VI TO THE TEACHER 



the nervous system in the first chapters, but this method 

 has the insuperable objection of treating the most difficult 

 subject first. Recent authors have relegated the simple sub- 

 ject of the skeleton to the last as it is supposed to be the 

 least interesting and of least importance hygienically. In 

 this book it is introduced among the first chapters, because 

 a knowledge of the skeleton furnishes a scheme by refer- 

 ence to which all the organs of the body may be located as 

 studied, thus promoting a definite knowledge of anatomy, 

 without which foundation physiology cannot be learned. 



The teacher will notice the incorporation of frequent 

 exercises, thought lessons, applications, and practical ques- 

 tions as a training for the reasoning faculty. These were 

 tested by a number of teachers with hundreds of pupils 

 before being set in type. Where they may seem ambig- 

 uous, it is usually because more definite statements would 

 be equivalent to giving the pupil the answers. 



That the power of observation may be cultivated, fre- 

 quent observations of the pupil on his own body and on the 

 life of the community are called for, and after the more im- 

 portant figures and plates quizzes are inserted which can 

 be answered only by studying them. 



It is said that there is no impression without expression, 

 and to supplement the work of the recitation in this 

 connection, numerous subjects for compositions and debates 

 are given. It is hoped that the teacher will not allow his 

 classes to lose the interest and enjoyment that the reading 

 of these essays, and debates at regular intervals, always 

 bring. It is suggested that " match reviews " (an adap- 

 tation of the old-style spelling match), " competitive drills," 

 written exercises, and other forms of review be used. 



It seems to the author that the time has come for a 

 more natural and logical, and therefore a more effective, 

 presentation of the subject of temperance than past methods 

 have furnished. In this book the purpose is to present the 



