Excerpt from The Isle of Content: And Other Waifs of Thought F mm the numerous essays I have contributed to 51 be M edical Standard, of which I was for merly editor, 'le Optimist, The Erudite, Tbe Rubric, and my own periodical Doctors' Maga zine and H ow to Live, my daughter has selected a few which in her Opinion are worthy of pub lication in book form. Because of my regard for her, therefore, Tm; Isu-z or content is ofi'ered to the public with the hope that the reader will experience as much pleasure in the perusal of these Reflections as I found in writing them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.