NEW EDITION,

Revised and Enlarged.

NEW YORK:
FOWLER & WELLS, PUBLISHERS,
753 Broadway.
1882.

COPYRIGHT, 1877, BY

S. R. WELLS & COMPANY.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER/SECTIONPAGE
[INTRODUCTION]5
[TRANSMISSION]9
[CONCEPTION]11
[SLEEPING]13
[AMATIVENESS]15
[DESIRES AND FANCIES]19
[BIRTH-MARKS]21
[DEFICIENT CHILDREN]21
[OVER-EXERTION]23
[EFFECT OF IMAGINATION]29
[RESULTS OF UNUSED TALENT]33
[CONSTRUCTIVENESS AND ARTISTIC TENDENCY]37
[JEALOUSY]39
[THE NEW BERLIN PROSTITUTE]45
[VIOLATION OF SEXUAL LAW DURING PREGNANCY]47
[THE FATHER’S INFLUENCE THROUGH THE WIFE]49
[ILL EFFECTS OF MORAL COWARDICE]52
[UNIMPRESSIBILITY]53
[ASKING FOR MONEY]54
[REPRESSED EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES]55
[BEAUTY]57
[DAISY B——]59
[MINISTERS’ CHILDREN]60
[VALUE OF TEMPORARY EFFORT]62
[MUSICAL ABILITY]64
[GRIEF]66
[THE BLACK SHEEP]68
[“MY CONSOLATION”]70
[KLEPTOMANIA]74
[SPECULATIVE INTELLECT]75
[INTEMPERANCE]77
[CONCLUSION]79