Age when it arrives--Causes that hasten it--Causes that delay it--Brunettes mature early--The signs of puberty--Its dangers--Spinal disease--Green sickness--Hysterics--Secret bad habits--Hygiene of puberty--Diet--Exercise--Clothing--Precautions during the monthly changes--Between the monthly changes--What to do when the changes are delayed--When they are painful--The age of nubility. LOVE 52-89 Its power in life--What it is--It is necessary and it is eternal--Of second marriages and of divorce--Courtship--Love at first sight--How to choose a husband--Shall cousins marry?--Marriage between different races and different nations--The proper age of a husband--His temperament--His moral and mental character--Words of warning--Signs of character on the body--The engagement--Concerning long engagements--The right time of year to marry--The right time in the month to marry--The wedding tour. Part II. THE WIFE. HINTS TO YOUNG WIVES 90-132 The wedding night--Should husband and wife sleep together or apart?--The most healthful bed--The dignity and propriety of the sexual instinct--The proper indulgence and the restraint of sexual desire--Marital relations, when they should be suspended--When they are painful--Barrenness, its causes and its cures--Advice to wives who desire children--The limitation of offspring--When it is proper--Justifiable means--Injurious means--The crime of abortion--The nature of conception--Signs of conception--How to retain the affections of a husband. INHERITANCE 132-166 The varieties of inheritance--The legacy of beauty--The complexion--What physical qualities each parent bestows--The inheritance of fertility and longevity--Even deformities sometimes transmitted--How to have beautiful children--Talent and genius may be transmitted--The physical traits of fathers in daughters, and of mothers in sons--Examples--Influence of education on inherited qualities--Transmission of disease--Of mutilations--How to avoid inherited ill tendencies--The excess of women--How to have boys or girls at will--Twins and triplets. PREGNANCY 167-218 Veneration of the pregnant woman--Signs of pregnancy--Quickening-- Mental changes--Miscarriage, its causes, symptoms, and prevention--Mother's marks--What makes them?--How to avoid them--Education of the child in the womb--Are double pregnancies possible?--Instances of double children--Can a child cry in the womb?--Is it a son or a daughter?--Are there twins present?--The duration of pregnancy--How to calculate when the confinement will come--Care of health during pregnancy--The food, clothing, exercise, bathing, ventilation, and sleep--Effect on health of body and mind--Relations of husband and wife during pregnancy.