FUN Better Than Physic; or, Everybody's Life-Preserver

1871. 1st edition. Book full of wonderful maxims meant to promote a healthy life, such as these picked at random: "In cholera, and all epidemics, the liquor drinkers are the first to die." "Every man owes it to society to become rich, for the poor man's advice is never heeded, let it be ev er so valuable."The memory, like a true friend, is made the firmer by being trusted; noting down trifling things, is the very way to destroy what remnant of memory you have."One of the glorious advantages of a large city is, people are oblilged to mind their own business, and pretty diligently too, or they will soon go to the wall."The benevolent live long, healthfully, happily, and in honor; the selfish, the wicked, shall not live out half their days." Brown cloth hard cover with beveled edge and gilt lettering, frontispiece, 333 pages plus ads. Fair condition: front hinge split, some corners bent, page spots, cover wear.