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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_

                     [PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES]




Dedicated

TO THE YOUNG WIVES WHO DESIRE THE BEST FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THEIR HUSBANDS
AND FOR THEIR OFFSPRING




PREFACE


To this generation as to no other, are we indebted for the awakening of
woman. Not the awakening alone which has led her out of the old lines
into nearly every avenue open to man in his pursuit of the necessities
and luxuries of life; but that other and larger awakening which has set
her down face to face with herself, and in her study of woman she has
shown herself courageous.

Bravely acknowledging her own limitations, she has set herself the task
of fortifying the weak points, curbing the more daring aspirations, and
getting herself into trim, so to speak, that she may traverse the sea of
life, without danger to herself, her cargo, or to any of the countless
ships which follow in her wake, or that pass her in the day or the night.

Not all women have yet awakened, and for those who have eyes to see, and
have seen, a great work is still waiting to be done. They must reach out
and rouse their sisters. Will they do it? With our young wives rests
the weal or woe of the future generations. To them we say, “What of the
future, and what sort of souls shall you give to it?”

                                                        EMMA F. A. DRAKE.

       DENVER, Colorado,
    United States of America.
     _February 1st, 1901._




CONTENTS.


                               CHAPTER I.

                     INTELLIGENCE OF THE YOUNG WIFE.

    Out of girlhood into wifehood.—The setting up of a new
    home.—Woman’s exalted place.—Earlier influences.—Importance
    of intelligence.—Woman fitted by creator