The Young Mother is a parenting guide that has been much enlarged. The author has added a section on the conduct and management of the mother and child and the mother herself, besides several other important amendments and additions. The whole has also been carefully revised, and we cannot but indulge the hope that no popular work of the kind will be found more perfect, or more worthy of the public confidence.
The Young Man's Guide by William A. Alcott. The young are often accused of being thoughtless, rash, and unwilling to be advised. That the former of these charges is in a great measure just, is not denied. Indeed, what else could be expected? They are thoughtless, for they are yet almost strangers to the world, and its cares and perplexities. They are forward, and sometimes rash; but this generally arises from that buoyancy of spirits, which health and vigor impart. True, it is to be corrected, let the cause be what it may; but we shall correct with more caution, and probably with greater success, when we understand its origin. That youth are unwilling to be advised, as a general rule, appears to me untrue. At least I have not found it so. When the feeling does exist, I believe it often arises from parental mismanagement, or from an unfortunate method of advising.
Originally published in 1854, Three Days on the Ohio River is a personal memoirs of the author during his voyage from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh through the river of Ohio. This book contains the author's personal experiences on board the Western river steamboat, Pittsburgh. It also contains amazing descriptions of the scenery viewed from the river.
