FRAGMENTS OF SCIENCE. 



Mr. Mozley's book belongs to that class of writing of which 

 Butler may be taken as the type. It is strong, genuine argu- 

 ment about difficult matters, fairly tracing what is difficult, 

 fairly trying to grapple, not with what appears the gist and 

 strong point of a question, but with what really at bottom is the 

 knot of it. It is a book the reasoning of which may not satisfy 

 everyone. . . . But we think it is a book for people who wish to 

 see a great subject handled on a scale which befits it, and with a 

 perception of its real elements. It is a book which will have at- 

 tractions for those who like to see a powerful mind applying 

 itself, without shrinking or holding back, without trick or reserve 

 or show of any kind, as a wrestler closes body to body with his 

 antagonist, to the strength of an adverse and powerful argu- 

 ment. TIMES, Tuesday, June 5, 1866. 



We should add, that the faults of the work are wholly on the 

 surface and in the arrangement; that the matter is as solid and 

 as logical as that of any book within recent memory, and that it 

 abounds in striking passages, of which we have scarcely been 

 able even to give a sample. No future arguer against miracles 

 can afford to pass it over. SATURDAY REVIEW, September 15, 



II. 

 * MIRACLES AND SPECIAL PROVIDENCES* 



1867. 



IT is my privilege to enjoy the friendship of a select 

 number of religious men, with whom I converse 

 frankly upon theological subjects, expressing without 

 disguise the notions and opinions I entertain regarding 

 their tenets, and hearing in return these notions and 

 opinions subjected to criticism. I have thus far found 

 them liberal and loving men, patient in hearing, tol- 



* Fortnightly Review, New Series, vol. i. p. 645. 



