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cookery and not the science. This is especially the case it was pointed 

 out, among the wealthier classes, while the poor pay little attention 

 to either. Attention was also drawn to the errors committed in the 

 purchase of food. The affluent buys in excess, very often unfit food, 

 for which he may have acquired a taste, which his cook panders to. 

 The poor man knows that he has to be careful, but in making a sac- 

 rifice, lets it take place in the matter of quality. The advantage of 

 cooking meat properly was shown in the saving effected, and also the 

 danger avoided of incurring the liability to the development of para- 

 sites, which are killed by the action of heat such as would be made 

 use of in proper cooking. In conclusion, after speaking of the advan- 

 tages of good food as seen in hale old people who have always been 

 careful of their diet, also of the improvement in health amongst the 

 sick poor, when admitted to institutions where the diet though 

 plain, is nevertheless good, the paper spoke of the remedies for 

 the evils described. The remedies given were, " first, always 

 look out for quality before striving for quantity." Especial 

 attention was called to the necessity of this rule for children, so 

 as to avoid weakening their systems, at the start in life, and advice 

 was given on the subject of milk as being the best food. Regular- 

 ity in feeding infants was also insisted upon, and the practice of allow- 

 ing children the run of the table, condemned. For the community 

 at large, moderation was advised. In selecting the quality of 

 food, it was shown that the digestibility of the various foods must be 

 studied, and variety also was shown to be necessary. The question 

 of quality and quantity having been settled, the value of education in 

 cookery was alluded to, and also the necessity for instruction in the 

 science of cookery, as thus the food could be so prepared as to be 

 more easily assimilated while there would be less waste and destitu- 

 tion. Lastly, attention was drawn to the value of instruction 

 in the physiology of digestion, and the observance of its rules was 

 strongly exhorted, especially those for gastric digestion. 



THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 



BY REV. C. H. MOCKRIDGE, D. D. 



The following is a plan of the essay : 



I. The phenomenal character of speech in general was dwelt 

 upon. The earliest records of our race give us no clue to its origin. 



