Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Pure Books on Avoided Subjects _Books for Men_ _By Sylvanus Stall, D. D._ “What a Young Boy Ought to Know.” “What a Young Man Ought to Know.” “What a Young Husband Ought to Know.” “What a Man of 45 Ought to Know.” _Books for Women_ _By Mrs. Mary Wood-Allen, M. D., And Mrs. Emma F. A. Drake, M. D._ “What a Young Girl Ought to Know.” “What a Young Woman Ought to Know.” “What a Young Wife Ought to Know.” “What a Woman of 45 Ought to Know.” PRICE AND BINDING The books are issued in uniform size and but one style of binding, and sell in America at $1, in Great Britain at 4s., net, per copy, post free, whether sold singly or in sets. PUBLISHED BY IN THE UNITED STATES THE VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY 2237 Land Title Building Philadelphia IN ENGLAND THE VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY 7 Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus, London, E.C. IN CANADA WILLIAM BRIGGS 29-33 Richmond Street West Toronto, Ontario [Illustration: EMMA F. ANGELL DRAKE, M.D.] PRICE $1.00 NET 4S. NET PURITY AND TRUTH WHAT A YOUNG WIFE OUGHT TO KNOW (_THOUSAND DOLLAR PRIZE BOOK_) BY MRS. EMMA F. ANGELL DRAKE, M. D. Graduate of Boston University Medical College; formerly Physician and Principal of Mr. Moody’s School at Northfield, Mass.; Professor of Obstetrics at Denver Homœopathic Medical School and Hospital; Author of “What a Woman of 45 Ought to Know,” “Maternity Without Suffering.” PHILADELPHIA, PA.: 2337 LAND TITLE BUILDING. THE VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY LONDON: TORONTO: 7, IMPERIAL ARCADE, WM. BRIGGS, LUDGATE CIRCUS, E. C. 33 RICHMOND ST., WEST. COPYRIGHT, 1901, by SYLVANUS STALL COPYRIGHT, 1902, by SYLVANUS STALL Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London, England Protected by International copyright in Great Britain and all her colonies, and, under the provisions of the Berne Convention, in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Tunis, Hayti, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway, and Japan _All rights reserved_