Excerpt from The American Girl Her Education Her Responsibility Her Recreation Her Future How can the girl of America be prepared and prepare herself for all that life will bring to her? How can her secret garden best be planted and watered, so that its soil may bring forth an ever-growing beauty of blossom and fulfilment, and its shady walks and running brooks bring rest and inspiration to the weary traveler along the road of life? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.