Author: M.L. Holbrook
Title: How to Strengthen the Memory; or, Natural and Scientific Methods of Never Forgetting
Description: New York, M.L. Holbrook & Co, 1886. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 152p; ix. A hardcover book bound in burgundy-red cloth. Good reading condition. Top corners bumped and spotty stains on front cover. Owners' signature, stamp, and small pasted-in magazine clipping on front endpapers. Underlining and scattered highlighting in text. Binding is a bit limp, but still tight enough for normal handling. Martin Luther Holbrook (1831-1902) was a physician, eugenicist, and proponent of physical culture who advocated vegetarianism and sexual abstinence. In this book, he offers techniques for improving one's memory by both intellectual exercises and nutrition. Fair .

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