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will prove of value to the reader. A considerable improven^ent has also been 

 effected in the very voluminous index, which fills no fewer than 104 pages. 

 A separate section is devoted to each subject, and these number in the five 

 volumes seventy-three sections. The volumes are handsomely bound, and 

 contain many plain and coloured plates in addition to wood engravings. 



Sickness or Health ? or the Danger of Trifling Ailments. 

 By M.D., CM., a family doctor. Crown 8vo, pp. 286. (London : Jarrold 

 and Sons.) 



In this work good advice in plain language is given with respect to many 

 of our every-day ailments, but the author states very emphatically that no kind 

 of chronic aihiient can be removed or remedied without striking deeply at its 

 root and removing the cause, and that the abjuring of all bad habits of living 

 and obedience to the golden rules of health will cure about two-thirds of the 

 chronic ills that flesh in this weary work-a-day world is heir to. 



The Old Documents and the New Bible. By J. Paterson 



Smyth, LL.B., B.D. Crown Sv'o, pp. xiv. — 216. 



How We Got Our Bible. By the same Author. pp. iv. 

 — 127. (London: S. Bagster and Sons. 1890.) 



These two books are written in very clear language and in the author's 

 own fascinating style. The account of the Old Bibles gives a good understanding 

 of the methods of Biblical criticism at a time when an increasing thirst for 

 knowledge calls for satisfaction at the hands of those who are well fitted to 

 supply the want. A new edition of the smaller volume completing the thirty- 

 first thousand shows how this little work has been appreciated. 



Sanity and Insanity. By Charles Mercier, M.B. Crown 

 Svo, pp. xix. — 395. (London : Walter Scott. 1890.) 



An endeavour is here made to account for the phenomena of insanit)'. 

 The book is divided into fifteen chapters and treats of: — The Nervous System, 

 The Mind, What Insanity is. The Causes and the Forms of Insanity, etc. ; and is 

 illustrated with twenty illustrations. 



From the Farm to the Battle-Field. By Mrs. Clara 



Walbey. Crown Svo, pp. vii. — 182. (London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 

 Hertford : S. Austin and Sons. 1890.) Price 2S. 6d. 



Three separate stories are comprised in this book. The stories are 

 interesting, but totally unconnected. We consider the title misleading. 



Hypnotism. By Albert Moll. Crown Svo, pp. xii. — 410. 

 (London: Walter Scott. 1890.) Price 3s. 6d. 



Great curiosity has of late been aroused by the accounts which have from 

 time to time appeared with regard to the effects produced on persons under 

 hypnosis, and to those who wish for a description of the methods employed 

 and a full discussion upon the scientific and practical aspects of hynotism, we 

 cecommend these pages for perusal. 



Practical Flash-Light Photography. By Robert Kingsley. 



4to. (London : Marion and Co.) 



A very handsomely got-up volume with four whole-plate photographs ; it 

 is a treatise on Magnetism, Flash-Light Photography, and gives Mr. Kingsley 's 

 practical experience. We feel assured that by simply following his instructions 

 photographers and amateurs may arrive at great excellence in Flash-light work. 



