Things to be remembered in daily life : with personal experiences and recollections / by John Timbs.

  • Timbs, John, 1801-1875.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Things to be remembered in daily life : with personal experiences and recollections / by John Timbs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. Cime. PAGE PAGE POETRY OF TIME . 1 PERIODS OP REST 15 WHAT IS TIME ? . 3 RECKONING DISTANCE Bl time's BEGUILINGS 5 TIME . . . . 16 time's garland . 6 SUN-DIALS . . . . 17 time's mutations 7 THE HOUR-GLASS . 27 SIR H. DAVY ON TIME 8 CLOCKS AND WATCHES . 29 time, past, PRESENT, AND EARLY RISING 41 FUTURE . 9 ART OP EMPLOYING TIME 52 MEASUREMENT OP TIMl : . 12 TIME AND ETERNITY . . 64 Stfe, antj Eengtij of I3apg. LIFE A RIVER ... 65 THE SPRING-TIME OP LIFE . 6Q THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF LIFE .... 67 PASSING GENERATIONS . . 68 AVERAGE DURATION OF LIFE 71 PASTIMES OF CHILDHOOD RECREATIVE TO MAN . 72 PLEASURES OF THE IMAGI- NATION LATE IN LIFE . 73 WHAT IS MEMORY ? . . 75 CONSOLATION IN GROWING OLD 76 LENGTH OP DAYS ... 79 HISTORIC TRADITIONS THROUGH FEW LINKS ... 82 LONGEVITY IN FAMILIES . 87 FEMALE LONGEVITY . , 88 LONGEVITY AND DIET . . 92 LONGEVITY AND LOCALITIES 69 LONGEVITY OF CLASSES . 102 GREAT AGES , . , 111 THE HAPPY OLD MAN . . 114 PREPARATORY TO DEATH . 115 DEATH BEFORE ADAM . . 116 FUTURE EARTHLY EXIST- ENCE OP THE HUMAN RACE ..... 117 Cijc ^d)ool of Htfe. WHAT IS EDUCATION ? . TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN EDUCATION AT HOME . TENDERNESS OF YOUTH BUSINESS OP EDUCATION THE CLASSICS LIBERAL EDUCATION . DR. ARNOLD'S SCHOOL RE- FORM .... SCHOOL INDULGENCE . UNSOUND TEACHING . SELF-FORMATION PRACTICAL DISCIPLINE CRAMMING .... 119 MATHEMATICS 133 120 ARISTOTLE . 134 121 GEOLOGY IN EDUCATION 135 122 THE BEST EDUCATION . 137 123 ADVICE TO THE STUDENT 138 124 KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM 139 126 EDUCATION ALARMISTS 140 YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS . . 141 127 BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG . 141 128 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 142 128 WHAT IS ARGUMENT ? . . 144 131 HANDWRITING . 145 132 ENGLISH STYLE . . 147 132 ART OP WRITING . . 149