Constitution of Man, have been scattered in the community, either this side of the Atlantic or the other, there remains yet a great work to do. Multitudes are prejudiced against Combe's works, because the author happens to be a phrenologist, although little of his favorite science is to be found in his Constitution of Man. With such persons, Mudie will be a favorite, as he is rather opposed to phrenology. In any event his work is highly instructive, were it only on account of its numerous facts. We hope it will be extensively read; and that the whole class of books which have a bearing upon the physical improvement of man will find more and more of public favor.

DELICATE HEALTH.

Weeks, Jordan & Co., of this city, have published a little work, entitled Flora Blanchard, or Delicate Health, with the following paragraph for a motto, 'A little for the stomach's sake.' It is an excellent thing, and if widely circulated will have a most favorable bearing on the great cause of physical education, and physical man. In the language of another writer respecting it, we may add; It illustrates, in a touching manner, the evil effects which often arise from a custom too prevalent in society, of endeavoring to remedy a weak constitution and delicate health, by stimulating potations, which, instead of benefiting the system, invariably prove highly injurious, both in a moral and physical point of view; to the infant and the adult; to the robust man, or the most delicate woman.'

We are fully prepared to show, did the nature of our journal permit it, that more of life and health are sacrificed at the threshold, by mismanagement, especially by unnecessary dosing, than by any other single cause whatever. From the cradle to the grave, in fashionable society, mankind are, as a general fact, subjected to daily dosing with something which we call medicinal-liquid or solid. This perpetual but needless dosing lowers the standard of physical vigor in those who are called healthy; it predisposes to actual disease; it has a tendency to render diseases when they come, more severe than otherwise they would be; and lastly, it renders medicine less efficient in its operation when it is actually demanded.

INDEX TO VOLUME VIII.

Lectures on Education, 192.
Libraries for Schools, 188.
Literary Institute of Nashville, 185.
Literary Plagiarisms, 563.
Love of Infancy and Childhood, 172.
Luther's Writing Desk, 43, 457.
Lyceums, 233.

M.
Maine, Education in, 189.

Male and Female Teachers, 142.

Management, 558.

Index.

Manual Labor School at Holliston, 476.
Manual Labor School at Worcester, 522.
Marietta, School Convention at, 286.
Maternal Education, example of, 393.
M'Clure's Philosophy of Education, 442.
Mental Precocity, 550.
Michigan, Education in, 183.
Military Academy at West Point, 483.
Ministers, Education of, 294, 569.
Miserable School Rooms, 329.
Missouri, New College in, 478.
Mistakes in Selecting School Books, 134.
Mistakes of Teachers, 408.

Modern Instruction, Defects of, 416.
Modes of Addressing Children, 348.
Moral Education, 16.

Moral Influence of Cruelty, 16.

Moral Influence of Physical Education,

371.

Nashville, Literary Institute at, 185.
National Education, 427.
National Education in Ireland, 49.
Natural Capacity of Children, 382.
Natural Philosophy for Beginners, 526.
Nestorian Methods of Teaching, 411.
New College in Missouri, 478.
New England Academy, 250.
New Female Seminary for Teachers, 43.
New Jersey, Education in, 189.
New London county, Education in, 426.
New York Common Schools, 142, 187.
New Hampshire, Education in, 190, 431.
New York Superintendent's Report, 187.
New System of Common Education, 225.
No Royal Road to Discipline, 509.
Normal Schools, 479.

Normal Schools in Ireland, 247.

Popular Education in Tennessee, 95.
Portland, Schools in, 237.
Practical Lessons, 127, 359.
Primary Education, 119.
Primary Schools, 373, 545.
Primary Schools in Boston, 119.
Premium Offered, 240.

575

Preparation of Schoolmasters in Ireland,

242.

Sacrifices by Teachers, 67.

Sandwich Islands, Education at, 45.
Schools of Boston, 192.
School Books, 134, 384.
School Lectures, 525.

School Committees, 236, 284.
School Houses, 119, 235, 238, 536.
School Libraries, 42, 62, 188, 516, 569.
School Examiners, 363.

School Registers, 362.

Schools in Massachusetts, 94.
Schoolmaster, Confessions of, 35, 86, 134,

154, 418.

School under a Tree, 478.

Schools of the Ancient Jews, 519.
Scotland, Movements in, 237.

Selfishness Illustrated, 409.

Seminaries for Domestics, 554.
Sisters, Influence of, 444.
Singular Schoolmaster, 474.

Society for the Improvement of Educa-
tion, 485.

Sowing the Seeds of Character, 11, 107.
St. Pierre, on Education, 537.
State Lunatic Hospital, 192.

Stowe, on Education in Europe, 112, 158,

236.

Study of History, 75.

Subjects for Educational Discussion, 378.
Summer District Schools, 228.
Sunday School Union, 187.

Supervision of Teachers and Schools, 232.

First annual Report of the American Taylor's Home Education, 526.