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’ ae “THE MOST REMARKABLE WORK OF THE PRESENT CENTURY.” (Vide the Press.) Professor BOYD LAYNARD’S GREAT WORK, “SECRETS OF BEAUTY, HEALTH, AND LONG LIFE.” Published by HAMMOND, HAMMOND & ©CO., | 19, 21, and 28, Ludgate Hill, London. The publishers have much pleasure in announcing the issue of the popular edition of Professor BoyD LAYNARD’S great work, “SECRETS OF BEAUTY, HEALTH, AND LONG LIFE.” a This remarkable handbook to the three subjects embracedin the title has been a long period in preparation by the author—being, in fact, the labour of many years of diligent research and earnest investigation. The work is arranged in TWO BOOKS, FIFTEEN PARTS, and CHAPTERS, the whole of which (in the popular edition now offe the public) is bbundin ONE VOLUME. | The book, although pul at T'wo Shillings, will, if ordered direct from the publishers, be, for- warded, to all readers of the “ FIRst-RATE LIBRARY,” carriage paid, at the low discount price of ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE. This is to secure for it a place in every home, by bringing it within the reach of all. Amongst the numerous subjects dealt with in Professor Boyd Laynard’s Work, the following are but a few (a complete syllabus, showing the contents of the whole of the 127 chapters, enumerating upwards of 500 subjects and divisions of subjects, can be had free on application to the publishers): Analysis of beauty—Beauty a possible attainment—The way we make our own faces—Secrets of face transformation— Changeableness of beauty and its causes—Metaphysical secrets of keeping young and preserving a youthful appearance— ‘The authors investigations into the causes why some individuals look younger than others ata certain age— Wonders of the skin—Kelation of the skin to beauty—ENXects of mental emotions upon the skin—Bad complexions and their causes—Diet that spoils and diet that improves the complexion—General care of the complexion—Construction, growth, and wonders of the hair—Why hair falls out, and its remedy—Premature greyness: its causes and prevention—General care of the hair -—Superficial hairs —Wrinkles, aud how to treat them—Freckles, tan, and blackheads—Oily skin, dry skin, and loose skin— Ilow the nose may be improved—Protruding ears and their treatment—Ottensive breath—Anatomy of the teeth—Why teeth decay—General care of the teeth—'l'allness, and how to attain it— Kound shoulders, and how to cure them—How to acquire a full chest—Perfect form and fgure: their proper proportions—Thinness, and its treatment—Excessive stoutness—Care of the hands—Care of the feet—Physiognomy; or, the art of reading character from the face—Mental influence upon health— Power of the mind over the body—Influence of the mind in cnring diseases—How the mind can induce disease—How violent passions’ injure health—Laughter as a medicine—Ailiments cured by ]aughter—Wonders of digestion —Relative value to our bodies of the principal articles of food—Fruits and vegetables as medicine: their various influences upon the physical system—lIlealth-preserving diet, and its consistency—Diet favourable to mental exertion and intellectual culture—Infiuence of various foods upon our passions and propensities—Some perilous articles of food—Light, and its influence upon health —Exercise, and its relations to health—Baths and bathing: their influence upon health—The way we breathe, and how it affects ofr health—The marriage state, and its influence upon health—Statistics showing the comparative vicalis of married and single persons—100 professions, trades, and occupations: their respective inftuences upon hea.th and long life—- Slecp, and its relation to health—Conditions for healthy sleep—Insomnia—The eyes, and how to preserve them—The ears and hearing; how to prevent deafness—‘lhe voice: its culture and preservation—Memory, and how to improve it—Stammering, aid how to cure it—Prevention of disease—Colds: their nature, prevention, and treatment—Indigestion—Constipation— Neuralgia—Rheumatism—Nervotisness—Headaches— ‘That rebellious organ, the liver—Blushing: its physiology and treat- ment—Iliules of life for attaining longevity—Compendium of the mental, moral, physical, and external influences that lessen the years of our earthly existence— Lhe mental, moral, physical, and external intluences that are conducive to long life—How to live to a hundred—Premature old age and its causes—Short biographies of 30 anodern centenarians, whose ages range from 115 to 185 years—Aftainment of lone life under physical disabilities.—General principles that cam be laid down for the anticipation of lon gevity—TLhe eight signs of long life. - oper Form, JAQIO/ To HAMMOND, HAMMOND & CO., 19, 21, & 23, Ludgate Hill, London. Please forward me Professor Boyd Laynard’s complete work, “SECRETS OF BEAUTY, HEALTH, AND LONG LIFE” (carriage paid), for which I enclose the sum of ‘ONE SHILLING:AND SIXPENCE.