A series of thirty articles on the nature and scope and methods of the wise training of children. This work is the ripest result of the lifetime study and experience of a Christian educator in the sphere of the home training of children. Every precept in its pages has been tested by the principles of Christian philosophy and by actual experiment in more than one generation of little ones. "This is next to the Bible decidedly the best book for parents ever published. It is worth its weight in gold to those who have the responsibility of training children....The greatest element of danger today in this country of ours is the lack of home training. Dr. Trumball has written many good books, but this is better than all the rest for the good it will do." -The North-western Monthly "It would be an unspeakable advantage to every parent to read this book. Its thirty chapters are full of condensed, practical Christian hints to those to whom God has entrusted the training of immortal souls for Himself. Its reading might change many of their views, help them to better habits, and suggest many ways in which they could influence their children's minds for good. How beautiful households would be, molded after the fashion outlined in this book." -The Treasury; a Magazine of Religious and Current Thought "Parents and others having the training of children would be all the better, whatever their experience, if they were to give it a careful perusal." -Glasgow Herald "We wish every parent could read a chapter headed 'Will-training, rather than Will-breaking.' and another on the duty not only of setting an example, but of training children so that special characteristics shall be modified or strengthened as circumstances require. This book is full of happy suggestions as to home atmosphere, interest in the children's pleasures and troubles, and, the evil of punishments inflicted just before bedtime....This admirable little work is 'the outcome of experiment and observation as a father and grandfather,' and may be usefully introduced to the notice of parents who are only in the theoretical stage of education....We wish it a large circulation and careful reading." -The Literary World "Eminently practical. He tells what training is, the duty of training; its scope shows that the training of the will is not will braking, and so on....The work is heartily commended." -Young Men CONTENTS. I. Child-Training: What Is It? II. The Duty of Training Children III. Scope and Limitations of Child-Training IV. Discerning a Child's Special Need of Training V. Will-Training, Rather than Will-Breaking VI. The Place of "Must" in Training VII. Denying a Child Wisely VIII. Honoring a Child's Individuality IX. Letting Alone as a Means of Child-Training X. Training a Child to Self-Control XI. Training a Child Not to Tease XII. Training a Child's Appetite XIII. Training a Child as a Questioner XIV. Training a Child's Faith XV. Training Children to Sabbath Observance XVI. Training a Child in Amusements XVII. Training a Child to Courtesy XVIII. Cultivating a Child's Taste in Reading XIX. The Value of Table-Talk XX. Guiding a Child in Companionships XXI. Never Punish a Child in Anger XXII. Scolding is Never in Order XXIII. Dealing Tenderly with a Child's Fears XXIV. The Sorrows of Children XXV. The Place of Sympathy in Child-Training XXVI. Influence of the Home Atmosphere XXVII. The Power of a Mother's Love XXVIII. Allowing Play to a Child's Imagination XXIX. Giving Added Value to a Child's Christmas XXX. Good-Night Words