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The First Philosophers of Greece — Arthur Fairbanks (Empedocles)

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In Three Vulumes, post 8vo, pp. 350, 406, and 384, with Index, cloth, AI, lis. 6d.

A HISTORY OF MATERIALISM. By Professor F. A. LANGE. Authorised Translation from the German by Ernest C, THomas.

Third Edition.

‘This is a work which has long and impatiently been expected by a large circle of readers. It has been well praised by two eminent scientists, and their words have created for it, as regards its appearance in our English tongue, a sort of ante-natal reputation. The reputation is many respects well deserved. The book is marked throughout by singular ability, abounds in striking and suggestive reflections, subtle and profound discussions, felicitous and graphic descriptions of mental and social move- ments, both in themselves and in their mutual relations,’’"—Scoteman.

In Two Volumes, post 8vo, pp. 268 and 288, cloth, 158.

° THE OREED OF CHRISTENDOM: ITS FOUNDATIONS CONTRASTED WITH ITS SUPERSTRUCTURE. κ By W. R. GREG. Eighth Edition, with a New Introduction.

oa ‘*©No candid reader of the ‘Creed of Christendom ’ can close the book without the secret acknowledgment that it is a model of honest investigation and clear exposition, conceived in the true spirit of serious and faithful research.” — Westminster iew.

OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGION TO THE SPREAD OF THE UNIVERSAL RELIGIONS. By ©. P. TISLB, Dr. Theol., Professor of the History of Religions in the University of Lejden. Translated from the Dutch by J. ESTLin Carpenter, M.A. Fifth Edition.

‘* Few books of its size contain the result of so much wide thinking, able and laborious study, or enable the reader to gain a better bird’s-eye view of the latest results of inves- tigations into the religious history of nations. . . . These pages, full of information, these sentences, cut and perhaps also dry, short and clear, condense the fruits of long and thorough research,”—Scotsman,

RELIGION IN OHINA:

Containing a Brief Account of the Three Religions of the Chinese, with Observations on the Prospects of Christian Conversion amongst that People. By JOSEPH EDKINS, D.D., Peking. Third Edition. ‘‘We confidently recommend a careful perusal of the present work to all interested in this great subject.’ —London and China Express. i

‘* Dr. Edkins has been most careful in noting the varied and often complex phases of religion so as to give an account of considerable value of the subject.” —Scotsman.

Post 8vo, pp. xviii—198, cloth, 78. 6d. A CANDID EXAMINATION OF THEISM.

By PHYSIOUS. Second Edition. «Τε is impossible to go through this work without forming a very high opinion of his speculative and argumentative power, and a sincere respect for his temperance of state-

ment and his diligent endeavour to make out the best case he can for the views he rejects.” —Academy.

BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF A COURSE OF LECTURES

DELIVERED AT THR Roya ΙνβτΙτυτιον or Great ΒΗΙΤΑΙΝ, IN FEBRUARY AND ΜΑβοη 1877.

By WILLIAM POLE, Mus. Doc, Oxon.

Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh ; one of the Examiners in Music to the University of London.

Fourth and Revised Edition.

‘cWe may recommend it as an extremely useful compendium of modern research into the scientific basis of music. There is no want of completeness.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

THE COLOUR SENSE: Its Origin and Development. AN ESSAY IN COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. By GRANT ALLEN, Β.Α., Author of “ Physiological Alsthetics.”

‘‘ The book is attractive throughout, for its object is pursued with an earnestness and singleness of purpose which never fail to maintain the interest of the reader. "— Saturday Review,

Contributions το the History ος the Development

x Ὁ OF THE HUMAN RACE. LECTURES AND DISSERTATIONS

By LAZARUS GEIGER, Autbor of ‘‘ Origin and Evolution of Human Speech and Reason.”

Travslated from the Second German Edition by Davip AsHER, Ph.D.,
Corresponding Member of the Berlin Society for the Study
of Modern Languages and Literature.

‘‘ The papers translated in this volume deal with various aspects of a very fascinating ay: Herr Geiger had secured a place in the foremost ranks of German philologers, but he seems to have valued his philological researches chiefly as a means of throwing light on the early condition of mankind. He prosecuted his inquiries in a thoroughly philosophical spirit, and he never offered a theory, however paradoxical it might seem at first sight, for which he did not advance solid arguments. Unlike the majority of German scholars, he took pleasure in working out his doctrines in a manner that was likely to make them interesting to the general public; and his capacity for clear and parvo exposition was hardly inferior to that of Mr. Max Miller himself.”—St. James's

azette.

Post 8vo, pp. 350, with a Portrait, cloth, 108. 6d. DR. APPLETON : His Life and Literary Relics.

By JOHN H. APPLETON, Μ.Α., Late Vicar of St. Mark’s, Staplefield, Sussex ; AND A. H. SAYCE, Μ.Α., Fellow of Queen’s College, and Deputy Professor of Comparative Philology, Oxford. “* Although the life of Dr. Appleton was uneventful, it is valuable as illustrating the manner in which the ο. and the practical can be combined. His biographers talk of his geniality, his tolerance, his kindliness ; and these characteristics, combined

with his fine intellectual gifts, his searching ae his independence, his ceaseless energy and ardour, render his life specially intéresting.”—Nonconformist.

Post 8vo, pp. xxvi.—370, with Portrait, Illustrations, and an Autograph Letter, cloth, 128. 6d.

EDGAR QUINET :

HIS EARLY LIFE AND WRITINGS. By RICHARD HEATH.

“* Without attaching the immense value to Edgar Quinet’s writings which Mr. Heath considers their due, we are quite ready to own that they possess solid merits which, perhaps, have not attracted sufficient attention in this country. To a truly reverent spirit, Edgar Quinet joined the deepest love for humanity in general. Mr. Heath... deserves credit for the completeness and finish of the portraiture to which he set his hand. It has evidently been a labour of love, for the text is marked throughout by infinite painstaking, both in style and matter.”—Globe.

By LUDWIG FEUEBRBACH. Translated from the Second German Edition by Marian Ivans, Translator of Strauss’s ‘* Life of Jesus.” Second Edition.

{61 confess that to Feuerbach I owe a debt of inestimable gratitude. Feel- ing about in uncertainty for the ground, and finding everywhere shifting sands, Feuerbach cast a sudden blaze into the darkness, and disclosed to me the way.” —From S. Baring-Gould’s '' The Origin and Development of Religious Belief.”

Puat 8vo, pp. 200, cloth, 38. 6d. AUGUSTE COMTE AND POSITIVISM. et

By the late JOHN STUART MILL, Μ.Ρ.

Fourth Edition, revised.

Post 8vo, pp. xii.—178, cloth, 6s. RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY IN GERMANY :

A FRAGMENT. By HBINRICOH HEINE.

Translated by JoHN SNODGRASS, Translator of “ Wit, Wisdom, and Pathos from the Prose of Heinrich Heine.”

‘* Nowhere is the singular charm of this writer more marked than in the vivid pages of this work. . . . Irrespective of subject, there is a charm about whatever Heine wrote that captivates the reader and wins his sympathies before criticism steps in. But there can be none who would fail to admit the power as well as the beauty of the wide-ranging pictures of the intellectual development of the country of deep thinkers. Beneath his grace the writer holds a mighty grip of fact, stripped of all disguise ani made patent over all confusing surroundings.” —Bookseller.

Post 8vo, pp. xviii.—310, with Portrait, cloth, 103. 6d. EMERSON AT HOME AND ABROAD.

By MONOUREB D. CONWAY, Author of ‘‘ The Sacred Anthology,” ‘‘ The Wandering Jew,” ‘‘ Thomas Curlyle,” &c.

This book reviews the personal and general] history of the so-called ‘‘ Trans- cendental ’ movement in America; and it contains various letters by Emerson not before published, as well as personal recollections of his lectures and con- versations.

‘*Mr. Conway has not confined himself to plies reminiscences ; he brings together all the important facts of Emerson's life, and presents a full account of his governing ideas—indicating their mutual relations, and tracing the processes by which Emerson gradually arrived at them in their mature form.”—St. James’s Gazette.

Post 8vo, pp. xx.—314, cloth, 108. 6d. ENIGMAS OF LIFE

By W. R. GREG. Seventeenth Edition.

** What is to be the future of the human race? What ure the great obstacles in the way of progress? What are the best means of surmounting these obstacles? Such, in rough statement, are some of the problems which are more or less present to Mr. Greg’s mind ; and although he does nut pretend to discuss them fully, he makes a great many observations about them, always expressed in a graceful style, frequently eloquent, and occasionally putting old subjects in a new light, and recording a large amount of read- ing and study.”—Saturday Review. .

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In Three Volumes. Post 8vv, Vol. L, pp. xxxii.—532, cloth, 128.3; Vols. II. and III., pp. viii— 496; and pp. viiii— 510, cloth, 128.

THE WORLD AS WILL AND IDEA.

By ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUERR. Translated from the German by R. B. Haupanx, M.A., and Joun Kemp, M.A.

Third Edition.

‘‘The translators have done their part very well, for, as they say, their work has been one of difficulty, especially as the style of the original is occasionally ‘involved and loose.’ At the same time there is a force, a vivacity, a directness, in the phrases and sentences of Schopenhauer which are very different from the manner of ordinary German philosophical treatises. He knew English and English literature thoroughly ; he ad- mired the clearness of their manner, and the popular strain even in their philosophy, and these qualities he tried to introduce inte his own works and discourse.”—Scotsman.

In Three Volumes, post 8vo, pp. xxxii.—372; vi—368 ; and viii.—360, cloth, £1, 115. 6d.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS.

By EDUARD VON HARTMANN. [Speculative Results, according to the Inductive Method of Physical Science. ]

Authorised Translation, by WiLLIAM C. CouPLAND, M.A. | κ Ten Bditions of the German original have been sold since its first appearance ἐπ 1868.

‘‘Mr. Coupland has been remarkably successful in dealing with the difficulties of Hartmann... . It must be owned that the book merited the honour of translation. Its collection of facts alone would be sufficient to deserve this, and the appendix in the third volume, giving a readable résuné of Wurdt’s psycho-physics, is a valuable addition to English psychology.” —Athenewm.

Post 8vo, pp. xii. and 395, cloth, with Portrait, 14s. LIFE OF GIORDANO BRUNO, THE NOLAN.

By 1. FRITH. Revised by Professor Moniz CARRIERE.

“The interest of the book lies in the conception of Bruno's character and in the elucidation of his ον. . .. His writings dropped from him wherever he went and were published in many places. Their number is very large, and the bibliographical appendix is not the least valuable part of this voluine, . . . We are tempted to multipl quotations from the pages before us, for Bruno’s utterances bave a rare charm throug their directness, their vividness, their poetic force. Bruno stands in relation to later philosophy, to Kant or Hegel, as Giotto stands to Raphael. We feel the merit of the more complete and perfect work ; but we are moved and attracted by the greater indi- viduality which accompanies the struggle after expression in an earlier and simpler age. Students of philosophy will know at once how much labour has been bestowed upon this modest attempt to set forth Bruno’s significance as a philosopher. We have contented ourselves with showing how much the general reader may gain from a study of its pages, which are never overburdened by technicalities and are ever dull."— Atheneum.