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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from ...Show synopsisThis historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...that my husband would not understand the wish I had to own it. I handed it back to the man and he went on his way. I could not get the thought of the book out of my mind, and did not sleep an hour that night. As soon as the first peep of day began to show itself, I rose and with the price of the book in my hand started for the nearest neighbor, the next cabin where I thought the book agent must have stopped for the night. I found him and got the book and came home. Through all the months before the little one came that book was my constant companion. I read it and reread it, until I knew much of it by heart. Every scene of the book was as vivid as a reality to me. When the daughter came she was the Lady of The Lake over again, and was always just what you see her now." Dr. Holbrook says, "Every child born into the world is essentially an experiment; we cannot tell what its chief characteristics will be; these depend upon the potentialities stored up in the germ-plasm." Then how much depends upon the parents, that the germ-plasm be of fine quality, and so insure fine products in their children. In his book on Stirpiculture, Dr. Holbrook says, "The common people often get at truths in a rude way long before the scientists do. Many parents tell us their children are strongly influenced by some particular occupation of the mother during pregnancy. So strong is this belief that many mothers are in our time trying to influence the characters of their unborn children by special modes of life, by cultivating music, or art, or science, in order to give the child a love for these pursuits." Apropos to this statement, we can attest many instances that have come under our immediate observation. Study and research along certain lines, and in spe...Hide synopsis
Description:Acceptable. Reading copy. May have damage to cover, notes,...Acceptable. Reading copy. May have damage to cover, notes, underlining, highlighting, but all text legible. May have tears to DJ or missing DJ.
Description:VERY GOOD PLUS. ACTUAL BOOK in stock. Previous owner's...VERY GOOD PLUS. ACTUAL BOOK in stock. Previous owner's inscriptions to FFEP. Light age-tanning and light wear to extremities. Gilt lettering to spine, in blind to front board, deep burgundy satiny cloth-covered boards. Clean, unmarked text. Solid. 293 pp with 17 pp ads to rear of text. And with 13 pages before frontispiece (photograph of author) containing "Commendations from Eminent Men & Women, " a fold-out illustration, other "pure books on avoided subjects" and a list of foreign translations. Purity and Truth, Sex and Self Series. From the health and intelligence of the wife, the wedding and home of the couple, to the preparation and rearing of the offspring.
Description:Good+ 293 pp. Adverts. Spine, corners bumped and worn. Light...Good+ 293 pp. Adverts. Spine, corners bumped and worn. Light dampstain to ffep. Part of the 'Self and Sex' series.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
Description:Fair. Acceptable. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. Edge...Fair. Acceptable. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. Edge wear to cover. Some fraying to edges, spine edges and corners. Faded page edges. Fading pages. Hinges a bit loose, rear hinge has inside split. Text clean. Binding still good. All of our items are in stock, and ship promptly with delivery confirmation.
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This is a reproduction of...New. This item is printed on demand. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or wer.
Description:New. This item is printed on demand. This is an EXACT...New. This item is printed on demand. This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as miss.
