Chapter I: Front Matter

Pure Books on Avoided Subjects

_Books for Men_

_By Sylvanus Stall, D. D._

“What a Young Boy Ought to Know.”
“What a Young Man Ought to Know.”
“What a Young Husband Ought to Know.”
“What a Man of 45 Ought to Know.”

_Books for Women_

_By Mrs. Mary Wood-Allen, M. D., And Mrs. Emma F. A. Drake, M. D._

“What a Young Girl Ought to Know.”
“What a Young Woman Ought to Know.”
“What a Young Wife Ought to Know.”
“What a Woman of 45 Ought to Know.”

PRICE AND BINDING

The books are issued in uniform size and but one style of binding, and sell in America at $1, in Great Britain at 4s., net, per copy, post free, whether sold singly or in sets.

PUBLISHED BY

IN THE UNITED STATES
THE VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY
2237 Land Title Building Philadelphia

IN ENGLAND
THE VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY
7 Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus, London, E.C.

IN CANADA
WILLIAM BRIGGS
29-33 Richmond Street West Toronto, Ontario

PRICE $1.00 NET
4S. NET

PURITY AND TRUTH

WHAT A YOUNG
WIFE
OUGHT TO KNOW

(_THOUSAND DOLLAR PRIZE BOOK_)

BY

MRS. EMMA F. ANGELL DRAKE, M. D.

Graduate of Boston University Medical College; formerly
Physician and Principal of Mr. Moody’s School at Northfield,
Mass.; Professor of Obstetrics at Denver Homœopathic Medical
School and Hospital; Author of “What a Woman of 45 Ought to
Know,” “Maternity Without Suffering.”

PHILADELPHIA, PA.: 2337 LAND TITLE BUILDING.

THE VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY

LONDON: TORONTO:
7, IMPERIAL ARCADE, WM. BRIGGS,
LUDGATE CIRCUS, E. C. 33 RICHMOND ST., WEST.

COPYRIGHT, 1901, by SYLVANUS STALL

COPYRIGHT, 1902, by SYLVANUS STALL

Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London, England

Protected by International copyright in Great Britain and
all her colonies, and, under the provisions of the Berne
Convention, in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain,
Switzerland, Tunis, Hayti, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway,
and Japan

_All rights reserved_

[PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES]

Dedicated

TO THE YOUNG WIVES WHO DESIRE THE BEST FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THEIR HUSBANDS AND FOR THEIR OFFSPRING