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we must first gain a clear vision of the fundamental processes in man ; 

 for it is only through our knowledge of the processes in ourselves that 

 we can interpret the manifestations of similar processes in them. 

 Here again we are hampered by the anthropomorphic tendency which 

 leads us to assign exclusively human motives to animal actions. In 

 1864 he published "Aristotle: a Chapter from the History of Sci- 

 ence," with analyses of the Stagirite's scientific works. This work 

 was republished in 1873. Since that time he has published, in two 

 volumes, the first series of "Problems of Life and Mind," which was 

 noticed in the Monthly, No. 42. The other published works of Mr. 

 Lewes are : " Ranthorpe a Tale" (1847) ; " The Spanish Drama," and 

 "Rose, Blanche, and Violet," a novel (1848) ; "The Noble Heart," a 

 tragedy, and a "Life of Robespierre" (1850); "Life and "Works of 

 Goethe" (1855), indisputably the best work on the subject. Besides 

 these separate volumes he is, as has been already stated, the author 

 of a multitude of essays, reviews, criticisms, etc., in the periodical 

 press. 



Personally, Mr. Lewes is described as rather small in stature. 

 His face gives no very clear indication of the mental power he unques- 

 tionably possesses. His health has always been infirm, and he looks 

 older than he is. From his porti'ait, one might imagine Lewes to be 

 a man accustomed to life out-of-doors, though he has always been a 

 close student and a resident of London, or other large capitals. His 

 manner differs markedly from that of the generality of Englishmen. 

 " In his own set," writes the newspaper correspondent already quoted, 

 " he abounds in geniality and bonhomie. He does not remind you of 

 an Englishman ; he has none of the hesitation or drawl so typical of 

 his nation, but talks with marked ease and fluency and radiance. He 

 is fond of epigram and paradox, and, being a close observer, his nar- 

 ration of men and things is extremely entertaining. He has the rep- 

 utation of beino; one of the most brilliant conversationalists in Lon- 

 don, though, like most clever talkers, he is prone to monopoly and 

 monologue." As an author he is slow and painstaking, and the longer 

 he lives the more careful and conscientious does he become in thi3 

 respect. He does not believe that thoughtful and growing men ac- 

 quire facility with years, and says that when he was forty he would 

 do four or five pages in the time now required for one. Some years 

 ago he married the eminent novelist, Marian Evans, known to fame as 

 George Eliot. They live in one of the suburbs of London, and their 

 home is represented as being one of the happiest, the likeness of their 

 pursuits and ambitions being an additional bond of unity. 



