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plain discussion of the problems that intimately affect woman, 

 the home and the social problem. 



In Confidences and Truths the author has undertaken to tell 

 to the boy or girl what should be known concerning the repro- 

 ductive functions, so that if the parent does not feel confident 

 to undertake the instruction, here are good books to put in the 

 hands of the children, or better still, books to be read by the 

 parent with a view to imparting the appropriate instruction to 

 his child. Confidences is much more reserved in its expression 

 than Truths, yet there seems to be good reason for being quite 

 as frank with the boy as this book is, for in all probability he will 

 pick up much of the information from less desirable sources, if 

 such a frank discussion is not given him by the time he is twelve 

 years of age. 



.\fter all. we may heartily commend this series as an ex- 

 cellent addition to the literature that is much needed at present in 

 our American life. 



