Marriage the most trying event in a woman’s life—Earliest mistake which most young husbands make—Few intelligent guardians of their brides—Threefold classification of women—Causes of differences. II THE WIFE Her manifold duties as wife, mother and housekeeper—God has fitted her for her sphere—The mother-nature—Barrenness and sterility—Physical, social, intellectual and moral benefits of motherhood and fatherhood—Aversion and evasion—God’s purpose in marriage—Limitation of offspring—Marital excess—The wrongs which wives suffer because of ignorant and unthinking husbands—Repellant periods in the life of woman. III THE MOTHER Purposed and prepared parenthood—Conception—The marvels of fœtal life and growth—Changes during the months of gestation—The husband’s duty to wife and offspring—What the wife has a right to expect before and during confinement—Ignorant, unthinking and unsympathetic husbands—The child in the home—Real life and genuine happiness—The mother while nursing—Protection of child from impure nurses. PART III WHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIS CHILDREN Heredity—Prenatal influences—Physical conditions prior to and at conception—Stirpiculture—Essentials of seed, soil and care—“Longings,” markings, etc.—Can sex of offspring be governed—Cause of idiocy—Blindness, etc.—The right to be well-born—Parental discipline during first two years—Duties during childhood—Nursery influences—Honest answers to honest inquiries—How to secure purity in thought and life of children. Price { $1.00 } net, per copy { 4 s. } * * * * * “What a Young Husband Ought to Know” WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAY Chas. M. Sheldon, D. D. “I believe the book will do great good, and I hope its message may be used for the bettering of the homes of the world.” Rev. F. B. Meyer, B. A. “I greatly commend this series of manuals, which are written lucidly and purely, and will afford the necessary information without pandering to unholy and sensual passion.” Hon. S. M. Jones “I am glad to say that my study of it indicates that you have been led by a pure love for your kind to write one of the most helpful and valuable books that it has been my privilege to see in many days.” Bishop John H. Vincent, D. D., LL. D. “Straightforward, clean, kind, clear and convincing. A copy ought to go with every marriage certificate.” Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis “It is a wholesome and helpful contribution to a most difficult subject, and its reading will help to make the American home happier and more safely guarded.” Rev. A. C. Dixon, D. D.