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CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.--HOW WE MET.
I. INTRODUCTORY.--HOW WE MET
II. HOW TO TALK
III. TALK
IV. HOW TO WRITE
V. HOW TO READ. I.
VI. HOW TO READ. II.
VII. HOW TO GO INTO SOCIETY
VIII. HOW TO TRAVEL
IX. LIFE AT SCHOOL
X. LIFE IN VACATION
XI. LIFE ALONE
XII. HABITS IN CHURCH
XIII. LIFE WITH CHILDREN
XIV. LIFE WITH YOUR ELDERS
XV. HABITS OF READING
XVI. GETTING READY

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It may be observed that there are thirty-four of them. They make up a very nice set, or would do so if they belonged together. But, in truth, they live in many regions, not to say countries. None of them are too bright or too stupid, only one of them is really selfish, all but one or two are thoroughly sorry for their faults when they commit them, and all of them who are good for anything think of themselves very little. There are a few who are approved members of the Harry Wadsworth Club. That means that
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Acting Proverbs
Acting Rhymes
Adventurers
All Fours
Alphabet Game
Animal, Vegetable or Mineral
Ants and the Grasshopper
Balancing Spoon
Band Box (Charade)
Beggar My Neighbor
Bingo
Birds, Beasts and Fishes
Bird Catcher 26,
Birds Fly
Blackboard Relay
Blind Man's Buff
Blind Man's Wand
Bob Major
Bridge of Knives
Buff Says Buff
Buzz
Card Games
Cat and Mouse
Cat and Rat
Cat's Cradle
Charades
Checkers
Changing Seats
Chinese Shadows
Coach and Four
Cock Fighting
Consequences
Circle Ball
Crambo
Coin Trick
Cross Questions and Crooked Answers
Crows' Race
Cushion Dance
Dancing Egg
Dancing Pea
Dead Ball
Diamond Ring
Dodge
Dominoes
Draw a Pail of Water
Drop the Handkerchief
Duck Under the Water
Dumb Crambo
Dwarf
Earth, Air, Fire and Water
Eraser Game
Eraser Relay
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Table Of Contents:

• Chap. I. ON THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD.
• Sect. I. DIETETICS OF INFANCY.
• Sect. II. WEANING.
• Sect. III. DIETETICS OF CHILDHOOD.
• Sect. IV. SLEEP.
• Sect. V. BATHING AND CLEANLINESS.
• Sect. VI. CLOTHING.
• Sect. VII. AIR AND EXERCISE.
• Chap. II. ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF CERTAIN REMEDIES.
• Sect. I.-APERIENT MEDICINE.
• Sect. II.-CALOMEL.
• Sect. III.-OPIATES.
• Sect. IV.-LEECHING.
• Sect. V.-BLISTERS AND POULTICES.
• Sect. VI.-BATHS.
• Chap. III. OF TEETHING, AND HINTS ON THE PERMANENT OR ADULT TEETH.
• Sect. I.-ON TEETHING.
• Sect. II. HINTS UPON THE PERMANENT OR ADULT TEETH.
• Sect. I.-SIGNS OF HEALTH.
• Sect. II. SIGNS OF DISEASE.
• Sect. III.-OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH WILL ASSIST IN THE EARLY DETECTION OF DISEASE.
• Section as characteristic of such attacks.
• Chap. V. ON WHAT CONSTITUTES THE
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INTRODUCTION. Mistakes in regard to the disposition and management of the young. 19-26

CHAPTER I.-IMPORTANCE OF AIMING HIGH IN THE FORMATION OF CHARACTER.
Section I. Importance of having a high standard of action.-The young should determine to rise. We may usually become what we desire to be. An anecdote. Studying the lives of eminent and useful men. 27-30
Section II. Motives to action.-A regard to our own happiness. To family and friends. To society. To country. To the will of God. The love of God, the highest motive. 31-38
Section III. Industry.-No person has a right to live without labor. Determine to labor as long as you live. Mistaken method of teaching industry. Labor in the open air. Manual labor schools. 38-43
Section IV. Economy.-False and true; Examples of the false. Time is money. Sixty minutes shown to be an hour. Economical habits. 1. Do every thing at the time. Anecdote. 2. Every thing should have its place. Examples. 43-47
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Table Of Contents:

• A FOREWORD.
• I. YOU AND YOUR CHILD
• II. THE PROBLEM OF PUNISHMENT
• III. WHEN YOUR CHILD IMAGINES THINGS
• IV. THE LIES CHILDREN TELL
• V. BEING AFRAID
• VI. THE FIRST GREAT LAW
• VII. THE TRAINING OF THE WILL
• VIII. HOW CHILDREN REASON
• IX. WORK AND PLAY
• X. CHILDREN'S GANGS, CLUBS, AND FRIENDSHIPS
• XI. CHILDREN'S IDEALS AND AMBITIONS
• XII. THE STORK OR THE TRUTH
• XIII. THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRANSITION
• XIV. HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT
• XV. FREEDOM AND DISCIPLINE

PREFACE.
In my efforts to learn something about the nature of the child, as a member of child-study groups, and in my own studies, I have found a large mass of material-accumulated by investigators into the psychology and the biology of childhood-which could be of great practical use to all concerned with the bringing up of children. In this little book I have tried to present some of
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• PREFACE.
• CHAPTER I. PRE-ADOLESCENCE
• CHAPTER II. THE MUSCLES AND MOTOR POWERS IN GENERAL
• CHAPTER III. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
• CHAPTER IV. MANUAL TRAINING AND SLOYD
• CHAPTER V. GYMNASTICS
• CHAPTER VI. PLAY, SPORTS, AND GAMES
• CHAPTER VII. FAULTS, LIES, AND CRIMES
• CHAPTER VIII. BIOGRAPHIES OF YOUTH
• CHAPTER IX. THE GROWTH OF SOCIAL IDEALS
• CHAPTER X. INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION AND SCHOOL WORK
• CHAPTER XI. THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS
• CHAPTER XII. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS TRAINING

PREFACE.
I have often been asked to select and epitomize the practical and especially the pedagogical conclusions of my large volumes on Adolescence, published in 1904, in such form that they may be available at a minimum cost to parents, teachers, reading circles, normal schools, and college classes, by whom even the larger volumes have been often used. This, with the cooeperation of the publishers
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• THE STORY OF ANNA
• AN ADVENTURE IN FRATERNITY
• THE OPEN ROAD
• ON BEING WHERE YOU BELONG
• THE CELEBRITY
• AN OLD MAN
• THE MOWING
• ON FRIENDSHIP
• THE GUNSMITH
• A ROADSIDE PROPHET
• AN OLD MAID
• THE DRUNKARD
• A DAY OF PLEASANT BREAD

ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HER CHILDREN AND ON THE TREATMENT ON THE MOMENT OF SOME OF THEIR MORE PRESSING ILLNESSES AND ACCIDENTS

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PART I. INFANCY

• CLOTHING
• DENTITION
• PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION
• NAVEL RUPTURE GROIN RUPTURE
• SLEEP
• CONCLUDING REMARKS ON INFANCY
• VACCINATION AND REâ€'VACCINATION
• MANAGEMENT OF THE NAVEL
• DIET
• THE BLADDER AND THE BOWELS OF AN INFANT
• EXERCISE
• AILMENTS, DISEASE, ETC

• SECOND DENTITION
• ON DISEASE, ETC
• AMUSEMENTS
• CLOTHING
• ACCIDENTS
• WARM BATHS
• SLEEP
• WARM EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS
• DIET
• THE NURSERY
• EXERCISE

• MANAGEMENT OF THE HAIR
• HOUSEHOLD WORK FOR GIRLS
• ON THE TEETH AND THE GUMS
• PREVENTION OF DISEASE, ETC
• DIET
• AIR AND EXERCISE
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And (Incidentally) to Young Women, in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.

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TO A YOUTH
TO A YOUNG MAN
TO A LOVER
TO A HUSBAND
TO A FATHER
TO THE CITIZEN