CONTENTS
FOREWORD
I FROM BABY TO BOY
II THE SIMPLICITY OF DISCIPLINE
III AS THE TWIG IS BENT
IV A TALK AT CHRISTMAS TIME
V THE DYNASTY OF THE DIME NOVEL
VI THE SIN OF SEX SECRECY
VII THE WEED AND THE WINECUP
VIII OUT INTO THE WORLD
Bringing up the Boy
The Boy
“GIVE HIM THE LIGHT
TELL HIM THE TRUTH
SHOW HIM THE WAY!”
Bringing up the Boy
A Message to Fathers and Mothers
from a Boy of Yesterday concerning
the Men of To-morrow
By
CARL WERNER
New York
Dodd, Mead and Company
1913
Copyright, 1911, by
THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1913, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
Published, March, 1913
TO
Mary Morris Werner
A GOOD MOTHER
WHOSE FINE SYMPATHY, KEEN PERCEPTION,
AND DEVOUT SENSE OF DUTY ARE MOULDING
THE CHARACTER OF
AN AMERICAN BOY
THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
