Health for the People. By Andrew Wilson. (Sampson Low and
Co.)—Dr. Andrew Wilson has collected here some forty essays first published in the journal which he edits, Health. He discourses on a great variety of topics—on mesmerism, for instance; on some curious examples of heredity, as, e.g., what he calls the " six-fingered condition ;" on memory, and the many curiosities which are con- nected with it ; on hydrophobia (where he seems to be a great deal too confident slant the value of M. Pasteur's very questionable dis- coveries) ; on the teeth and the hair. About the hair in particular he has much to say, devoting to this subject not less than nine essays. He condescends even to give recipes for black and brown hair-dyes, but warns readers against red dyes (which are not likely to be much in request), and against the yellow and blonde. These latter must be very extensively used. Forty years ago yellow hair was very rarely seen in adults. Now it is one of the commonest colours. Dr. Wilson's book is, as one might expect, full of entertainment and utility.
A projected series of works of theology and devotion, gathered from all sources, to be entitled "The Ancient and Modern Library of Theological Literature," begins with the most famous of the second class, The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas h Kempis, a newly revised translation (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.) The editor has revised the translation published in 1677, bringing the Scripture quotations into harmony with the Authorised Version and the Prayer-Book Psalms, and restoring some passages of the original heretofore omitted. He has also added occasional notes.
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