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...doctor then proceeded to take up the various kinds of baths and to show when and by what kind of persons they should be used. A person of delicate health who takes but little exercise should not bathe frequently, not more than twice a week, but a man who is almost constantly exercising needs a bath at least once a day, sometimes oftener. In regard to a cold bath in the morning, the lecturer spoke at some length. A great many evil effects are caused by these baths, such as neuralgia and headaches, for persons who have been without...
...apply to the history and criticism of literature what has been termed the "scientific method" - the method that accepts as of universal applicability the laws of growth. It attempts to trace the source of the various impulses and reactions that mark English literature in the last century, and to show that they were only manifestations of a general development common to all European nations. Critics hitherto have been satisfied to point out wherein they deemed a book good or bad. It is now hardly too much to hope that they may find it work profitable to show why a writer...
...reported that the Anarchist documents seized at Brussels show that a plot has been organized to murder the Czar of Russia on the occasion of his coronation...
Says the Advertiser: "In Professor Childs' work on the "English and Scottish Ballads," Harvard College has added another to the long list of scholarly productions which show her to be a living literary centre, as well as an instructress, creating new thought as well as imparting...
...submit these facts to show that the falling off in the sales in the first half of February is owing, not to any real decline of the business of the society, but to the fact that the goods in which the society deals, particularly the books, are naturally bought only at certain times and cause great fluctuations in the amounts of the monthly sales...