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Lankester. — comparative longevity in man and 

 THE LOWER ANIMALS. By E. Ray Lankester, B.A. 

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Maclaren — training, in theory and practice. 



By Archibald Maclaren, the Gymnasium, Oxford. 8vo. 

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The ordinary agents of health are Exercise, Diet, Sleep, Air, Bath- 

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 as to the manner in mhich it is, or should be, administered under 

 ordinary circumstances : and secondly, in what manner and to 

 w/iat extent this mode of administration is, or should be, altered for 

 purposes of training ; the object of "training," according to the 

 author, being " to put the body, with extreme and exceptional care, 

 lender the influence of all the agents which promote its health and 

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THE BATHS AND WELLS OF EUROPE ; Their Action and 

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