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 ofour Own Eutrition"-w. II. Ride ins's "aaw Tyson Game nomt"-
 "Around the World with a Kinsv-
 Botany Note Book"-comIng New
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 Horace Fletcher's new book, '@The 4. E. z. of Our Own Nutrition. published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, is in truth a book of vital inter- est and should be read by all who are interested in having good digestion and good health. And it is not a dry treatise on health by any means. Mir. Fletcher writes clearly and even enter tainingiy. He presents his theories viz orously and backs them up by his own experiences in eating and diet. MT. Fletcher has lived for five years on one-third of the quantity of food eaten by a healthy working man. At the age of fifty-four and after this economic diet he can ride one hundred miles a day on his bicycle without fatigue. He began his experiments with food five years ago, when he was refused life in- surance on account of stomach trouble. He eats only what his appetite craves and he chews his food thoroughly He averages thereby thirty-two chews to every mouthful of food. He frequently eats candy as a substitute for breakfast. A sample meal consists of baked brown potatoes and coffee which was four he 1.,fl lly f..tn AT,. Fletcher took at the Yale gymnasium the exercises prescribed for the 'Varsi- ty crew. He suffered no muscular fa- tigue. At Yale he lived on two meals a day. His food was cereal milk and ma- pie sugar and never exceeded twelve ounces day. For himself he has solved the problem of economic nutri- tior.
 MT Fletcher's experiments with food have proved these things for him:
 1-He can live on one-third the amount of food usually eaten and be healthy and vigorous.
 2-Only five hours sleep are necessa- ry.
 S-When food is thoroughly chewed the waste of digestion is reduced nine tenths.
 4AThe appetite indicates the needs of the body, and wants simple food.
 5-Since an important part of diges- tion is done in the mouth, thorough chewing is necessary.
 MT. Fletcher says he does not stint himself, but eats all the food he desires, which, in his way of living is, he says, O hot IIo !, ;e, possible to educate the body to proper ly choose it's food, and that healthy body dictates what it needs. Pampered appetites lose this sense of discernment and consequently lead the body astray, with consequent detriment to health. MT. Fletcher extols the United States soldiers who formed the diet squad at Yale. which was released from it's ex- perimental dieting and bonds of self imposed captivity a few days ago, and which when released fell back at once upon the flesh pots of Egypt with ra- yenous and unsuitable appetites. But there can be no question that temper ance and abstemiousness in eating and drinking tend to longevity, and MT. Fletcher puts forth some arguments that are incontrovertible, while the gen. eral trend of the book is most certainly for the welfare of the human race. The author is, according to Dr. Kellogg, di- rector of Battle Creek Sanitarium, do- ing more for the uplifting of humanity than all that Carnegie and Rockefeller are doing with their millions Part of personal letter from Dr. Kellogg is taJ ;,, J,a stafy belongs to the A. B. Z Life Series and the author has been experimentally as- sisted by Dr. Ernest Van Someren of Venice and Dr. Hubert Higgins of Cam bridge, England It is also interesting to note that the author attributes his recovery from serious break down in health ten years ago to his adoption of his rules as to eating. Price s1.00; for sale at Judd's.
 ssHow Tyson Came Home'' by Will liam H. Rideing, makes delightful read ing. It is story of an international character and is well put together. Ty- son is a plain everyday hero, born in England, and who comes to America penniless, but strikes pay dirt. after awhile and becomes a wealthy mining magnate. The most charming charac- ter in the book is the lovely, daring plucky, high-spirited and loyal Mona Plant, the daughter of the chief owner of the fine mining property of which Tyson is associate owner. Tyson is a good sort, healthy, honorable and gene rous, but little stuck on the subject o1 lords, dukes, duchesses and other Eng fish titled .personages. His chief ambi- ton is to go back to England and satis- fly his desire to see some of these titled personages, and he expects to find then all pure gold in character. He goes te England nd being 'one of those rich Americans" he easily comes into con- tact with some of the titled people oi his boyish dreams, most of whom he finds eager for a tip as to how to make a few thousands in mining stock, anc some of whom he finds detestable, as for instance, the stray lord who driftec into the vicinity of his mining camp one day nearly dead with fatigue and ex- haustion, and who was nursed back tt health at the mansion of NOna'S father