"In no line of literature, perhaps, is such a book so much needed."--_New Haven Leader._
"Those who peruse the book only from prurient curiosity will be disappointed."--_Cleveland World._
"Should be read by every woman nearing and pa.s.sing middle life."--_Pittsburg Gazette._
"Written in that wholesome sympathetic manner characteristic of all the books in the Self and s.e.x Series."--_Cleveland Daily World._
"Full of most admirable practical advice, and it is written in a sympathetic manner which is the outcome of oneness of s.e.x between the author and those whom she addresses."--_Syracuse Herald._
"There are some things that a woman of forty-five does not know--things which she regards with more or less terror in the expectation--which terror it is the object of Mrs. Drake to dispel."--_Rochester Herald._
"There is nothing in the book that could not be proclaimed from the house-tops, and there is everything in it that intelligent and thoughtful women should read and keep for their daughters to read when the proper time comes."--_Newark Daily Advertiser._