4 Preface 



ceptions of the imagination. It was not until the pres- 

 ent year, that the truth flashed upon me in a manner 

 susceptible of being demonstrated, and it was prompt- 

 ed by the reading of an article entitled " Sound Color 

 Figures, "by Sedley Taylor," published in the Scientific 

 American Supplement of May 4th, 1878. After reading 

 this article my mind was opened to a new light; the 

 conventional theories of science regarding life and mo- 

 tion never more than half accepted, were now clear- 

 ly seen to be false. Subsequent readings on the same 

 and kindred subjects, served to corroborate my impres- 

 sions, and now I am firmly convinced that they are 

 based on the truth. 



In this connection, I would refer the reader to a very 

 able paper by Professor Henry J. Slack F. R. S., en- 

 titled " Studies of Matter and Life," and published in 

 the Scientific American Supplement, No. 27, 1876. The 

 paper is very instructive, and is suggestive of something 

 more than what is given, though it can hardly be said 

 that it actually enters upon any new ground. 



In concluding this preface, I take the opportunity of 

 inviting correspondence on the subject matters of the 

 following pages. 



VITRUVIUS FRAZEE. 



SAN FBANCISCO, 1878. 



