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Wcrrey says some of the manuscript is missing. I hope it 

 will not be serious. L shall scud him in a day or two all 

 the copy up to the last section of the chapter on foods. I 

 must keep that for a better statement about trichinae, as 

 I wrote you yesterday. And in that section also the refer- 

 ence to the diet of children is very meagre and unsatisfac- 

 tory. The effect of substituting arrowroot for milk in 

 their diet is not referred to. Can you not make some 

 points on this subject by reference to the handbook ? And 

 both in respect of diet and clothing, can't you get some 

 concrete hints from Part IV of Spencer's Education ? In 

 the chapter on food the last section is really the only part 

 that bites upon the subject of hygiene, the rest is but re- 

 motely applicable. I am retrenching what seem the more 

 indirect parts. 



September nth. I have been down to New York to see 

 about things, and returned this morning. I send by mail 

 to-day twenty-four pages more. Chapter XIX is in the 

 hands of the printer, and I have commenced Chapter XX, 

 the last; must have it done in a week. Send down the 

 questions at once as far as they go. Werrey will set them 

 up and page and stereotype them as soon as the last chapter 

 is through. 



I received yours of September 6th this morning. We 

 are all well, our folks quite smart, and slowly gathering 

 themselves together to leave, which they will probably do 

 in October. We shall commence boxing their things 

 shortly. I am not without serious fears respecting the 

 Physiology. Neither Part I nor Part II are just what they 

 ought to be. If the work proves to have any value or 

 promise, I suspect the only method will be a thorough re- 

 vision and restereotyping. There is too much irrelevant 

 or very remotely relevant matter in Part II. I shall do 

 what I can to make Chapter XX attractive. 



September 24th. A mess of questions, pages 13 to 25, 



