The author asserts that a system of philosophy has been con. 

 structed, out of purely scientific materials, . . . which opposes s 

 direct negative to every one of the theorems of which Positivism if 

 made up. Scotsman (Edinburgh). 



Mr. Fiske Is not a mere compiler from Mr. Spencer's works, nor 

 Is he simply a popularizer of an abstruse theory. He works his 

 way to the chief results of Mr. Spencer's argument with independ- 

 ence and self-reliance. In many places he has presented his mas- 

 ter's doctrine in new aspects or carried it forward to new conclu- 

 sions, while throughout he adds something to the original from 

 which he draws by freshness of illustration and individuality of 

 literary style. ... It is curious to note the almost fierce persist- 

 ence with which the author returns again and again to an attack 

 on the doctrines of Comte. . . . The most striking part of Mr. 

 Fiske's social speculations is the hypothesis by which he proposes 

 to bridge over the gulf which divides the merely gregarious and 

 sympathetic brutes from morally constituted man (Part II., chap, 

 xxii.). JAMES SULLY, in Examiner (London). 



Mr. Fisko is a disciple who thinks for himself, and who has no 

 hesitation, when necessary, in criticising him whom he acknowl- 

 edges as master. ... He is so thoroughly imbued with the philo- 

 sophic spirit that his work merits a careful perusal ; it has the es- 

 pecial attraction of being written in excellent temper and admirable 

 English. Daily News (London). 



Mr. Fiske's work shows a complete and independent mastery of 

 the subject in all its bearings, together with a power of lucid and 

 vigorous exposition unexcelled in any philosophical work with 

 which we are acquainted. Daily Globe (Boston). 



It is our best American book on the evolution philosophy, and 

 deserves to rank with the productions of the great English thinkers. 

 Index (Boston). . 



DARWINISM AND OTHER ESSAYS. New Edition, en- 

 larged. 12mo, pp. 283, $2.00. 



CONTENTS : Darwinism Verified ; Mr. Mivart on Dar- 

 winism ; Dr. Bateman on Darwinism ; Dr. Biichner on 

 Darwinism ; A Crumb for the " Modern Symposium ; " 

 Chauncey Wright ; What is Inspiration ? Modern Witch- 

 craft ; Comte's Positive Philosophy ; Mr. Buckle's Falla- 

 cies ; Postscript on Mr. Bnckle ; The Races of the Dan- 

 ube ; Liberal Education ; University Reform ; A Libra- 

 rian's Work. 



If ever there was a spirit thoroughly invigorated by the "joy of 

 right understanding ' it is that of the author of these pieces. Even 

 the reader catches something of his intellectual buoyancy, and is 

 thus carried almost lightly through discussions which would be 

 hard and dry in the hands of a less animated writer. ... No less 

 confident and serene than his acceptance of the utmost logical re- 

 sults of recent scientific discovery is Mr. Fiske's assurance that the 



