Compilation of a series of articles written by A. T. Bryant (D.Litt.) between 1911-1913, in typed manuscript form in the possession of Dr. Killie Campbell of Durban, obtained for publication by C. Struik, Africana Specialist and Publisher.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

The main goal of this Monograph is to understand parents' beliefs about the role of emotions in the family and how cultural or ethnic background may influence those beliefs.