New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-03-29

F.crs ATD AecynFSrs sN rHE TR.s.Mrss OF Moral
Second Edition, Improved (Pp. 2O3. lsmo) j. Wnches
ter. Price 81. cents.
This work, from the pen Of lacy of New
York, has hitherto been scarcely known beyond a
very limited circle, vet its intrinsic worth and the
great Importance Of the subject it treas must Sc
cure it an earnest and general consideration
The following extract from the conculng chap
Ter will give fair idea of the scope the work
though not Of the fidelity, purity and careful ella.
iteration with which its idea has been raced out,
and fortified with the concurring ONIONS OF
nearly all eminent authorities in physiological
and moral science:
1t has been the aim of the writer to cnvince her
sex that influence such few of then have
dreamed of, is appointed them in Natur. and that
this influence s OF such character that lies at the
very foundation OF the prosperity and weltre OF man
kind.
TO accomplish her object, she has chosen the
mode best adapted 10 the great mass OF female minds,
viz that of illustrating the positions take, by cases
brought from private experience, from biography,
and from history. She might have goe into alb
stract reasoning upon the several laws stated, and
have equally sustained herself: for whenfacs illus
lrate general principles, reason and philosophy
never fail But she has adopted that manner OF
making the truth apparent, which, while it de-
tracts nothing from its power, will present. it TO the
female mind ina more fascinating garb thln fclothed
in mere philosophical argument. The facts which
have been adduced, and the arguments which have
been offered desi gned 10 establish ue following
principles -
First. That offspring are dependent on their par
ents for their mental and physical constitutions
Second. That these may be modified by the will
of the parents.
Third. That in the transmission from parents to
offspring, more depends on the mother than the
father.
Fourth. That this is especially and strkingly
true of the intellect and feelings
Fifth. That every female from the moment she Is
liable to become mother, is soemnly responsible
to her Maker, to her future offspring and society,
Tor the mind she will mpart, and the moral and
physical qualities she will transmit.
Sixth That it is the dnty of every female tone of
the highest she s called upon to discharged TO spare
no efforts that the circumstances which make up her
condition during the period of CESSATION, shall be
such will be most favorable to the transmission
Of sound organization and OF well balanced
mind.
And lastly. That if any faculty or set of faculties,
in frequent and high exercise in the mother dur
ing this period they will be inherited in increased
strength and energy by her offspring
The Importance of these principles to mankind at
large, cannot be too highly estimated. They lie at
the very basis of all that we desire for They
embrace the springs of human ability, motive and
action. They show that the complicated ply
steal and mental machine called man, is no random
result of tor1uous circumstances, but being taking
his origin under fixed laws that all the diversites
of moral and physical aspect which he presents, are
but the results of those laws.
This work has been considerably extended since
the former edition, and being thrown into the
cheap form, it is sold at about half the former
price. 1t is richly worthy the regard of all, cspe
cially of parents.