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department, the "Physical Training of Children." I must, at the same time, congratulate you, my dear doctor, for your having selected such a worthy companion in a course of sanitary instruction which you are pursuing in connection with your more onerous professional engagements.

Yours, sincerely, .

J. W. BRINTON, M.D., of Philadelphia, ''Lecturer on Operative and Minor Surgery to the Summer Course of the Jefferson Medical College, Surgeon to St. Joseph's Hospital, Surgeon to Philadelphia Hospital, etc., etc.'', in referring to, writes to the editor:

"The work seems to me an admirable one, and its suggestions, if followed, must, I am sure, tend to prevent nursery mismanagement."

REV. DANIEL MARCH, D.D., of Philadelphia, author of ''Night Scenes in the Bible, Our Fathers House, etc.'', writes:

"I have been deeply interested in the title and contents of the work, . The slight examination which I have made of several chapters satisfies me that the subject has been treated with great clearness, delicacy and discretion. The book will come as a messenger of light, comfort and life to multitudes of homes. It will do much not only to promote health and long life, but to secure the highest enjoyment and the wisest improvement of life while it lasts. I wish it might find a place in every American home."

REV. ALFRED NEVIN, D.D., of Philadelphia, author of ''A Popular Commentary on Luke, The Churches of the Valley, A Guide to the Oracles, etc., etc.'', says:

"I have examined the sufficiently to assure me that it would be a valuable acquisition to any family library for constant and convenient reference. The preventive suggestions which it makes touching the influences and agencies which often damage, if not destroy, the health of children, are of special importance. The form of questions and answers, in which the instruction is embodied, strikes me also as having many advantages. In addition to the intrinsic merit of the book, the very handsome style in which it is published must aid in giving it a wide circulation."

HON. JOHN W. FORNEY, proprietor of the Philadelphia Press, and one of the most distinguished editors of the country, pertinently says:

"I have examined the work,, and regard it as exceedingly useful and interesting. It abounds in valuable information, and I do most cheerfully commend it to the public."