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Hydropathic Encyclopedia.—A System of Hydropathy and Hygiene. Physiology of the Human Body; Dietetics and Hydropathic Cookery; Theory and Practice of Water Treatment; Special Pathology and Hydro-Therapeutics, including the Nature, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of all known diseases; Application of Hydropathy to Midwifery and the Nursery with nearly One Thousand Pages including a Glossary. 2 vols. in one $4.

Hygienic Hand-Book.—Intended as a Practical Guide for the Sick-room. Arranged alphabetically. $1.25.

Illustrated Family Gymnasium.—Containing the most improved methods of applying Gymnastic, Callisthenic, Kinesipathic and Vocal Exercises to the Development of the Bodily Organs, the invigoration of their functions, the preservation of Health and the Cure of Diseases and Deformities. $1.25.

The Hydropathic Cook-Book, with Recipes for Cooking on Hygienic Principles. Containing also a Philosophical Exposition of the Relations of Food to Health, the Chemical Elements and Proximate Constitution of Alimentary Principles; the Nutritive Properties of all kinds of Aliments; the Relative value of Vegetable and Animal Substances; the Selection and Preservation of Dietetic Material, etc. $1.00.

Fruits and Farinacea: the Proper Food of Man.—Being an attempt to prove by History, Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry that the Original, Natural and Best Diet of Man is derived from the Vegetable Kingdom. By John Smith. With Notes by Trall. $1.25.

Digestion and Dyspepsia.—A Complete Explanation of the Physiology of the Digestive Processes, with the Symptoms and Treatment of Dyspepsia and other Disorders. Illustrated. $1.00.

The Mother's Hygiene Hand-Book for the Normal Development and Training of Women and Children, and the Treatment of their Diseases. $1.00.

Popular Physiology.—A Familiar Exposition of the Structures, Functions and Relations of the Human System and the Preservation of Health. $1.25.

The True Temperance Platform.—An Exposition of the Fallacy of Alcoholic Medication. 50 cents.

The Alcoholic Controversy.—A Review of the Westminster Review on the Physiological Errors of Teetotalism. 50 cents.

The Human Voice.—Its Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Therapeutics and Training, with Rules of Order for Lyceums. 50 cents.

The True Healing Art: or Hygienic vs. Drug Medication. An Address delivered before the Smithsonian Institute, Washington. D. C. 25 cts.; clo., 50 cents.

Water-Cure for the Million.—The processes of Water Cure Explained. Rules for Bathing, Dieting, Exercising, Recipes for Cooking, etc., etc. Directions for Home Treatment. Paper. 15 cts.

Hygeian Home Cook-Book: or Healthful and Palatable Food without Condiments. 25 cts. clo., 50 cents.

Diseases of Throat and Lungs.—Including Diphtheria and its Proper Treatment. 25 cents.

The Bath.—Its History and Uses in Health and Disease. 35c.; clo., 50c.

A Health Catechism.—Questions and Answers. With Illus. 10 c.

Hand-Books for Home Improvement (Educational); comprising, "How to Write," "How to Talk," "How to Behave," and "How to do Business." One 12mo vol. $2.00.

How to Write.—A manual of Composition and Letter-Writing. 60c.

How to Talk.—A Pocket Manual of Conversation and Debate, more than Five Hundred Common Mistakes in Speaking Corrected. 60c.

How to Behave.—A Pocket Manual of Republican Etiquette and Guide to Correct Personal Habits with Rules for Debating Societies and Deliberative Assemblies. 60c.

How to Do Business.—A Manual of Practical Affairs and a Guide to Success in Life, with a Collection of Legal and Commercial Forms. 60c.

How to Read.—What and Why; or Hints in Choosing the Best Books, with a Classified List of Best Works in Biography, Criticism, Fine Arts, History, Novels, Poetry, Science, Religion, Foreign Languages, etc. By A. V. Petit. Cloth, 60c.

How to Sing; or, the Voice and How to Use it. By William H. Daniell. 50c.; clo. 75c.

How to Conduct a Public Meeting; or the Chairman's Guide for Conducting Meetings. 15c.

Hopes and Helps for the Young of Both Sexes.—Relating to the Formation of Character, Choice of Avocation, Health, Amusement, Music, Conversation, Social Affections, Courtship and Marriage, by Rev G. S. Weaver. $1.00

Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women, on the Various Duties of Life. Including Physical, Intellectual and Moral Development, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, the Home Relations, their Duties to Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood and Happiness, by the same $1.00.

Ways of Life, showing the Right Way and the Wrong Way Contrasting the High Way and the Low Way; the True Way and the False Way; the Upward Way and the Downward Way; the Way of Honor and of Dishonor, by Rev. G. S. Weaver. 75c.

The Christian Household.—Embracing the Husband, Wife, Father, Mother, Child, Brother and Sister, by Rev. G. S. Weaver. 75c.

Weaver's Works for the Young, Comprising "Hopes and Helps for the Young of Both Sexes," "Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women," "Ways of Life; or, the Right Way and the Wrong Way." One Vol. 12mo. $2.50

A Natural System of Elocution and Oratory.—Founded on an analysis of the Human Constitution, considered in its threefold Nature, Mental, Physiological and Expressional. By Thos. A. Hyde and Wm. Hyde. Illustrated. $2.50.

The Emphatic Diaglott, Containing the Original Greek Text of The New Testament, with an interlineary Word-for-Word English Translation: a New Emphatic Version based on the Interlineary Translation, on the Readings of the Vatican Manuscript, by Benjamin Wilson. 884 pp. $4.00. ex., $5.00.

A Bachelor's Talks about Married Life and Things Adjacent, by Rev. William Aikman, D.D. $1.50

Life at Home; or The Family and its members. Including Husbands and Wives, Parents, Children, Brothers, Sisters, Employers and Employed. The Altar in the House. By Dr. Aikman. $1.50. gilt. $2.00.

A Lucky Waif.—A story for Mothers, of Home and School Life, by Ellen E. Kenyon. 12mo. $1.00.

Oratory—Sacred and Secular; or, the Extemporaneous Speaker, including a Chairman's Guide for conducting Public Meetings according to the best Parliamentary forms, by Wm. Pittenger. $1.00.

The Children of the Bible. By Fanny L. Armstrong, with an Introduction by Frances E. Willard, Pres. N. W. C. T. U. clo. $1.

The Temperance Reformation.—Its History from the first Temperance Society in the U. S. to the Adoption of the Maine Liquor Law. $1.00.

Æsop's Fables.—With Seventy Splendid Illustrations. One vol. 12mo. fancy cloth, gilt edges, $1.00

Pope's Essay on Man, with illustrations and Notes by S. R. Wells, tinted paper, clo. full gilt. $1.00.

Gems of Goldsmith; "The Traveler," "The Deserted Village," "The Hermit." With notes and Original Illustrations, and Biographical Sketch of the great author. One vol., fancy cloth, full gilt. $1.00.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. In Seven Parts. By Samuel T. Coleridge. With new illus. by Chapman, fancy clo., full gilt, $1.00

Immortality Inherent in Nature. By Sumner Barlow, author of "The Voices" and other poems, ex. cloth, full gilt. 60c.

How to Paint.—A Complete Compendium of the Art. Designed for the use of Tradesmen, Mechanics, Merchants and Farmers, and a Guide to the Professional Painter. Containing a plain Common sense statement of the Methods employed by Painters to produce satisfactory results in Plain and Fancy Painting of every Description including Gilding, Bronzing, Staining, Graining, Marbling. Varnishing, Polishing, Kalsomining, Paper Hanging, Striping, Lettering, Copying and Ornamenting, with Formulas for Mixing Paint in Oil or Water. Description of Various Pigments used; tools required etc. $1.00.

Carriage Painter's Illustrated Manual, containing a Treatise on the Art, Science and Mystery of Coach, Carriage, and Car Painting. Including the Improvements in Fine Gilding, Bronzing, Staining, Varnishing, Polishing, Copying, Lettering, Scrolling, and Ornamenting. By F. B. Gardner. $1.00.

How to Keep a Store; embodying the Experience of Thirty Years, in Merchandizing. By S. H. Terry. $1.50.

How to Raise Fruit.—A Hand-book. Being a Guide to the Cultivation and Management of Fruit Trees, and of Grapes and Small Fruits. With Descriptions of the Best and Most Popular Varieties. Illustrated. By Thomas Gregg. $1.00.

How to be Weather-Wise.—A new View of our Weather System, by I. P. Noyes. 25c.

How to Live.—Saving and Wasting; or, Domestic Economy Illustrated by the Life of two Families of Opposite Character, Habits, and Practices, Useful Lessons in Housekeeping and Hints How to Live, How to Have, and How to be Happy including the Story of "A Dime a Day," by Solon Robinson. $1.00.

Homes for All; or the Gravel Wall. A New Cheap and Superior Mode of Building, adapted to Rich and Poor. Showing the Superiority of the Gravel Concrete over Brick, Stone and Frame Houses; Manner of Making and Depositing it. By O. S. Fowler. $1.00.

The Model Potato.—Proper cultivation and mode of cooking. 30c.

Three Visits to America, by Emily Faithful. 400 pages. $1.50.

A New Theory of the Origin of Species. By Benj. G. Farris. $1.50.

Man in Genesis and in Geology, or, the Biblical Account of Man's Creation tested by Scientific Theories of his Origin and Antiquity, by J. P. Thompson, D.D., LL.D. $1.00