Preface
The success of "The Catholic Girl's Guide" augurs well, we trust, for the reception which awaits its present companion. Zealous directors of souls have urged us to undertakes this work, and we entertain the hope that pastors will introduce "The Young Man's Guide " to the boys of their respective parishes and especially to the boys of "the plain people," as Abraham Lincoln was wont to designate the great body of working classes,
There is more than a grain of truth in the adage, "Take care of the boys, and the girls will take care of themselves." Do we give as much attention and care to the preservation of our boys as we devote to the safeguarding of our girls? Are not our boys and young men exposed to greater dangers in the battle of life? Are not they more constantly and more fiercely assailed by the enemies of man's salvation, and tempted to the gratification of disorderly passions, to every kind of sinful enjoyment - - the end of which is temporal misery and eternal ruin?
Hence, any attempt to draw our Catholic youth away from the evil influences that surround them in the world is worthy of approbation; any book that imparts to young
