Besides being equal to Mrs. Campbell's best work in the
past, it is strikingly original in presenting the ethics of
the body as imperiously claiming recognition in the radical
cure of inebriety. It forces attention to the physical and
spiritual value of foods, and weaves precedent and precept
into one of the most beguiling stories of recent date.
It is the gospel of good food, with the added influence of fresh air, sunlight,
cleanliness, and physical exercise that occupy profitably the attention of Helen
Campbell. Martha is a baby when the story begins, and a child not yet in her
teens when the narrative comes to an end, but she has a salutary power over
many lives. Her father is a wise country physician, who makes his chaise, in his
daily progress about the hills, serve as his little daughter's cradle and kindergar-
ten. When she gets old enough to understand he expounds to her his views ot
the sins committed against hygiene, and his lessons sink into an appreciative
mind. When he encounters particularly hard cases she applies his principles
with unfailing logic, and is able to suggest helpful means of cure. The old doctor
is delightfully sagacious in demonstrating how the confirmed pie-eater marries the
tea inebriate, with the result in doughnut-devouring, dyspeptic, and consumptive
offspring. "What did they die of?" asked little Martha, in the village grave-
yard; and her father answers solemnly, "Intemperance." So Martha declares
that she will be a "food doctor," and later on she helps her father in saving
several victims of strong drink. The book is one that should find hosts of
earnest readers, for its admonitions are sadly needed, not in the country alone, but
in the city, where, if better ideas of diet prevail, people have yet as a rule a long
way to go before they attain the path of wisdom. Meanwhile it remains true, as
Mrs. Campbell makes Dr. Scarborough declare, that the cabbage soup and black
bread of the poorest French peasants are really better suited to the sustenance of
healthy life than the "messes" that pass for food in many parts of rural New
England. — The Beaco7i.
Sold by all Booksellers. Mailed^ post-paid^ on receipt
of pn'ce, by the Publishers,
ROBERTS BROTHERS, Boston.
Messrs. Roberts Brothers Publications.
ROGER BERKELEY'S PROBATION.
By HELEN CAMPBELL,
Author of " Prisoners of Fovej'ty,''^ " Mrs. Herndoiis Income,^'
" Miss Melindas Opportunity" " The What-to-do Club," etc.
16mo, cloth, price, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.
This story is on the scale of a cabinet picture. It presents interesting
figures, natural situations, and warm colors. Written in a quiet key, it is
yet moving, and the letter from Bolton describing the fortunate sale of
Roger's painting of " The Factory Bell " sends a tear of sympathetic joy
to the reader's eye. Roger Berkeley was a young American art student in
Paris, called home by the mortal sickness of his mother, and detained at
home by the spendthriftness of his father and the embarrassment that had
overtaken the family affairs through the latter cause. A concealed mort-
gage on the old homestead, the mysterious disappearance of a package of
bonds intended for Roger's student use, and the paralytic incapacity of the
father to give the information which his conscience prompted him to give,
have a share in the development of the story.
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Presented as published in 1881. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Besides being equal to Mrs. Campbell's best work in the past, it is strikingly original in presenting the ethics of the body as imperiously claiming recognition in the radical cure of inebriety. It forces attention to the physical and spiritual value of foods, and weaves precedent and precept into one of the most beguiling stories of recent date.
It is the gospel of good food, with the added influence of fresh air, sunlight, cleanliness, and physical exercise that occupy profitably the attention of Helen Campbell. Martha is a baby when the story begins, and a child not yet in her teens when the narrative comes to an end, but she has a salutary power over many lives. Her father is a wise country physician, who makes his chaise, in his daily progress about the hills, serve as his little daughter's cradle and kindergarten. When she gets old enough to understand he expounds to her his views ot the sins committed against hygiene, and his lessons sink into an appreciative mind. When he encounters particularly hard cases she applies his principles with unfailing logic, and is able to suggest helpful means of cure. The old doctor is delightfully sagacious in demonstrating how the confirmed pie-eater marries the tea inebriate, with the result in doughnut-devouring, dyspeptic, and consumptive offspring. "What did they die of?" asked little Martha, in the village graveyard; and her father answers solemnly, "Intemperance." So Martha declares that she will be a "food doctor," and later on she helps her father in saving several victims of strong drink. The book is one that should find hosts of earnest readers, for its admonitions are sadly needed, not in the country alone, but in the city, where, if better ideas of diet prevail, people have yet as a rule a long way to go before they attain the path of wisdom. Meanwhile it remains true, as Mrs. Campbell makes Dr. Scarborough declare, that the cabbage soup and black bread of the poorest French peasants are really better suited to the sustenance of healthy life than the "messes" that pass for food in many parts of rural New England. — The Beaco7i.
Sold by all Booksellers. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price, by the Publishers,
ROBERTS BROTHERS, Boston.
Messrs. Roberts Brothers Publications.
ROGER BERKELEY'S PROBATION.
By HELEN CAMPBELL,
Author of " Prisoners of Fovej'ty,''^ " Mrs. Herndoiis Income,^' " Miss Melindas Opportunity" " The What-to-do Club," etc.
16mo, cloth, price, $1.00; paper, 50 cents.
This story is on the scale of a cabinet picture. It presents interesting figures, natural situations, and warm colors. Written in a quiet key, it is yet moving, and the letter from Bolton describing the fortunate sale of Roger's painting of " The Factory Bell " sends a tear of sympathetic joy to the reader's eye. Roger Berkeley was a young American art student in Paris, called home by the mortal sickness of his mother, and detained at home by the spendthriftness of his father and the embarrassment that had overtaken the family affairs through the latter cause. A concealed mortgage on the old homestead, the mysterious disappearance of a package of bonds intended for Roger's student use, and the paralytic incapacity of the father to give the information which his conscience prompted him to give, have a share in the development of the story.