The little town of Brownsville, Arkansas, furnishes the setting for Mr. Curtis’ twenty poker stories. Long Mike, Gallagher, the man with one eye only, and Stumpy figure thruout the sketches, and the characterizations are chiefly of this card quartette so mis-matched in sporting proclivities.
“It is a pleasant volume for casual reading.”
+ Critic. 49: 285. S. ’06. 80w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 379. Je. 9, ’06. 100w.
Curtis, Edward. Nature and health: a popular treatise on the hygiene of the person and the home. *$1.25. Holt.
How to claim “the priceless boon of health, happiness and the usefulness of years,” is discussed according to late enlightenment on the subject of hygiene. The chapters consider breathing, eating, drinking, drugging for delectation, seeing, hearing, clothing, bathing, disposing of waste, disinfecting, exercising the body, exercising the mind, sleeping and waking, working and playing, and living and dying.
“This is a particularly excellent manual.”
+ Critic. 49: 95. Jl. ’06. 60w.
“It is full of good advice and usually in striking form.”