FROM THE BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL, NOV. 25, 1869.
Most valuable for the perusal of mothers, and of those fathers who may be equal to the task of advising sons liable to commit matrimony. The style—of the text—is unexceptionable. Words are not wasted, and those used are to the point. The volume is not a mere resumé of others' opinions; but the author has made the topics of which he treats his own.
FROM THE CHICAGO MEDICAL EXAMINER OF NOV. 1869.
This work is written in a plain and pleasing style, well calculated both to please and instruct. There is nothing of the sensational or imaginative character in it. On the contrary, its teachings are in strict accordance with scientific facts and good sense. Though designed specially for females, yet a careful perusal would be productive of much benefit to both sexes.
FROM THE METHODIST HOME JOURNAL, DEC. 4, 1860.
Hitherto, the subjects so honestly and so skilfully treated in this volume have, to a very great extent, been ruled out of the realm of popular knowledge, and information of this class sought only in a clandestine manner. The people have suffered by deplorable ignorance on those topics, which should be as familiar to us as the alphabet. Dr. Napheys, by his scientific handling of the physiological points which relate to health, training, and development, has rendered a great service to the world. This, the press, and public men, have not been slow to acknowledge. The book has gained unqualified praise, and well deserves it.