by smoking too much, but I never heard of anyone suffering from not
smoking at all.

ROBERT S. BALL.
February 13, 1882.




MR. HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT,
SAN FRANCISCO.


In my opinion, some constitutions are benefited by a moderate use of
tobacco and alcohol; others are not. But to touch these things is
dangerous.

H. H. BANCROFT.
May 6, 1882.




MR. JOSEPH BAXENDELL, F. R. A. S.

I fear that my experience of the results of the use of stimulants will
not aid you much in your enquiry. Although I am not a professed
teetotaler or anti-smoker, practically I may say I am one: and when I
am engaged in literary work, scientific investigations, or long and
complicated calculations, I never think of taking any stimulant to aid