invalidism.

A most important part of an education is the knowledge of how to
procure the most perfect development of the body possible, and how to
maintain the health. This has not been touched upon here, since the
outlines for the general physical education have already been given in
"Hygiene and Physical Culture for Women,"* and the present volume
concerns itself only with the four critical epochs of woman's life.

* By Anna M. Galbraith, M. D.; published by Dodd, Mead & Co.

With this broad view of an education, as a means to procure the best
physique possible; a mind disciplined to meet to the greatest
advantage all the vicissitudes of life; an intellect developed along
the lines of its greatest possibilities; and an occupation chosen in
accordance with the tastes and talents of the individual; it becomes
an incontrovertible fact that the education is the controlling factor
in the physical life of every woman.
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"Be not simply good; be good for something."

THOREAU.
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PART I.-- MAIDENHOOD.
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CHAPTER I.