Chapter III: Front Matter (3)

The above is an extract from Rev. Dr. Brewer's _Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar_, 6th edition, p. 50., which may perhaps prove interesting to C. W. B. At p. 58. of the same book, H. A. B. will find, I think, an answer in the affirmative to his Query (Vol. vii., p. 286.): "Is there such a thing as spontaneous combustion?"