20 INTRODUCTION 



The author discourses fluently upon these sub- 

 jects and with authority, clinging with conscien- 

 tious scruple to what is upright and comely, and he 

 illustrates his points with precision and delicacy. 

 He has been careful to avoid cause of offense, and 

 nowhere are his claims unreasonable. 



He treads the fields of philosophy as well as the 

 sacred and fragrant gardens of revelation, and his 

 methods of availing of their fertility are profitable 

 and convincing. 



The whole question is treated by competent au- 

 thority, and is replete with intense interest; the 

 book should commend itself to universal attention. 



H. O. Haughton, 



Editor of Tlie Dawn. 

 Baltimore, Md., March 20, 1903. 



