New-York tribune., 1874-07-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
v,ycS1 ry,s HEALTH AND EDUCATION.

very considerable extent, fom STRIKING counter
part in their practical character 20 niS oii,i p,O
dnet,ons in fiction and romance Ills hllu nds oc-
come largely imbued with the sclenthc spirit Oh 'ho
nue.. With a natural love OF speculation' ne ho"
ed bipself most at home in the region OF facts
His fine poetic tastes are content to dwell LOT inc
,nomcnt in the sphere of homely utilities. An ardent
disciple of Plato without beng dsloyal to his first
love he would seem of late to have taken lessons |
from the wisdom of Bacon, striving to advance 'no
pbvsical conditions Of life to their highest power
instead of indulgiug in the luxury of ideal Visions
In the first paper of this very miscellaneous COZ
lection he prOpounds the inquiry, "he'ner m r'o
British race is improving or degenera'lhg nv
ancestors of the nation present conspicuous On
ample of the law of natural selection ihoy "
brave and hardy set of men, As they s'hu VI ,iTl"
.elves in certain state paper brought 10 ligh' U!
NJ, Froude. "Wbat comyn folk OF all the "oIiu
may compare with the comyns OF England III IICio,
freedom liberty, welfare, and ali prosperity Nn"'
comvn folk is so mighty and so strong III the Ieluc
ss the comyns of Englandf" They may have leu
%, great shins of beef till they became, as Don
veruto Cellini calls them, the English wild beasts
Rut only the strongest survived Their numbers
nlv slowly increased for centuries. The unht Wero
cleared off in every generation leaving none but
,boso of the most vigorous constitutions to per-
rctuate n powerful and valiant race. At length
steam and commerce produced an enormous ID
crease in the population. Thus at the neSlhhlns
of the nineteenth century, England was III d
new social situation. The great French Wu 1o'i''
she british people one of the mightiest races which
che world has ever They created the bfl'iSll
empire forming colonies, promoting commerce. ana
gaming the mastery Of the seas. But the elect oI
war arrues Canon Kingsley, is to reverse the laws
OF nature and TO cause the survival not Oh INC
fttest but of the less fit. civilized ana prosper
Gus peace. like that which now prevails has n SIM
liar tendency This fact affords one oil inc WoSU
fearful problems Of modern clvlhzatloh' Inc Gun
scientous care of life iutcrferes with natural seco
ton os surelv As does its destruction by war Look
inc at the subject merely from physical point OF
view il may be said that war kills those who are
most iii to hve while civilization saves those VINO
are most fit to die. Every sanitary reform increases
the average length OF human life by saving persons
who would otherwise have died. The majority Oh
these possess the least power of resistance ana are
Tins preserved to produce i'll time stu less power
fnl ofsnrinc. Hence the necessity of including the
care OF health among the branches OF popular 'uca
tion noble discomfort with ourselves shoulu oe
taupbt as the first condition of improvement
would make men and women discontinued. with the
divine aud wholesome discomfort at thed own ply si0
their ewes to those precious heIrooms OF the human
the statues Of the old GreeLs TO ntr eeI ~ Ha M
cause perfect might and There, these are TOKENS
no Won and TO ali generations yet unborn. of what man
s09d he once of What he be again II he will obey
those laws Of nature which are the voice OF Goa !
would make them discontented with the ugliness ana
oioscBess OF their dwellings; would make the men dig,
contcnted with the fashion 9t iner & & ahu f ss
o. theirs and with everything around them which t9ey
have The power of improving. II 1t be at all upsracetui
saperfuous, tawdry, ridiculous. unwholesome,.
Under the ambiguous title of "The Two Breaths,
fhe modern gospel of fresh air is preached will
remarkable JUNCTION, urging upon women especially
the Importance of ventilation to the health Of the
household, aud clothing somewhat hackneyed
theme with certain poetic grace. The following
paragraph is doubtless a little too ingenious for the
subject but il may attract attention to an lmpor-
fant scientific fact by the novelty of its Illustrations
What becomes OF this breath which passes from your
1psi IL 1t merely harmful; merely waste God forbid
God has forbidden that any tmhg % %snould DC DS
well-made world. The carbOnc acid which passes from
vonr lips al every breath-ay. that which oozes
from volcano crater when the eruption is pasIls
precious boon TO thousands OF things OF wn'ea you
s,aiy need Iudeed there Is sort OF hint at physca
truth the old fairy tale OF the girl from whose hps,
cd Of breath may help 10 make tle pure
carbonate line Of pearl, the stl purer car on oil
Formations do we hve-tO make atoms OF coal strata,
winch shal lie buried for ages beneath deep seas,
unborn ana be burnt Tor the use OF future race
of men and resolved into their original elements Coal
The breath OF living who have lived in the
vast swamps and forests OF some primeyai world and
ihc sunlight which TRANSMITTED that breath into the
leaves aud stems " trees, magcay Locked up oF ages
n that black stone, TO become wneh r oufIea at ias
light and carbOnlc acid as 1t was ~ nst fOr thoueh
YOU musi breathe your breath again, you may at
least breath, n you VIII aiO" Tue sun 10 lids
mute il fer into vegetables or you may ENJOY us
Fragrance aud color the shape OF ly or rose.
Nncu Won walk in sun'lt garden every word you
speak every breath YOU breathe, feeding the plants
ud flowers around. The delicate surface OF the
leave. sorhs the caTbOnlc acid, parts
elements, retaining the carbon to make woody 1Der and
CourteOu,ly returning you the oxygen TO mlngie with
the fresh air. and be inhaled by your lungs once more
Thus do you feed the pauts Just as the plants feed
N0u while great hie- giving sun feeds both ana the
ternium standing tie sick chtds window does not
merely rejoice eye aud mlnd by It's beauty and fresh
ness hut repays honestly the trouble speut ON II
ub.Orbug the breath which tnc chld needs not, ana
.iyiug 10 han the breath which lie needs.
s. are OF all Things constituted according
10 Divine wonderful order aud KNIT together IN
mutual dependence and mutual helpfuness-A tact 10
Ia remembered with hope comfort; but also with
ave and fear. For that wIch Is above nature, 10
ia nature itself he that breaks one physical law Is
gully Of Tue whole universe, as II were, takes up
arms AGAINST nm and all nature, with her numDerless
j. ready 10 aNeuge herself on HIM.
1uJ ON Lls children after hun, he knows nor
where lie. OIL tue other hand who obeys the laws of
nature his whole heart and mind, Wi! nnd all
t.Iugs working together to hm Tor good de is at
Irace with the physical universe. He l. helped and
tefneuded alike by tbe above his head ana the
dust beneath his feet because lie Is ODeying the VIII
1ud mind OF HIN who MADE sun. aud dust, and all
tnngs; and who has gwen them law when cannot Dc
broken.
The essay on HeTOism is of the best papers
of The volume af0yding agreeable example of the
authors mental activity, and though neither very
profound nor very brilliant is noteworthy for Its
intuitions which discover at glance the subtle re-
Iatous which usually elude the grasp of study. Mr.
kingsley doubts whether the development of modern
civilization is favorable to the growth OF the heroic
virtues. The policeman is too prominent per
sonape i'm the society of the present day. Instead
of taking care Of ourselves our fOrefathers did
We have people 10 take of US 1t is a lap-dog
condition in which we are made towards. not by
conscience but by comfort. The majority who are