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The Gastric Regions, and tualling Department. the Vic By AN OLD MILITIA SURGEON. The whole outward and inward man, from the crown of his head to the corns on his little toes, all tell the sad tale of the Gastric Regions' Wrongs. Observer. "This is a most useful, and by no means a dull or heavy book. The Old Militia Surgeon gives some most useful advice, in a pleasant practical manner, respecting different varieties of food and their effects upon the system." Weekly Dispatch. "It is a treatise full of sense and reason, and well worth reading and study." Atlas. "A capital chapter on what to eat and drink." United Service Gazette. "A copy of this little volume would be a very appropriate companion to the Manual of Drill, which is, of course, the vade mecum of every rightly-constituted rifleman." b Fcp. 8vo. cloth, illustrated, price 2s. 6d. The Foot and its Covering. With Dr. Camper's work on "The Best Form of Shoe," translated from the German. By JAMES Dowie. Economist. 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"To all pedestrians it must be an object to have an easy shoe, and in the present day of universal military ardour and hebdomadal marchings out, this little contribution may prove a useful adviser upon the subject." Literary Gazette. "In commending Mr. Dowie's volume to all whom it may concern, we include the whole population of these British Isles, with the exception of the few who, like Ben Battle, stand upon another footing, and walk on timber toes." New Edition, folio, fully illustrated, price 12s. Country Cottages. A Series of Designs for an Improved Class of Dwellings for Agricultural Labourers. By JOHN VINCENT, Architect. With numerous Plans, Elevations, &c. Royal 32mo. cloth, price 1s. Hardwicke's Shilling Handy-Book of London. An Easy and Comprehensive Guide to Everything worth Seeing and "The title-page of this little pocket volume claims for it the praise due to an easy and comprehensive guide to everything worth seeing and hearing in and around the metropolis, and states that it is compiled from authentic sources and personal inquiry. From the examination which we have been able to make of the little brochure, this promise seems to be very fairly fulfilled; and we cannot do better than recommend this seasonable little manual to the waistcoat pockets of the sight-seers who come up to London. There are sixteen neat illustrations to accompany the letter-press of the volume." Atlas. "A compendious and useful guide to the principal places of interest in and around London. Excellent woodcuts have been added, to give completeness to this volume." Era. 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All those who wish to see London as it really is, should purchase it." 400 pp., crown 8vo. cloth, fully illustrated, price 38. Dr. Lankester on Food. On Food. A Course of Lectures delivered at the South Kensington "Full of sound science, curious anecdote, and quaint illustration. Dr. Lankester has a singular power of illustrative keenness; and in the discursive lessons which he delivers on so many subjects, there is an overflowing wealth of minute collateral information which is always brought to the level of the last achievements of science." Athenaeum. "The lectures possess the great merit of being interesting. The information, although it may be gathered from sources not inaccessible to those who will read for themselves, is brought together and arranged with the intelligence of a man who thoroughly understands and performs what he intends to do. The facts thus presented gain an additional value by bearing the impress and sanction of his own opinions. There is no pretence about these lectures. The style is clear and pleasant; and, for a work of general information on a subject interesting to everybody, these Lectures on Food will be useful and popular. They contain information which everyone ought to possess; and there is skill shown in giving as much information as is necessary, and no more than is desirable. Dr. Lankester has fulfilled the task he proposed to himself with judgment and success." Builder, "A volume such as this must needs be one of the very best of its kind; and it is So. It is a work full of amusement and instruction. Dr. Lankester's very suggestive and interesting book leads us to forget both our limits and our time; and we must now take leave of it with a strong recommendation to readers of all classes to purchase, peruse, and reperuse it at their best hours of leisure." Morning Post. "That Dr. Lankester has a facility of rendering technical and scientific matters popular this publication abundantly testifies. Practical information cannot but be generally useful, and much of it is contained in these interesting lectures." Era. "Dr. Lankester's style is so facile and attractive, that we know of no writer more capable of bringing dry subjects before the public mind in an acceptable form. Many, therefore, who open this volume will be carried away by the pleasure of perusal into a study of useful facts, which they little dreamt of troubling themselves about." Patriot. "These admirable lectures were delivered for the purpose of exhibiting, in a popular form, the scientific principles by which the supply of food for man is regulated; and this they do in the clearest and most captivating manner possible, being almost wholly free from technicalities, and giving useful directions, the reasonableness of which is apparent at a glance. The book will be read with great pleasure even where there is no idea of making any practical use of the information it contains; but, in the hands of the intelligent and thoughtful man it would be an invaluable guide in matters of diet, enabling him to do much, under the Divine blessing, towards the preservation of his own health, and towards the building up of his children in strength and vigour." Economist. "He traces the chemical ingredients of which each substance is composed; and the information he thus communicates is not only very curious and entertaining, but is of great importance, especially to those who have the superintendence of a house hold. Weekly Chronicle. "Abundantly illustrated and carefully written, we know of no popular treatise that so fully explains the theory of food, its proper use, and its dangerous abuse." City Press. "Half the diseases prevalent among mankind arise from a want of knowing what to eat and what to avoid, what is good for the health of the body and what is injurious. Such a work must be of great value to the community at large, and we doubt not it will be appreciated. The whole of the lectures are deeply interesting." Each Lecture price 2d. Price for the Course, 1s., bound in cloth. Dr. Lankester on the Uses of Animals In Relation to the Industry of Man. By EDWIN LANKESTER, "The information is presented in the most lucid, graceful, and entertaining manner." Era. "Every one who peruses them will be grateful to the author. The history of those creatures whose products become through man's skill so useful to him, is given with such charming feeling, that the interest of the reader is attracted and enchained, whether he wills or no." Critic. "They are written so plainly and pleasantly, that even children can understand and profit by them; and we can therefore strongly recommend them." Atlas. "The plan of Dr. Lankester is simple and philosophical. He first introduces us to the animal, then what portion of it used for the manufacture described, and lastly the manufacture is described." Weekly Times. "A fund of information of so attractive a character, as to captivate and enchain the attention of even the most illiterate." City Press. "These lectures explain the nature and object of those animal products employed in the uses of daily life in a popular and pleasing manner, and is accompanied by numerous illustrations, which heighten the value of the book. It is a good book for and instructive to readers of all young, the ages.' |