The Funny Philosophers, or Wags and Sweethearts. A Novel

Transcriber's Note: A Table of Contents has been added.

PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. 1872.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
CONTENTS

THE FUNNY PHILOSOPHERS.
My great-grandfather was a philosopher, and why should not his descendants be allowed the privilege of cogitating for themselves? I tell you that Sir Isaac Newton was mistaken. There is no such thing as the attraction of gravitation.
This was said by Toney Belton, a young lawyer, in reply to his friend Tom Seddon, a junior member of the same profession.
They were seated on the veranda of a hotel in the town of Bella Vista, gazing at the starry heavens; and Tom had made some remark about the wonderful revelations of science.
What a pity it is, Toney Belton, that you are not a subject of her Majesty of England. Your extraordinary discovery would entitle you to the honors of knighthood, and we might read of a Sir Anthony Belton as well as of a Sir Isaac Newton. But how will you demonstrate to the world that there is no such thing as the attraction of gravitation?