PAGEPREFACEiSPECIAL RECOGNITIONxiiTHE NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE1THE PERSONAL CASE AND ENDORSEMENT OF DR. ERNEST VAN SOMEREN10EXPERIMENTS UPON HUMAN NUTRITION. NOTE BY SIR MICHAEL FOSTER, K.C.B., M.P., F.R.S.18PROFESSOR CHITTENDEN'S REPORT ON THE AUTHOR25'VARSITY-CREW EXERCISES UNDER DR. WILLIAM G. ANDERSON, OF YALE UNIVERSITY GYMNASIUM32THE ATWATER-BENEDICT CALORIMETER-MEASUREMENT39MILITARY-SCIENTIFIC COÖPERATION42DR. KELLOGG'S APPRECIATION46EXTRACTS FROM DR. EDWARD HOOKER DEWEY73AN AGREEABLE ENDURANCE TEST84EDWARD W. REDFIELD'S EVIDENCE90GENERAL OBSERVATIONS101OUR NATURAL GUARDIANS106OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED117THE MIND POWER-PLANT132TELL-TALE EXCRETA142SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATION OF A LITERARY TEST-SUBJECT147WHAT SENSE? TASTE151DR. MONKS, BOSTON; AND PROF. METCHNIKOFF, PARIS;--ELONGATED INTESTINES176AUTHOR'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE188SOME PERTINENT QUERIES195IMPORTANT CONFIRMATION: COMMANDANTE CESARE AGNELLI206CLARENCE F. LOW, ESQUIRE211A FIVE YEARS' LAY EXPERIENCE: BARON RANDOLPH NATILI215DR. HUBERT HIGGINS' CASE AND COMMENT226QUARANTINE236GIVE THE BABIES A CHANCE265"MUNCHING PARTIES" AND THE "CHEWING FAD"270SPECIMEN ECONOMIC DINNER283DIET IN THE YALE EXAMINATION OF THE AUTHOR296INFLUENCE OF SUGGESTION300"FLETCHERISING:" COMPLETE MEANING308EXPLANATION OF THE A. B. C. SERIES315