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    277 NOTICES OF BOOKS.

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    Physiology For % Common Schools, By Mrs....

    e wive arl s and and mothers before of the operative mind s is , the equal girls to are the often reception taken of - from any school knowledge at an age before

    they _excej y enter ) t of , the upon very the plainest destined kind work . of And their yet lives these , in few factories years of at , " school worksh , op " s few , or

    visitor busy sound homes ideas at irl , on may s' the schools he suhject their of this of hest health class and I even for have future onl had y opportunity some guidance opportunities . As gaining an of occasional making a g ,

    made the experiment as easy as whether the nature lessons ht of not the form on suhject a few useful would of the admit leadin to , g and the physiolog illustrated ical school facts hy a ,

    there few tasks large . was There always diagram could sufficient s , he mig no class doubt comprehension book as to to a the leave interest on in the variety the part these teachers of lessons sorne ordinary hands of excited the b scholars , and

    to make me wish for some - ' y means be of which made that permanent the in lessons the hands . could This of be wish often teachers gave repeated rise ordinaril to and the the present qualified little knowled atte and mpt with ge ; so and the gained it aid is

    hoped children of a few of good that school class diagrams necessaril any , thi most s little exposed work y to may the hel casualtie p to , familiarise s of disease the , y

    li with gent , the instructor knowled will ge of know the best how natural to illustrate preventive and exp means and . these Of course brief an lessons

    intelaccording to the capacity of the pupils . " Tlie following extract on Hunger will show the simple and

    intelligible forni in whiclutlie explanations of an every-day , but none the less wonderful , phenomenon are put . '

    are * i hungry But If you wh , y are and are asked we we should hungry , Why starve do ? you And if take how we food did is it not ? that you . , will if all we answer were flesh , left Because would without we

    foodour bodies . would grow thinner and thinner , our go away " , Where , and soon does we the should flesh go be to little ? Dogs else but a wooden skin and doll bone or a ? stone statue grow and less if it is not fed ?

    because less " The every reason part why of we a living want food body , and is constantl grow thinner y being if we _iised do up not to hav support e it , is in the is used to

    Life ; something in the same way as the coal grate up support The the fire coal . less and less as it keeps the fire aliveand the substance

    " grows , of " our If bodies we neg grows lect to less put and fresh less coal as it on supports the become fire the , the life feebler fire within gradu and us all feebler . y dies out the ;

    bod and if wasted we did not take and food would , the at life last would out for want of fresh nourishment as ; as the l y last spark away in , the grate goes out go for want would of fresh that fuel . there must be

    ' If you could look inside your bodies you see a tion constant . Put wearing hand away to of every side part and , because will every feel part your is heart in constant beat ; mo put - your you

    your no althoug rest finger h anywhere , the your to motion your in wrist a in livin some and bod parts you ! , and will is too ch feel ange fine the to and blood be motion felt running or seen go on , along yet alway there ; s and in is

    side ' _^ _J us _STow , whether wherever we there are awake is g motion or y asleep , th , ere whether must we be stand wear still and or waste move . about In an . ine or , a loom the parts of the machinery are always wearing away by

    eng " rubbing away . It against is the each same other in ; the and living the faster body they ; the move faster the the faster motion they of wear the parts , and the more we exert ourselves , and move and the our bodies food and is work required our

    limbs , the faster the wear and waste goes on , more to " make We want up the therefore loss . a certain quantity of food every day to keep the

    life no away t enoug , ithi then n h , we and . , have If our the enoug heal nourishment , th becomes ; if it is we weak less take than and is equ our our al strength bodies to what lose less our , then . bodie we s waste have

    277 Notices Of Books.

    277 NOTICES OF BOOKS .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 277, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/61/