Copyright 1912
THE ABBOTT PRESS
CHICAGO


PUBLISHER’S NOTES

This is the second of a series of books on “How to Live,” by Dr. George F. Butler. These books range from childhood to old age. The boy and the girl, the young man and young woman, the young husband and young wife, middle-aged people, and old people are instructed in these books in matters of the utmost importance to their health and happiness. The first in this series was “Every Boy’s Book.” These two books are especially intended for boys and girls from ten to fourteen years of age, but every father and mother should read them, so they, too, can know the truth about these great sex facts, and be prepared to answer children’s questions—now sometimes troublesome.


CONTENTS

ChapterPage
I.How the Story Began [1]
II.What the Bee Wanted of Elsie’s Nose [10]
III.The Husbands and Wives of Plants [21]
IV.The Papa and Mamma Parts of the Plants [34]
V.The First Life on Earth [43]
VI.Where Baby Animals Come From [54]
VII.Where Baby Girls Come From [62]

PREFACE

The greatest duty of mankind lies in the proper uprearing of our children. The fact is recognized, but is the duty fulfilled? Do we rear our children as we should? There is but one answer: We fail. Teaching them many things for their good, we yet keep from them ignorantly, foolishly, with a hesitancy and neglect unpardonable—knowledge, the possession of which is essential for their future welfare.