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Sylvanus Stall (18 October 1847 – 6 November 1915)〔"Stall, Sylvanus" (Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, 1900)〕 was a United States Lutheran pastor, most famous for his 1897 sex education and anti-masturbation book ''What A Young Boy Ought To Know'' and its many sequels. Stall was born in Elizaville, New York (now part of Gallatin). In 1866 he entered Hartwick Seminary, then Pennsylvania State University and the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained a minister in 1874. Stall held a Doctor of Divinity degree. He was initially a pastor in Cobleskill, New York (1874–77), Martins Creek, Pennsylvania (1877-80) and Lancaster, Pennsylvania (1880–87)〔 (including running a Sunday School attended by H. L. Mencken〔), but quit in 1887 to edit church newspaper ''The Lutheran Observer'' and start writing books.〔H. L. Mencken. "First steps in divinity." ''Happy Days, 1880–1892'', pp. 185-188. Knopf, 1936.〕 He also produced ''Stall's Lutheran Year-Book'' from 1884 on.〔(WorldCat entry )〕 He was also statistical secretary of the Lutheran General Synod from 1885.〔 After several small-selling books, he released the enormously popular ''What A Young Boy Ought To Know'', a book on sexual hygiene, warning young boys of the purported dangers of masturbation. The book was a transcript of a series of sermons Stall recorded on Edison wax phonograph cylinders, so is divided into "cylinders" rather than chapters.〔Christopher Hoolihan. ''(An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform, Volume II: M-Z )'', p383. University of Rochester Press, 2004.〕 A cylinder collection was also offered for sale, which may be the first audiobook.〔("Masturbational INSANITY" ) (Th. Metzger, ''Loompanics'', 1999)〕 He died in Atlantic City on 6 November 1915, aged 68.〔"Obituaries: Dr Sylvanus Stall", ''New York Times'' 1915-11-07〕 == Bibliography == * Pastor's Record (1876)〔 * Hand-Book to Lutheran Hymns (1879)〔 * How to pay church debts, and how to keep churches out of debt (I. K. Funk, 1881)〔(How to pay church debts: and how to keep churches out of debt: Stall, Sylvanus, 1847-1915 ) (Internet Archive)〕 * Methods of church work: religious, social and financial (Funk & Wagnalls, 1888)〔(Methods of church work : religious, social and financial: Stall, Sylvanus, 1847-1915 ) (Internet Archive)〕 * Five minute object sermons to children: ... through eye-gate and ear-gate into the city of child-soul (Funk & Wagnalls, 1894)〔(Five minute object sermons to children: ... through eye-gate and ear-gate into the city of child-soul: Stall, Sylvanus, 1847-1915 ) (Internet Archive)〕 * Bible selections for daily devotion; 365 readings (Funk & Wagnalls, 1896)〔(Bible selections for daily devotion; 365 readings: Stall, Sylvanus, 1847-1915 ) (Internet Archive)〕 * What a Young Boy Ought to Know (Vir, 1897)〔http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/dl/ww/001089318〕 * What a Young Husband Ought to Know (Vir, 1899)〔(What a young husband ought to know - Sylvanus Stall ) (Google Books listing)〕 * What a Man of Forty-five Ought to Know (Vir, 1901)〔(What a man of forty-five ought to know: Stall, Sylvanus, 1847-1915 ) (Internet Archive)〕 * What a Young Man Ought to Know (Vir, 1904)〔(Google Books page )〕 * The Social Peril (Vir, 1905)〔(Google Books page )〕 * Successful selling of the Self & Sex series (Vir, 1907)〔(Successful selling of the Self & Sex series: Stall, Sylvanus, 1847-1915 ) (Internet Archive)〕 * Talks to the King's children: being the second series of "Object Sermons to Children" (Vir, 1907)〔(Google Books page )〕 * With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate and ear-gate into the city of child-soul (Uplift, 1911)〔(With the children on Sundays, through eye-gate and ear-gate into the city of child-soul: Stall, Sylvanus, 1847-1915 ) (Internet Archive)〕 ''With Mary-Allen Wood:'' * What a young girl ought to know (1897)〔(What a young girl ought to know: Wood-Allen, Mary, 1841-1908 ) (Internet Archive)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sylvanus Stall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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