LIGHT & STEARNS,
PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS,
1 Cornbill, Facing Washington Street,
BOSTON,
Keep constantly on hand general assortment of SCHOOL, THEOLOGICAL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, for sale on the most reasonable terms, at wholesale and retailâtogether with a good assortment of STATIONARY. Among the works published by them, they would ask particular attention to the following:
DR. ALCOTTâS WORKS.
We have made arrangements to publish a regular series of works by DR. ALCOTT, of which these are a part:
THE YOUNG MOTHER,
OR
THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
Second EditionâEmbellished by a Vignette.
BY DR. WM. A. ALCOTT.
The âYoung Motherâ is designed as an every-day manual for those who are desirous of conducting the physical education of the youngâfrom the very firstâon such principles as Physiology and Chemistry indicate. It inculcates the great importance of preventing evilâespecially physical evilâby implanting good habits. We believe it to be the only work of a popular character, written by a medical man, on this subject, and that it is, on this account, doubly valuable. It is recommended by the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, and by the Press generally, as a work which should be possessed by every family. The following remarks by the editor of the Portland Christian Mirror, will give some idea of the manner in which it has been noticed in various parts of the country, though many of the best periodicals have spoken of it in still stronger terms of approbation:
âThe subject of this book is of vital interest to the whole human family, and is treated by Dr. Alcott with the most intelligible simplicity. We hope it will find its way into the hands of all who are entrusted with the training and rearing of children; and that its sound views will supplant many of those hurtful maxims and practices which are lamentably prevalent, and that the existing generation of mankind will be succeeded by a more healthy and a more moral race.â
Price 75 cts.âBy the dozen, 62 1-2 cts.
THE HOUSE I LIVE IN,
OR
THE HUMAN BODY.
Second Editionâentirely re-written, enlarged and improved.
FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS.
BY DR. ALCOTT.
The great difficulty of making a subject which has hitherto been deemed dry and unintelligible, at once agreeable and interesting to the young mind, has led the author of this volume to describe the human body as a HOUSE.
The work treats, first, on the FRAMEâconsisting of the bones, muscles, tendons, &c.; secondly, of the COVERINGâconsisting of the skin, hair, nails, eyes, ears, &c.; and thirdly, of the APARTMENTS and FURNITUREâby which are meant the interior cavities and organs. Nearly every anatomical and physiological term which appears in the work is so used or so explained, as to be at once clearly understood and apprehended. The subject is illustrated by numerous engravings.
The best recommendation of this work is, that it has been universally approved of by the families and schools where it has been introduced, and by all medical men who have examined it. It has also received the entire approbation of the Press, and is selling rapidly.
Prices:â50 cts. singleâ$5.40 a dozen.
WAYS
OF
LIVING ON SMALL MEANS.
A CHEAP MANUAL ON HEALTH AND ECONOMY.
Fifth EditionâEnlarged and Improved.
BY DR. ALCOTT.
This work was prepared to meet the demand of the present exigency. Thousands of families, in the poorer and middling classes of society, are suffering from their unwise attempts to live in the style of those persons whose means are far greater than their own. The author has endeavored to convince themâin a brief mannerâthat a very few things only are really indispensable to physical and even intellectual comfort and happinessâand that both these are within the reach of all, even in times like the present, would they be content to live in manner at once rational, simple and healthful. It discusses the following subjects:
Estates and Business; Houses and Furniture; Equipage and Servants; Dress; Food and Drink; Medicine and Physicians; Books and Schools; Customs and Habits; Society; and gives several interesting Examples of living on small means.
With the emendations and improvements made in this edition, it is believed the work cannot fail to be regarded by every unprejudiced mind, as one of the most useful manuals of the day. Four editions, of 1000 copies each, were sold in a few weeks.
Prices:â25 cts. singleâ$2.50 a dozenâ$20 a hundred.
Will soon be ready,
THE YOUNG WIFE.
Stereotypedâand Embellished by a beautiful Plate and Vignette.
BY DR. ALCOTT.
This work is based on the principle, that the great business of the wife is Educationâthe education of herself and her family. It therefore exhibits the duties of a wife, especially to her husband, in a manner at once original and striking. The author presupposes her to have set out in matrimony with Christian principles and purposes; and hence proceeds to inculcate what he deems the best methods of applying them in the routine of daily life conversation. We believe that no one can rise from the perusal of this volume without higher respect for female character, as well as a higher confidence in the divine wisdom of matrimony.
The price will probably be the same as that of the Young Mother.
LIBRARY OF HEALTH,
AND
TEACHER ON THE HUMAN CONSTITUTION.
MonthlyâPrice $1 a Year, in advance.
DR. ALCOTT, EDITOR.
This is a Periodical work, originally called the âMoral Reformer and Teacher on the Human Constitution.â It is published in numbers of 32 pages each, in neat book style for binding into a volume, illustrated by engravings, and is now on the third year of its publication. The numbers of the two past years are for sale, bound in two neat volumes.
This work discusses, in familiar manner, all subjects connected with physical education and self-management. It treats on the connection of LIGHT, AIR, TEMPERATURE, CLEANLINESS, EXERCISE, SLEEP, FOOD, DRINK, CLIMATE the PASSIONS, AFFECTIONS, &c., with HEALTH, HAPPINESS and LONGEVITY. The editor takes the ground that a proper understanding of the constitutional laws of the human body, and of all its organs and functions, and a strict obedience thereto, are indispensable to the highest perfection and happinessâpresent and futureâof every living human being. He deems this knowledge more and more indispensable in proportion to the progress of civilization and refinement. The work is pledged to support no system nor set of principles any farther than that system and those principles can be proved to be based on the laws of Physiology, and revealed truth, and on human experience; and consequently its pages are always open to fair and temperate discussion.
The work has recently been warmly approved of by GEORGE COMBE, (author of the âConstitution of Man,â) as well as a large number of distinguished men of this country, among whom are the following:
Dr. John C. Warren, Dr. S. B. Woodward, Rev. Dr. Humphrey, Rev. S. R. Hall, Rev. Hubbard Winslow, Rev. R. Anderson, Rev. Baron Stow, Rev. B. B. Wisner, R. H. Gillet, Esq., Rev. Wm. Hague, Roberts Vaux, Esq., Dr. John M. Keagy, Dr. R. D. Mussey, Prof. E. A. Andrews, Rev. L. F. Clark, Rev. M. M. Carll, Rev. Dr. Fay, Dr. Sylvester Graham.
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