About the Book :
The family is the first and most
essential school for the education and training of the young for all the
qualities of a perfect manhood, the general and special preparation for the
fulfilment of the duties and enjoyment of the privileges which are implied in
the various relations of our complex life. It is conceded, in view of the
various elements of human nature, that marriage may have other ends than the
propagation of offspring, and the education of moral persons for private and
public life and its relations may afford the means for the attainment of those
ends. But the incidental issues of an institution are surely compatible witthrh
its primary intention, and should be sought in connection with and mainly
through the accomplishment of that. The author has elaborated the principal of
the Family and the State. This book describes about the marriage in detail and
discusses the extension of the family with heredity and working women. It has
enlightened the problems faced by the parents during parenting and tried to
suggest some remedies for its prevention.
About Author :
Hiram Sterling Pomeroy, M.
D., (Oren, Hiram, John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Jan. 22, 1848, Somers, Conn.;
studied medicine at Yale College, ill-health preventing the completion of the
course; afterward studied in Germany and Austria, receiving the degree of M. D.
at Leipsic; while studying in Europe he was connected with the missionary work
of the American Board. He was a Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society;
member of the Amer. Academy Pol. and Social Science, etc.; President of the
Pomeroy Family Association, and a generous contributor to the expense for the
investigation in England and Normandy. For his medical and surgical work, and
for scientific writing he received the degree of M. A. from Yale in 1891.
