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A MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY. By WILLIAM THO- 

 MAS BRANDE, F.R.S., Prof. Chem. R.I.,of Her Majesty's Mint. 

 The Fourth Edition, revised, and very considerably Enlarged, 

 and with an Index, comprising many Thousand References. 30s. 



* READINGS IN SCIENCE; being FAMILIAR EXPLA- 



NATIONS of some of the most interesting Appearances and Princi- 

 ples in NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. With many Engravings, as. 



* POPULAR PHYSIOLOGY; being Familiar Explana- 



tions of Interesting Facts connected with the Structure and Func- 

 tions of Animals, and particularly of Man. By PERCEVAL 

 B. LORD, M.B., M.R.C.S. With numerous Engravings. 7*. 6d. 



HINTS TO GAS CONSUMERS; comprising Practical 



Information on the following subjects; — 



I. The General Properties of Coal-Gas, II. Its Cost, as compared with other modes 

 of Illumination. III. The Convenience, Safety, and Utility of Gas-Light. IV. 

 Management and Economical Use of Gas. V. Gas-Fitters and Gas-Fittings. VI, 

 Gas Stoves. Is. 6d. 



^MECHANICS APPLIED TO THE ARTS. By the Rev. 



HENRY MOSELEY, M. A., Professor of Natural Philosophy and 

 Astronomy, King's College. With numerous Engravings, 6s. 6d. 



THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIVING. By HERBERT 

 MAYO, F.R.S., Senior Surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital. 8s. 6d. 



CONTENTS. 



Of Diversities of Constitution; Temperament; Habit; Diathesis. 

 — Of Diet. — Of Digestion ; Adaptation of Diet to different Con- 

 stitutions and Ages; Social Relations of Food. — Of Exercise; 

 Exercise proper for Boys; Physical Education of Girls; Spinal 

 Curvature; Exercise proper for Adults; for the Aged. — Of Sleep. 

 Of Bathing. — Of Clothing. — Of Air and Climate. — Health of 

 Mind; Self-control; Mental Culture. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANS OF DIGES- 

 TION, in HEALTH and in DISEASE; by HERBERT 

 MAYO, F.R.S., Senior Surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital. 6s. 6d. 



CONTENTS. 



Rules of Diet for different Constitutions. — Treatment of the various 

 kinds of Indigestion; — of Looseness ; of Costiveness. — Local Diseases 

 of the lower Bowel, and their Treatment. 



