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Some Books for Sex-education[ToC]

I have decided to publish only the names of selected books which seem to me to be the best for teachers, parents, and young people. In making the selection, I have considered several hundred books which bear on the sex problems in an educational way, and have decided to reject the majority of them. While there might be some value in a long list with critical notes on books that I cannot recommend, it would be a worse than thankless task to compile such an annotated bibliography; for the compiler would surely add to his collection of enemies many authors whose books deserve severe criticism. The sudden and sensational publicity concerning matters of sex and the possibility of commercial exploitation has produced an avalanche of sex books, some good, many bad, and the majority ordinary. Evidently, most of the authors, including numerous physicians, have written to order and without special preparation.

The books of the following lists are not all deserving of unqualified recommendation. In fact, some of them are included because they are the least objectionable of their much-needed kind, and others because they have some good grains that the reader will find worth picking from a mass of non-nutritious but, fortunately, non-poisonous chaff.

I have not included many books which I recognize as important for readers thoroughly trained in science, but which are dangerous for the average reader of literature on sex.

It is possible that I may have overlooked some very good books that I have not intended to ignore; and I shall be glad to have my attention called to books which deserve recognition.

Special bibliographies have been published in Wile's "Sex-Education," March's "Towards Racial Health," Geddes and Thomson's "Sex," and Foster's "Social Emergency."

Publishers.—In most cases the first part of the names of well-known publishers has been given. Unless otherwise mentioned, they have offices in New York City. In addition, the following abbreviations have been used:

A.M.A. = American Medical Association, Chicago.

A.S.H.A. = American Social Hygiene Association, 105 West 40th St., New York City.

S.S.M.P. = Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, 105 West 40th Street, New York City.

Association Press = press of the National Board of the Y.M.C.A., New York City.

For Educators and Parents

Addams, Jane. "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil." Macmillan. $1.00. (Contains all the average reader needs to know concerning prostitution.)

Bok, Edward, Editor. "Books of Self-Knowledge for Young People and Parents." Revell. $.25 each.

Bigelow, M.A. "Relation of Biology to Sex-Instruction in Schools and Colleges." Journal of Social Diseases, II, 4, October, 1911.

Cabot, Richard C. "The Christian Approach to Social Morality." National Y.W.C.A., New York. $.50.

Cabot, Richard C. "What Men Live By." Houghton Mifflin. $1.50. (A book that has helped many people.)

Cabot, R.C. "Consecration of the Affections." Proceedings of Fifth Cong. Amer. School Hygiene Assoc., III, 1911, p. 114. Also in Amer. Phy. Ed. Rev., XVI, 1911, pp. 247-253. (See "Criticisms of Sex-Education" in § 46 of this book.)

Cocks, Orrin G. "The Social Evil and Methods of Treatment." Association Press. $.25.

Creighton, Louise. "The Social Disease and How to Fight It." Longmans. $.35. (A splendid essay on social impurity from a modern woman's viewpoint. Constructive and optimistic.)

Eliot, C.W. "Public Opinion and Sex-Hygiene." A.S.H.A. $.05.

Eliot, C.W. "School Instruction in Sex Hygiene." Proceedings of Fifth Cong. Amer. School Hygiene Assoc., 1911.

Ellis, Havelock. "The Task of Social Hygiene." Houghton. $2.50. (Certain chapters concern sex-education.)

Galloway, T.W. "Biology of Sex." Heath. $.75.

Geddes, Patrick, and Thomson, J. Arthur. "Sex." Holt. $.50. (Excellent.)

Geddes and Thomson. "The Problems of Sex." Moffat. $.50.

Foster, W.T. "The Social Emergency." Houghton. $1.35. (Twelve excellent essays by President Foster, Reed College, and nine others, on social hygiene and education.)

Hall, G. Stanley. "Adolescence." Appleton. 2 vols. $7.50.

Hall, G.S. "Youth: Its Education, Regimen and Hygiene." Appleton. $1.50.

Hall, G.S. "Needs and Methods of Educating Young People in Hygiene of Sex." Pedagogical Seminary, XV, March, 1908.

Hall, G.S. "Teaching of Sex in Schools and Colleges." Journal of Social Diseases, II, 4, October, 1911.

Hall, Winfield S. "Sex Training in the Home." Richardson, Chicago. $1.10.

Henderson, Chas. R. "Education with Reference to Sex." University of Chicago Press. Part I, 78 cts.; II, 80 cts. (Part I demonstrates need of sex-education; II, the educational problems.)

Herter, C.A. "Biological Aspects of Human Problems." Macmillan. $1.50. (Sexual instincts, pp. 182-252; sex-education, 306-316.)

Hime, Maurice C. "Schoolboys' Special Immorality." Churchill, London. $.40. (For masters of boarding schools.)

Hodge, C.F. "Social Hygiene in Public Schools." School Science and Mathematics, April, 1911.

Howard, W.L. "Start Your Child Right." Revell. $.75. (Readable, sensible, helpful to parents.)

Lowry, Edith B. "False Modesty: That Protects Vice by Ignorance." Forbes. $.50. (Arguments for sex-instruction in home and school.)

Lowry, E.B. "Teaching Sex-Hygiene in the Public Schools." Forbes. $.50. (Useful for parents and teachers.)

Lyttleton, E. "Training the Young in the Laws of Sex." Longmans, Green. $1.00. (Heartily approved by many educators.)

March, Norah H. "Towards Racial Health." Routledge, London. $1.00. (Very helpful book for parents and teachers.)

Morley, Margaret W. "Renewal of Life." McClurg. $1.10. (Nature-study basis for teaching children.)

Morrow, Balliet, and Bigelow. "Report of Special Committee on Matters and Methods of Sex-Education." A.S.H.A. $.05.

Morrow, Prince A. "Teaching of Sex-Hygiene." A.S.H.A. $.03. (A splendid address.)

Morrow, P.A. "The Boy Problem." S.S.M.P. $.05. (Helpful to parents.)

Morrow, P.A. "The Sex Problem." S.S.M.P. $.03. (A fair statement of the double morality problem.)

Parkinson, William D. "Sex and Education." Educational Review, January, 1911. (Stands for ethical and æsthetic teaching primarily.)

Scharlieb and Sibly. "Youth and Sex." Dodge. $.25.

Seligman, E.R.A. "The Social Evil." Putnam. $1.50. (A good survey of the evil, based on the work of the Committee of Fourteen in New York.)

Wile, Ira S. "Sex Education." Duffield. $1.00. (A very useful book for parents.)

Wood-Allen, Mary. "Teaching Truth." Crist Co. $.50. (Suggestions for mothers' talks to young children.)

"Social Hygiene." A quarterly journal of the A.S.H.A. $2.00 per year, free to members.

For Girls

Addams, Jane. "Spirit of Youth and the City Streets." Macmillan. $1.25.

Chapman, Rose Woodallen. "How Shall I Tell My Child?" Revell. $.25.

Dodge, Grace H. "A Bundle of Letters to Busy Girls." Funk. $.50.

Hall, Jeannette W. "Life's Story." Steadwell, La Crosse, Wis. $.25. (Biological facts for girls of 10 to 16.)

Hall, W.S. "Life Problems: A Story for Girls." A.M.A. $.10. (A good pamphlet for girls of 12 to 18 years.)

Hall, W.S. "The Doctor's Daughter: Studies about Life." A.M.A. $.10. (On nature-study basis, for girls under 12 years.)

Hood, Mary G. "For Girls and the Mothers of Girls." Bobbs-Merrill. $1.00.

Howard, W.L. "Confidential Chats with Girls." Clode. $1.00.

Smith, Nellie M. "The Three Gifts of Life." Dodd, Mead. $.50. (A girl's responsibility. For girls 15 to 18, who have no more than grammar-school education. In general, sentimental and unscientific; but Chapter IV, "Gift of Choice," is excellent.)

Torelle, Ellen. "Plant and Animal Children: How they Grow." Heath. $1.00. (Useful as a nature-study reader concerning reproduction of animals and plants.)

Wood-Allen, Mary. "Almost a Woman." Crist Co. $.50. (A story for girls of 12 years.)

Wood-Allen, Mary. "What a Young Girl Should Know." Vir Co., Philadelphia. $1.00. (For girls under 12 or 14.)

For Boys

Hall, W.S. "John's Vacation." A.M.A. $.10. (On nature-study basis, for pre-adolescent boys.)

Hall, W.S. "Chums." A.M.A. $.10. (For adolescent boys.)

Hall, W.S. "Developing into Manhood." Association Press. $.25. (Biological basis, for boys of 15 to 18 years.)

Hall, W.S. "Life's Beginnings." Association Press. $.25.

Hall, W.S. "Youth." Association Press. $.25. (For boys 10 to 12.)

Howard, W.L. "Confidential Chats with Boys." Clode. $1.00.

Jenks, J.W. "Life Questions of School Boys." Association Press. $.25.

Jewett. "The Next Generation." Ginn. $.75. (Elementary eugenics.)

Torelle, Ellen. "Plant and Animal Children." (See under books for girls.)

Trewby, Arthur. "Healthy Boyhood." Longmans. $.40.

Wood-Allen, Mary. "Almost a Man." Crist Co. $.50. (Similar to "Almost a Woman." For pre-adolescent boys.)

For Women

Drake, E.F.A. "What a Young Wife Ought to Know." Vir Co., Philadelphia. $1.00.

Galbraith, Anna. "Four Epochs of a Woman's Life." Saunders, Philadelphia. $1.50. (Medical in style. Certain sections relating to heredity are not satisfactory.)

Hall, W.S. "Sexual Knowledge." Intern. Bible House, Philadelphia. $1.00.

Key, Ellen. "Morality of Woman and other Essays." Seymour, Chicago. $1.00. (Ideal morality as a basis for marriage. Good introduction to author's "Love and Marriage.")

Lowry, E.B. "Herself." Forbes. $1.10. (In general, accurate. Medical style.)

Martin, H.N. "Human Body—Advanced Course." Holt. $2.50. (Last chapter, on reproduction, excellent.)

Rummel, Luella Z. "Womanhood and Its Development." Burton Co., Kansas City. $1.50. (One of the best books for mature women. Poorly printed.)

Schreiner, Olive. "Woman and Labor." Stokes. $1.25. (Important for the feminist movement.)

West, Mrs. Max. "Prenatal Care." Bulletin of Children's Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor. (A very practical pamphlet.)

Wood-Allen, Mary. "What a Young Woman Should Know." Vir Co., Philadelphia. $1.00. (The best-known book, preferred by the majority of mothers.)

For Men

Exner, M.J. "Problems and Principles of Sex-Education." Association Press. $.10. (Study of college men, and an essay on principles.)

Exner, M.J. "The Physician's Answer." Association Press. $.15. (Summary of opinions of numerous physicians concerning the problems of young men.)

Exner, M.J. "The Rational Sex Life for Men." Association Press. $.15. (Good, and helpful to many young men.)

Hall, W.S. "From Youth into Manhood." Association Press. $.50. (Highly approved and widely used.)

Hall, W.S. "Instead of Wild Oats." Revell. $.25. (Bok Series, Biological and Sociological basis.)

Hall, W.S. "Reproduction and Sexual Hygiene." Wynnewood, Chicago. $.90. (Very useful book, but criticized by many who disagree with the hygienic part.)

Hall, W.S. "Sexual Knowledge." Intern. Bible House. Philadelphia. $1.00. (Useful for both men and women. Includes the best of the above book.)

Howard, William Lee. "Plain Facts on Sex Hygiene." Clode. $1.00. (Sensational and exaggerated statements concerning social diseases; language unnecessarily offensive in places; but discussion of "continence" is good.)

Howell and Keyes. "The Sexual Necessity." S.S.M.P. $.03.

Lowry, E.B., and Lambert, R.J. "Himself: Talks with Men concerning Themselves." Forbes. $1.00. (Accurate in facts; not well arranged; not "the best book," as the publishers claim.)

Lydston, G. Frank. "Sex Hygiene for the Male." Riverton, Chicago. $2.25. (Readable, fairly reliable, but not worth the price.)

Martin, H.N. "Human Body—Advanced Course." Holt. $2.50. (Last chapter, especially in 1910 edition.)

Moore, H.H. "Keeping in Condition." Macmillan. $1.00. (A physical training book.)

Morrow, Prince A. "Health and Hygiene of Sex." S.S.M.P. $.05. (The best-known pamphlet for college men.)

Speer, Robert E. "A Young Man's Questions." Revell. $.80.

Sperry, Lyman B. "Confidential Talks with Young Men." Revell. $.75.

Stall, Sylvanus. "What a Young Husband Ought to Know." Vir Co., Philadelphia. $1.00. (This and the next are useful to men who prefer a religious approach to sexual information.)

Stall, Sylvanus. "What a Young Man Ought to Know." Vir Co., Philadelphia. $1.00.

Wilson, Robert N. "American Boy and the Social Evil." Winston. $1.00.

For the Married

Cocks, Orrin G. "Engagement and Marriage." Association Press. $.25. (Talks to young men, but young women should be interested.)

Cowan, John. "Science of a New Life." 1869. $3.00. (Obsolete, unreliable, unscientific; but widely sold by magazine advertising.)

Davidson, Hugh S. "Marriage and Motherhood." Dodge. $.25.

Davis, E.P. "Mother and Child." Lippincott. $1.50.

Foerster, F.W. "Marriage and the Sex Problem." Stokes. $1.35. (An important book.)

Holt, L.E. "Care and Feeding of Children." Appleton. $.75. (The well-known nursery guide by the famous pediatrician.)

Howard, W.L. "Facts for the Married." Clode. $1.00. (Good, from a physician's standpoint.)

Jordan, W.J. "Little Problems of Married Life." Revell. $1.00. (Essays which touch many problems of home life.)

Key, Ellen. "Love and Marriage." Putnam. $1.50. (The greatest work of this famous Swedish author.)

Saleeby, C.W. "Parenthood and Race Culture." Moffat, Yard. $2.50. (Popular eugenics.)

Sperry, Lyman B. "Confidential Talks with Husband and Wife." Revell. $1.00.

Wood-Allen, Mary. "Ideal Married Life." Revell. $1.25. (Best book by this well-known physician and author.)

Heredity and Eugenics

Castle, W.E. "Heredity in Relation to Evolution and Animal Breeding." Appleton. $1.50.

Conklin, F.G. "Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men." Princeton University Press. $2.00.

Davenport, C.B. "Heredity in Relation to Eugenics." Holt. $2.00.

Dawson, G.E. "Right of the Child to be Well Born." Funk. $.75.

Doncaster, L. "Heredity in the Light of Recent Research." Putnam. $.40.

Geddes, P., and Thomson, J.A. "Evolution." Holt. $.50.

Guyer, M.F. "Being Well Born." Bobbs-Merrill. $1.00.

Kellicott, W.E. "The Social Direction of Human Evolution." Appleton. $1.50.

Punnett, R.C. "Mendelism." Macmillan. $.50.

Saleeby, C.W. "Parenthood and Race Culture." Moffat, Yard. $2.50.

Thomson, J.A. "Heredity." Putnam. $3.50.

Walter, H.E. "Genetics." Macmillan. $1.50.

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The following pages contain advertisements of a few of the Macmillan publications on Education