. The Argonaut . able to any collection ofclassic essays. The book may be well described by therather over-worked epithet comprehen-sive. In one part we hear the thunder ofthe Areopagitica, and in another the crispchuckling of Thackera\f. Even Walter Pateris not omitted, and Walter Savage Landorrelates to us how Francesco Petrarca at-tended the parish church. This book beinga class book, the lines are numbered. Thereis an appendix of Specimens of Early Eng-lish Prose Style. An array of notes, terse,but full enough, closes the volume. Published by Henry Holt & Co. The Sound Mind in the Sound Bo
. The Argonaut . able to any collection ofclassic essays. The book may be well described by therather over-worked epithet comprehen-sive. In one part we hear the thunder ofthe Areopagitica, and in another the crispchuckling of Thackera\f. Even Walter Pateris not omitted, and Walter Savage Landorrelates to us how Francesco Petrarca at-tended the parish church. This book beinga class book, the lines are numbered. Thereis an appendix of Specimens of Early Eng-lish Prose Style. An array of notes, terse,but full enough, closes the volume. Published by Henry Holt & Co. The Sound Mind in the Sound the most sensible of books onphysical culture is the work of GeorgeElliot Flint, Power and Health ThroughProgressive Exercise, with an introductionby his father, Dr. Austin Flint, who putsthe whole moral into one sentence, I quiteagree with the author of this book in regardto the value of so-called heavy exercises,and the great importance of exercises thatexcite interest and lead to results more or. Frontispiece to Reminiscences of Peace and War, by Mrs. Roger A. Pryor. Published by the Macmillan Company. less gratifying to the vanity of the indivi-dual. Not many of the numerous systemsdo this. We have often wondered how tenminutes in the morning and ten minutesin the evening of mechanical practice withlight clubs or dumbbells, could benefit thehuman organism in such a degree as en-thusiasts claim. Mr. Flint boldly takes usto the gymnasium, and sets us to heavywork, disregarding special exercises forpersons not physically sound. He does not,however, despise bedroom exercises, but herelegates them to their proper supplementaryposition in the science of physical culture. Finally, on page 127, there is a conclusivesentence: If man would be advised by hiscommon sense, rather than by scientific con-clusions based on false premises, he wouldnot be the unsymmetrical animal that he is. The book is illustrated from photographicplates. Published by the Baker & Taylor Com-pany
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