THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY. PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY is essentially the chief intellectual study of our age. It is proposed to produce, under the title of "THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY," a series of works of the highest class connected with that study. The English contributions to the series consist of original works, and of occasional new editions of such productions as have already attained a permanent rank among the philosophical writings of the day. Beyond the productions of English writers, there are many recent publications in German and French which are not readily accessible to English readers, unless they are competent German and French scholars. Of these foreign writings, the translations have been entrusted to gentlemen whose names will be a guarantee for their critical fidelity. "THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY” claims to be free from all bias, and thus fairly to represent all developments of Philosophy, from Spinoza to Hartmann, from Leibnitz to Lotze. Each original work is produced under the inspection of its author, from his manuscript, without intermediate suggestions or alterations. As corollaries, works showing the results of Positive Science, occasionally, though seldom, find a place in the series. The series is elegantly printed in octavo, and the price regulated by the extent of each volume. The volumes will follow in succession, at no fixed periods, but as early as is consistent with the necessary care in their production. THE FOLLOWING HAVE ALREADY APPEARED:- Authorised Translation from the German by ERNEST C. THOMAS. (Vol. III. in the press.) "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 in 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 movements, both in themselves and in their mutual relations."- -Scotsman. "Although it is only a few years since Lange's book was originally published, it already ranks as a classic in the philosophical literature of Germany. . . . So far as he has proceeded, Mr. Thomas has done his work with great spirit and intelligence. We have tested the translation at different points, and have always found that it reflects the original freely and accurately."-Pall Mall Gazette. "We see no reason for not endorsing the translator's judgment that it is raised far above the level of ordinary controversial writing by its thoroughness, comprehensiveness, and impartiality."-Contemporary Review. VOL. IV.] Post 8vo, pp. xii.—362, cloth, price 10s. 6d. By EDITH SIMCOX. Second Edition. "Miss Simcox deserves cordial recognition for the excellent work she has done in vindication of naturalism, and especially for the high nobility of her ethical purpose.' Athenæum. "A book which for the rest is a mine of suggestion."-Academy. "This thoughtful and able work is in many respects the most important contribution yet made to the ethics of the evolution theory."-Mind. VOLS. V., VI.] In Two Volumes, post 8vo, pp. 268 and 288, cloth, price 158. THE CREED OF CHRISTENDOM: ITS FOUNDATIONS CONTRASTED WITH ITS SUPERSTRUCTURE. By W. R. GREG. Sixth Edition, with a New Introduction. "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 Review. "This work remains a monument of his industry, his high literary power, his clear intellect, and his resolute desire to arrive at the truth. In its present shape, with its new introduction, it will be still more widely read, and more warmly welcomed by those who believe that in a contest between Truth and Error, Truth never can be worsted."Scotsman VOL. VII.] Second Edition. Post 8vo, pp. xix.-249, cloth, price 78. 6d. OUTLINES OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGION TO THE SPREAD OF THE UNIVERSAL RELIGIONS. Dr. Theol., Professor of the History of Religions in the University of Leiden. Translated from the Dutch by J. ESTLIN CARPENTER, M.A. "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 investigations into the religious history of nations. As Professor Tiele modestly says, 'In this little book are outlines-pencil sketches, I might say-nothing more.' But there are some men whose sketches from a thumb-nail are of far more worth than an enormous canvas covered with the crude painting of others, and it is easy to see that these pages, full of information, these sentences, cut and perhaps also dry, short and clear, condense the fruits of long and thorough research."-Scotsman. VOL. VIII.] Post 8vo, pp. 276, cloth, 7s. 6d. RELIGION IN CHINA: 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. "We confidently recommend a careful perusal of the present work to all interested in this great subject."-London and China Express. "Dr. Edkins has been most careful in noting the varied and often complex phases of opinion, so as to give an account of considerable value of the subject."-Scotsman. THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY. VOL. IX.] Post 8vo, pp. 216, cloth, 78. 6d. A CANDID EXAMINATION OF THEISM. "An essay of marked ability that does not belie its title."-Mind. "On the whole a candid, acute, and honest attempt to work out a problem which is of vast and perpetual interest."-Scotsman. "It 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 statement and his diligent endeavour to make out the best case he can for the views he rejects." -Academy. "This is a telling contribution to the question of questions. The author has pushed a step further than any one before him the bearing of modern science on the doctrine of Theism."-Examiner. VOL. X.] Post 8vo, pp. xii.—282, cloth, Ios. 6d. THE COLOUR SENSE: Its Origin and Development. AN ESSAY IN COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. By GRANT ALLEN, B.A., Author of "Physiological Esthetics." "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. "A work of genuine research and bold originality."-Westminster Review. "All these subjects are treated in a very thorough manner, with a wealth of illustration, a clearness of style, and a cogency of reasoning, which make up a most attractive volume."-Nature. VOL. XI.] Post 8vo, pp. 336, cloth, 10s. 6d. THE PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC. BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF A COURSE OF LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN, 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. The great and justly celebrated work recently published by Professor Helmholtz, of Berlin, "The Doctrine of the Perception of Musical Sounds, considered as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music," consists of two parts, which may be called the Physical and the Musical Parts respectively. The former, containing the author's novel investigations and discoveries in the domains of Acoustics, has been already made familiar in this country by popular illustrative works; but the latter portion, which is the more interesting to the musical public, as containing the philosophical application of these investigations and discoveries to the Science of Music, has received, as yet, but little attention, and can only be studied in the elaborate form in which it exists in the author's treatise. The object of the present publication is to explain the Philosophical Theory of Music, as based on Helmholtz's investigations, in a way which, it is hoped, will be intelligible to practical musicians, and to such of the general public as take an interest in the art. And it is thought that such an introduction to the subject may be particularly useful at the present time, when the Universities are beginning to insist on theoretical knowledge as an indispensable qualification for the musical honours granted by them. Author of "Origin and Evolution of Human Speech and Reason." |