The best answer to the question, probably, is this— Net vousness is an «»• natural condition of the nervous system. Some- times this unnatural state is accompanied with considerable bodily weakness, loss of flesh and loss of strength ; but in most cases there is in the earlier stages of the disorder no outward sign of weakness. The sufferers are found in both sexes ; they often hSve the bloom of health upon the cheek ; they are ■surrounded by kind friends, yet existence to them has no charmsj for they feel that they cannot enjoy it. Without intending it, they annoy other people about the merest trifles ; if they encounter some person unexpectedly they feel confused, afraid, and alarmed; the heart beats violently, the hand shakes when writing, and the whole frame at times expe- riences a complete tremulousness. The intellect also is sometimes clouded, the memory fails, the judgment becomes indis- tinct, the will capricious and undecided, the taste vitiated, the imagination broods upon unpleasant topics, the spirits are very low or very excited, the ordinary duties of life be- come burdensome, society is shunned, and business neglected. A Stange Spectacle.— lt is certainly strange, but not the less true, that perfectly sane persons in the prime of life, with firm step and healthy countenance, may occasion- ally be met with, who, in spite of possessing all the advantages of education,. religion, ample means, and kind friends, nevertheless are victims of the nervousness .above de- scribed ; unhappy themselves, they render other people unhappy. Why is this? What cause has operated to change the* cheerful, active, obliging, unsuspecting, and uncom- plaining youth into the unhappy, drowsy, listlest, suspicious, and gloomy misanthrope ? Many causes, or one cause only, may operate to produce this sad state ;. the cause may be either mental or physical, or both combined. J ttempts to Cure Nervousness by means of ordinary tonics have so frequently proved fruitless that the leading physicians now for the most part recommend hygienic means, such as exercise in the open air, regular habits, sea bathing, the cold bath friction'; change of air and scene, as in travelling. If all these fail, as they of ten do, what is. to be done? The Answer will be found- Jby , carefully peitising tJie Following Work : — Ninth Edition, post free Is 4d, NERVOUS DEBILITY,. 