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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