20 AN ENTHUSIAST'S USEFULNESS 



given to games, both in the upper and in the 

 working classes, and not enough time nor 

 attention given to those forms of intellectual 

 recreation which improve the mind. Our boys 

 are made physically strong, but is the mental 

 development keeping pace with the physical? 

 If not, our nation will deteriorate. 



We do not suggest photography through the 

 microscope as the remedy for existing defects, 

 but we think that the more our young men 

 take up intellectual pastimes the better it will 

 be for the nation. This is one of those 

 pastimes. It is not a selfish one. One 

 enthusiast is a centre of usefulness to others, 

 for he cannot keep to himself the enjoyment 

 he receives from the study of Nature's beauties 

 and wonders. 



A section of the book is devoted to histo- 

 logical subjects intended specially for junior 

 medical students. At the same time the 

 illustrations and descriptions of all the sub- 

 jects in this particular department ought to be 

 familiar to every one. The enormous work 

 done by the heart, the wonderful structure 



