Pubhc and Private Opinion. 



believe, with the author, that ' one month's training in its principles and rules 

 would make a good reliable cook of any intelligent servant.'" Sporting Gazette. 



"COUNT RUMFORD." 



This little book has given great satisfaction. The Malvern Advertiser sayg " It 

 should be obtained and read by every one who wishes to see the history of a valu- 

 able and ennobling reform told in an exceedingly happy style." 



The Examiner says " It contains a great deal of truth and sterling advice ; it 

 gets at the roots of many social problems, and should have a large circulation." 



A Gentleman writes from, Bolton : " I have read all your works and am de- 

 lighted with them. As Count Rumford banished beggary from Bavaria, your books, 

 if followed out in practice, would banish beggary, ignorance, disease, vice, and 

 crime from the whole world. If I were rich, I would buy a large quantity for 

 distribution." 



A Lady writes from Ellwengen, Germany:" Mr. Leidke, at Turin, has had the 

 kindness to send me your excellent little work, ' Count Rumford,' which 1 have 

 been reading with the highest satisfaction ; so much the more as your name is 

 already well known to me by your ' Human Physiology,' and ' How to Live on 

 Sixpence a-Day ; ' and as it is written in the same pure spirit of true philanthropy, 

 I cannot help thinking that it ought to be read and well understood by the German 

 people." 



"SOCIAL LIFE." 



Of this book, first published under the title of " Behaviour," press and public 

 have spoken in the highest terms, as will be seen by the following notices : 



" A more valuable compendium of manners we have never seen. It not only 

 teaches what is necessary for the external polish of a gentleman, but it also wisely 

 inculcates the principles of that higher refinement which is the characteristic of 

 the man and Christian. It treats of all subjects that are associated with the pro- 

 prieties and amenities of life." The Norfolk News. 



" We have read the work with the greatest pleasure ; and in closing it, we do not 

 know which to admire most its useful practical suggestions for reforming, educat- 

 ing, refining, and polishing our whole life and society, so as to bring out their 

 highest use and beauty ; or the full, clear, and incisive style in which it is written 

 throughout. Dr. Nichols has written many useful works ; but to prove he is a 

 thoughtful, well-read, observant, clever, kindly gentleman, commend us to this 

 modest treatise. " Public Opinion. 



" ' Behaviour' is as superior to the usual books on etiquette as natural roses to 

 artificial ones, and affords fascinating reading. Good manners include a care of the 

 person and health, tasteful dressing, agreeable deportment, a pleasant manner, 

 dear speech, and in all things, great and small, consideration for the feelings and 

 rights of others. ' A serene gaiety, a courageous meeting of all the troubles and 

 trials of life, is supremely good conduct and good manners. True politeness is 

 cosmopolitan,' says Dr. Nichols, ' it goes like sunshine round the globe.' Some of 

 the sunshine of the author's own individuality irradiates this little book and reaches 

 the heart of the readers, and we feel persuaded that it could not have been written 

 but by a truly chivalrous and courteous gentleman." Drawing-Room Gazette. 



" HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY THE BASIS OF SANITARY 

 AND SOCIAL SCIENCE." 



This is Dr. Nichols' most comprehensive, most philosophical work, and it has met 

 A r ith enthusiastic appreciation. Perhaps the best newspaper review was one which 

 ippearod in the Birmingham Daily Post, which, in the course of a long, able, and 

 earnest article, said: " In this remarkable volume, Dr. Nichols has condensed the 

 studies of many years into a popular form. He writes simply, frankly, fully he is 

 never pedantic, or obscure, or dull. In the course of his five hundred pages there 

 is not a line which is not only worth reading but remembering, for to a large 

 majority of readers most of the facts and inferences will be wholly new. While pro- 

 foundly thoughtful and philosophical, every page is so clearly written, every fact 

 is so full}' stated, every law is so perfectly explained, that every one will not only 

 thoroughly understand but fully appreciate the work. The volume is full of facts 



