eatise on Materialism was originally in the first number of the new series urnal of Psychological Medicine, in . The flattering manner in which it wed by many leading members of the as well as the clerical profession, with the solicitation of friends, who t would be of use in checking the fidelity that is rising so high, in this and abroad, have induced the author before the public in a separate LEY STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE, A 2 the storm of indignation which was y Dr. Tyndall's Address, delivered British Association at Belfast in st, has somewhat subsided, the proper arrived for taking a calm and disview of the materialistic doctrines, Professor so loudly though eloquently und for testing their value with regard al and mental science. Had it not he bright glitter of the Professor's it is questionable whether his veheocacy of Materialism would have o much attention. His remarks are 1, and he must only be considered, if we rightly apprehend his meaning, as the supporter of the views of Democritus, Lucretius, Darwin, Huxley, Herbert Spencer, et hoc genus omne; nevertheless, as six thousand copies of his printed Address were published in less than two months after its delivery, it shows how attractive the style of the Doctor's writing must be; and it is but just that his arguments, which be considered those of scientific materialists in general, should receive a careful and candid criticism. may In my remarks I shall chiefly follow the text of the Professor's Address as it was delivered and reported in the Times; for the reprint which was subsequently published, in which there are both omissions and additions, greatly qualifies the original meaning. It is no excuse for the imperfections of the Address that it was written, as he states, in Switzerland, under some disadvantages. The President of the British Association is placed |