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Show From tin i Nnw York ' nlmm: A Want Supplied. The American mind in active. U has given urt books ot fiction lor tho tteiitiiiH-ntaliht, learned liooks (or the ricliulur and inli.-titioiial r-tmlutil, lull ctr if o!,;i for thr ir,ftr, A hook,'"' the pn'i-i? iniisl relate U a Hihjccl ol universal interest. Such a subject is the physical man, and Ktieli a html; "Tiik People's Common SknskMku-U'al SknskMku-U'al AnvinKH," a copy of which ban been recently laid on uur table. The high proft'.iimul attainments of its author Mr. II. V. 1'lEiti'K, ol Bntlaln, N. Y. and tho advantages derived by him from an extensive practice, would rilono insure lor liis work a cordial reception. lint lb cm' arc not tho nierils lor which it cl.iiins our attention. Tlin Author is it man of the ji-tite. llu cyiiipathizes with them iu all their allhctions, ettoru and attainments. He perceives ihoir Want ii knawU-tl-je. of' thtumrlrex and Wlitfving lhatall truth should Wmadt as univernal as (iod'tt own .ninlight, from his fund of learning anil experience experi-ence ho lias produced a work in wnich lie give them tho bone fits of his labors. In it ho considers man in every phase of his existence, from the moment ho emerges "from a rayleitf atom, too diminutive for tho night, until he gradually evolves to the maturity of tboso Conscious i'uinra, the exerei-so ot which fur-niahes fur-niahes subjective evidence of our immortality." im-mortality." Proceeding upon the theory that every fact of mind has a physical antecedent, ho bus inveu an admirable treatise on Cerebral l'hysi-nlogy, l'hysi-nlogy, and shown iho Warings of tlu facts thus established up. in individual aud social welUre. The Author believes be-lieves with Spencer, that "as vigorous vigor-ous health and its accompanying high spirits are larger elements ol happiness than any other things whatever, the teaching bow to maintain them is a teaching that yields to no other whatever," and accordingly ac-cordingly has introduced an extensive ; discussion of the methods by which 1 we may pn'Berve tlie integrity of the system aud - fuimes prevent the onset vf disease. Djniestic Remedies their preparation1, uses and effects form a prominent feature of tho work. ; The hygienic treatment, or nursing ! of the sick, is an important subject, and receives attention commensurate with iU importance. Nearly all the diseases "to which flesh is heir" are dt-scribeJ, their symptoms and causes explained, and proper domes tic treatment suggested. To reciprocate recipro-cate tiio many favors bestowed upon him by a generoiu public, the author oilers hie book t a price ($1.50) liitle exceeding the owl of iinhlication. Our reailers can oht.iin this practical and valuable '.rorb by addressing the author. jv24 |