NEW SYSTEM OF PHILOSOPHY. XXl 



From the Reader. 



To answer tlie question of tlie likelihood of the permanence 

 of Mr. Mill's philosophic reign, * * * ^e should have to take 

 account, among other things, of the differences from Mr. Mill 

 already shown by the extraordinarily able and peculiarly original 

 thinker whose name we have associated with Mr. Mill's at the 

 head of this article. We may take occasion, at another time, to 

 call attention to these speculations of Mr. Herbert Spencer, whose 

 works in the meantime, and especially that new one whose title 

 we have cited, we recommend to all those, select readers whose 

 appreciation of masterly exposition, and great reach and boldness 

 of generalization, does not depend on their mere disposition to 

 agree with the doctrines propounded. 



From the British Quarterly Revieio. 



Complete in itself, it is at the same time but a part of a whole, 

 which, if it should be constructed in proportion, will be ten times 

 as great. For these First Principles are merely the foundation 

 of a system of philosophy, bolder, more elaborate and comprehen- 

 sive, perhaps, than any other which has been hitherto designed 

 in England. * * * Widely as it will be seen we diflfer from 

 the author on some points, we very sincerely hope he may succeed 

 in accomplishing the bold and magnificent project he has 

 mapped out. 



From the Cornhill Magazine. 



Our " Survey," suj)erficial as it is, must include at least the 

 mention of a work so lofty in aim, and so remarkable in execu- 

 tion as the system of Philosophy which Mr. Herbert Spencer is 

 issuing to subscribers. * * * In sjDite of all dissidence respect- 

 ing the conclusions, the serious reader will applaud the profound 

 earnestness and thoroughness with which these conclusions are 

 advocated ; the universal scientific knowledge brought t(5 bear on 

 them by way of illustration, and the acute and subtle thinking 

 displayed in every chapter. 



From the Parthenon. 

 By these books he has wedged his way into fame in a manner 

 distinctly original, and curiously marked. * * * There is a 



