The First Book in Physiology and Hygiene
By Editor
WE have just received from the publishers, Harper & Brothers, New York, a copy of "The First Book in Physiology and Hygiene," by J. H. Kellogg, M. D., who is at the head of the Medical Sanitarium at Battle Creek, Mich. The book is designed as a primary text-book on physiology, for children from nine to twelve years of age. It contains twenty-six lessons, with a summary at the close of each lesson, and questions for review at the close of the book. The wide experience of the author as a physician, and his skill as a teacher, have enabled him to get up a book that is thoroughly scientific, and at the same time adapted to the comprehension of children. Moreover, the book is eminently practical. With this book in hand as a guide, we cannot see how any teacher who has a fair knowledge of physiology can fail to make the subject interesting. Of course it is expected that the teacher will have charts and models, and will add many illustrations to those given in the book; but, even if this is lacking, we think that the book is better able to teach itself than any other book we have ever seen, and better, in fact, than many persons who presume to teach physiology and hygiene. We hope to see this book generally adopted in the public schools, and where it is not, parents would do well to procure it for their children to study at home.