of health must be left mainly to individual judgment and experience. Here, as elsewhere, while the suffering imposed by the disobedience of law is often vicarious, there is no vicarious Each one must work out his own atonement. salvation. We all are explorers on the Sea of Life. Given "life and heart," as well as "health and a day," we also crave a compass and a chart. Like Columbus, however, we seek an undiscovered continent the land of the Ideal. Like him, each one of us must make his own chart, as the ideal actualizes itself in his experience. With rational ideals for our Polar Star, and a scientific method for our compass, we may yet speed right onward without fear. Experience under the guidance of a sound method and true aims is a far more reliable criterion of judgment than the prevailing thoughtless empiricism in the search for health, which ignores both chart and compass. To inspire such wiser and safer guidance is the author's earnest wish. To live so inspired and guided is the secret of health - the Art of Life. 'Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, And live on even terms with Time." Index ANIMAL food, effects of on health, 63. ART AND LIFE, 145-161. Art, hygienic value of, 147; democratic tendencies in, 148- ASPIRATION AND INSPIRATION, 95-104. Aspiration, as related to bodily exercise, 33; its physical Athleticism, evil effects of, 30. BATHING, as related to health, 42-43; general directions Birds, their kinship to man, 100; their extermination for Body, the, and the soul, 15; sacredness of, 25; reality of, 26; symmetrical development of, essential to health, 27–30; Brain, health of, as related to the body, 29. Breathing, regular practice of, essential to health, 31-32, 34. Bryant, William Cullen, quoted, 96. Buddha, quoted, 147. CARLYLE, THOMAS, quoted, 86, 151, 164. Causation, is it always mental? 20, 35. Cellular tissue, how to promote the health of, 31. Chadwick, John White, quoted, 86. Chastity, as related to health, 47–48. Chemistry of foods, 62-65. Chronic ailments, how induced, 34-35. Clubs, 66. Collins, Mortimer, quoted, 60. Communism, 83, 158. Confucius, quoted, 38, 150; his Golden Rule, 114. Contagious diseases, 39, 41. Contents, 9. Cope, Prof. Edward D., quoted, 121. DARWIN, CHARLES, 160, 161. Days, their significance, 165-168. Dedication, 5. Democracy, errors in our conception of, 82-83. Disease, the nature of, 21; as related to cleanliness, 39; chronic, 34-35; contagious, 39, 41. Domestic servants, their place in the home, 57, 90. Dorr, Mrs. Julia C., quoted, 170. Du Bois, Professor, quoted, 120. Dwight, John S., quoted, 86. EDUCATION AND HEALTH, 73-83. Education, wholesale, 81-83; a fatal defect in, 89. Eliot, George, quoted, 50. Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, 3, 12, 17-18, 60, 100, 110, Environment, 15, 19, 39–40, 42, 75; for the home, 56; as |