Punch,  50 (1866), 175.

Annotation (Found on the Fly-leaf of a New Novel)

Anon

Genre:

Essay, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Machinery, Publishing


    Announces the publication of Orthropraxy, a work describing the 'invaluable' mechanical therapy invented by the author. The author explains that he bought the book in the belief that it was entitled 'Authorpraxy' and would accordingly offer 'medical hints for morbid novelists'. Concludes that the latter work remains to be written.



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