Letters to Margaret

First published in 1941, this book gives in the form of letters to a girl on the threshold of adolescence answers to many questions which puzzle the eager minds of boys and girls. The author traces the course of normal growth from birth to the age of 25, and shows how the male and female elements combine to form the human personality.

Theodore James Faithfull (1885-1973) came from a family who for several generations had been prominent in the educational world. He qualified as a veterinary surgeon, and served in the first world war. Shortly after returning to private life he started a progressive co-educational school which soon became a school for difficult children. He went on to become a psychoanalyst and later a sex therapist.

Preface. Chapters 1-23. Appendices.