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Two books on kindred subjects may be joined in one

commenda- tion to our readers :—Physiology and Hygiene for Home Nursing. By C. C. Fitzgerald, M.D. (Bell and Sons.)—Dr. Fitzgerald com- bines in an excellent way the principles and the practice of the art which he describes. What the nurse should do, and why, the human body being what it is, she should do it, are set forth together in this volume.—The Sketch of the History and Progress of District-Nursing, by William Rathbone, M P (Macmillan), is meant not so much for those who perform the work, as for those who either help or ought to help in supplying the means for its performance. What has been done, and what remains to be done, may be found here.