Worry (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX " Abt Vogler," by Robert Browning, 296, 297. " Adolescence," by Prof. Stanley Hall, 144. " Adonais," by Shelley, 297, 298. Advertisements, of quack medicines, 62; dealing with sexual matters condemned, 190-194. Alcohol, its effect on bees, 93; its effect on man, 93; its early use m Egypt, 94; its action on the mind, 94-95; its stimulating and sed-ative qualities discussed, 97-101; harmful use of, 104, 105, 106; condemnation of, 108, no. " Anatomy of Melancholy," by Burton, quotation from, 57. " Animism, the Seed of Religion/' by Edward Clodd, 257. Antipodes, 271. Aquinas, St. Thomas, 199, 270. "As You Like It," quoted, 177. Australia, aborigines of, 267, 268. B Babyhood, no worries in, 140, 174. Babylon, 268. Bacon, Francis, his attitude towards posterity, 284. Bain, Prof. Alexander, of Aberdeen, his childish conception of the Deity, 146. Berkeley, George, doctrine of, 230. Birth-rate, decline of, 162-166, 172. Bishop of London, on the falling birth-rate, 163, 165. Boarding-schools, condemnation of, 169, 170. Booth, General, 210. Boredom, discussed, 80-84. Boston, 264. Bradfield College, Dr. Gray headmaster of, 171. Browning, Robert, optimism of, 207; " Abt Vogler " by, 296, 297. Buckle, Henry Thomas, on Scotch sermons, during seventeenth century, 242. Buddha, 283; life of, 291. Buddhism, the teaching of, 203, 204. Bunyan, John, quoted, 291. Burton, Robert, his " Anatomy of Melancholy," quoted, 57. Caffeine, active principle of tea and coffee, 101; stimulating effect of, 101, 102; justifiable use of, 106, 109. Cancer, effect of worry on, 41; fear of, 87. Carlyle, Thomas, dyspepsia of, 227; his " gospel of work," 234; quoted on industrialism, 237. Chaillu, Paul du, quoted, 263. Cheyne, Canon, 270. Childhood, worry in, 139; causes of...