Philosophy of Love: Unfoldment of Marriage (part of The New Tokology)

[Chicago, Illinois]: Laird & Lee, 1921. Good. Some toning, water staining, short tears.. Scarce: a single part of a larger book in parts titled "The New Tokology" by Eli F. Brown and Joseph H. Greer, first published in 1903; this part is from a reissuing of the individual chapters by Laird & Lee in 1921. It covers the following chapters: "The Unfolding of Womanhood"; "The Fulfillment of the Law"; and "The Fruits of Fulfillment". Throughout these chapters, Greer (who, it should be said, is a male physician) advises women in matters of sex and marriage, such as avoiding "prudishness", seeing sex as a spiritual activity, choosing a partner, and offering early and honest sex education to children. An important view into the state of sex education in 1921, in a scarce printing.

Single vol. (7.5" by 5.5"), pp. [155]-187, [1], stapled in original printed blue wrps. The title "The New Tokology" references a Victorian work titled "Tokology: A Book for Every Woman", first published in 1883 by the physician Alice B. Stockham. It was seen as a seminal work in women's health and sex education.