IV PREFACE. 



from the prevalence of new terras and methods of 

 treatment, unless a previous interest is secured, on 

 the part of readers, l)y a specimen, at least, of 'the 

 subject first presented in a simpler and less laborious 

 way. The very great advantage of the technicalities 

 of the science, as contained and used in " The Basic 

 Outline," is not for a moment questioned ; but it is 

 again urged, that an appetite for a new article of 

 mental food, as well as in the case of physical nutri- 

 ment, must first be cultivated, to some extent, before 

 the people will appreciate, and take the trouble to 

 learn to use, the machinery, however simple in itself, 

 by which the acquisition and preparation of such 

 food are to be facilitated. 



I have yielded to the force of these arguments, 

 and shall delay the publication of " The Basic Out- 

 line of Universology ' until after that of this Pre- 

 amble, or " Synopsis," which has been prepared with 

 a view to meet the special demand so laid upon me, 

 with what success the readers of this little prelim- 

 inary work must judge. Brunei, when he had built 

 " The Great Eastern," found nearly as much diffi- 

 culty in launching her as he had met and overcome 

 in the construction. If, by the judicious advice of 

 friends, or by, in a word, the use of all appropriate 

 means, I can succeed in projecting this new science 

 on the world in such a manner as to secure its 

 earliest and most favorable acceptance, a slight 

 change of programme, which postpones, for a little, 

 the publication of a particular work, already electro- 

 typed and in proofs, will be of small moment ; and 



