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English History Notes, 1689 — 1727, specially prepared for 



the use of Army Candidates, with Test Questions. By F. Freeth, M.A. 

 Post 8vo, pp. 120. (London : Relfe Bros.) Price 2s. 6d. 



These Notes will prove of great assistance to the student of English 

 History. The Notes are very concisely printed on the right-hand page, whilst 

 on the left, immediately opposite, are the titles of the subjects in bold, black 

 type. 



First Lessons in Wood-Working. By Alfred G. Compton. 



Crown 8vo, pp. x. — 188. (New York and Chicago : Ivison, Blakeman, & Co.) 

 This useful little book is intended principally for the use of schools in 

 which hand-work is pursued as a part of general training. The order of 

 sequence is designed to lead the pupil from one tool to another of larger capa- 

 bilities, and from one operation to another requiring a higher degree of skill. 

 It is chiefly intended for boys between the ages of ii and 14. It is well illus- 

 trated, and the instructions are given in language which cannot fail to be 

 understood. We strongly recommend it to all ingenious boys. 



A Study of Man and the Way to Health. By J. D. Buck, 

 M.D. Svo, half russia, pp. xxii. — 302. (Cincinnati, U.S.A. : Robert Clarke 

 and Co. 1889.) Price .^2.50. 



The author of this work recognises the study of man as the most important 

 in which the human mind can engage, and in the preface we have an epitome 

 of the thesis which is elaborated in the body of the work. This opens with a 

 chapter on the nature of evidence, and aims to discover the criterion of truth. 

 Then follows a brief outline of the principles of biology, an important chapter 

 being devoted to an outline of the structure and functions of the human body; 

 followed by chapters on psychic phenomena in general, health and disease, 

 sanity and insanity, etc. 



The reader — whether medical student, physician, or layman — will find 

 much to interest him in this book. 



Man and his Maladies ; or, The Way to Health, a Popular 

 Handbook of Physiology and Domestic Medicine, in accord with the Advance 

 in Medical Science. By A. E. Bridger, B.A., M.D., B.Sc, F.R.C.P.E., etc. 

 Crown Svo, pp. xxiii. — 472. (London : John Hogg. 1889.) 



In noticing this book, perhaps we cannot do better than quote from the 

 preface, in which the author says : — "I have .... ventured to confer 

 on man the leading r/5/^, have made him tell the story of his birth and growth, 

 and explain the functions of, and the source of power in, that wonderful piece 

 of mechanism, his body ; to prove that he is not, as is calumniously asserted 

 of him, the sport of malignant spirits in the guise of diseases ; but the well- 

 cared-for child of Old Dame Nature, who leads him by what are called func- 

 tional disorders, as tenderly and directly as is possible, back to the paths of 

 health when he has strayed therefrom ; and purifies, by organic disease, his 

 race of those least worthy of it or least fitted to enjoy it." 



The Futility of Experiments with Drugs on xAnimals. By 

 Edward Berdoe. (London : Victoria Street and International Society for the 

 Protection of Animals from Vivisection, 20 Victoria Street, S.W. 1889.) 



A little Svo work of 46 pages ; its scope is well described by the title. In 

 respect to many of the drugs, we find opposing opinions given in parallel 

 columns. Turning to Prussic Acid, for instance, we read, " Rossbach and 

 others found that it lowered the frequency of the pulse." " Wahl found that it 

 increased it." 



