VI PREFACE. 



minute in anatomical and physiological details to satisfy 

 those who desire to go deeper into such studies than 

 many may deem necessary, this work is nevertheless written 

 so that it may form part of the domestic library. Mothers 

 and daughters may read it without being repelled or 

 shocked; and the young will find their interest sustained 

 by incidental digressions to more attractive matters. Such 

 are the pages referring to phrenology and to music, which 

 accompany the anatomical description of the skull and of 

 the organs of voice; and the chapter on artistic expression 

 which closes the book. 



Attention may also be directed to the numerous accurate 

 and also simple engravings, which have been introduced in 

 the hope of elucidating the verbal descriptions in the text. 



