TO  YOUNG  MOTHERS,

Also,  this  book  is  dedicated,  with  the  knowledge  that  there  is  much
in  its  pages  that  will  aid  them  in  the  judicious  training  of  their  chil-
dren. Let  them  not  become  impatient  at  finding  the  same  topics
touched  upon  again  and  again,  sir^ce  it  is  only  in  this  way  that  their
importance  can  be  fixed  in  the  memory.
A  celebrated  teacher  when  asked  how  many,  and  what,  were  the
requisites  for  the  successful  instruction  of  the  young,  answered,  as  did
Demosthenes  of  the  importance  of  action  in  oratory  :  *  *  Three :  First,
repetition  ;  second,  repetition;  third,  repetition.'*

This  book  is  not  one  to  be  taken  from  the  circulating  library  op
borrowed,  skimmed  over,  and  returned.
It  contains  some  of  the  wisest  teachings  of  past  generations  as  to
the  importance  of  forming  good  manners  and  correct  habits  in  youth,
♦ofi:ether  with  some  of  the  customs  and  rules  that  govettv  aoc\w\  \v\\«t-
-iurse  In  tbe  best  society  of  oar  own  generation.
THE  NEW  YORK
PUBLIC  LIBRARY

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ASTOR.  LENOX  AND
TILDES  FOUNDATIONS

R  1918  L


'*  Young  girls,  young  wives,  young  mothers,  you  hold  the  sceptre ;  in  your  souls,  much
more  than  in  the  laws  of  legislators,  now  repose  the  futurity  of  the  world  and  the  desti-
nies of  the  human  race." — L.  Aimi-Martin.
