LANGUAGE OF THE PRESS.
The reception of this Journal by the press, when first issued from 1849 to 1856 was as unique as its own character. The following quotations show the reputation of the Journal thirty to thirty-seven years ago.
Buchanan’s Journal of Man. “Perhaps no journal published in the world is so far in advance of the age.”—Plain Dealer, Cleveland.
“His method is strictly scientific; he proceeds on the sure ground of observation and experiment; he admits no phenomena as reality which he has not thoroughly tested, and is evidently more desirous to arrive at a correct understanding of nature than to establish a system…. We rejoice that they are in the hands of one who is so well qualified as the editor of the Journal to do them justice, both by his indomitable spirit of research, his cautious analysis of facts, and his power of exact and vigorous expression.”—New York Tribune.
“This sterling publication is always welcome to our table. Many of its articles evince marked ability and striking originality.”—National Era, Washington City.
“It is truly refreshing to take up this monthly…. When we drop anchor and sit down to commune with philosophy as taught by Buchanan, the fogs and mists of the day clear up.”—Capital City Fact.
“This work is a pioneer in the progress of science.”—Louisville Democrat.
“After a thorough perusal of its pages, we unhesitatingly pronounce it one of the ablest publications in America.”—Brandon Post.
“To hear these subjects discussed by ordinary men, and then to read Buchanan, there is as much difference as in listening to a novice performing on a piano, and then to a Chevalier Gluck or a Thalberg.”—Democrat Transcript.
“No person of common discernment who has read Dr. Buchanan’s writings or conversed with him in relation to the topics which they treat, can have failed to recognize in him one of the very foremost thinkers of the day. He is certainly one of the most charming and instructive men to whom anybody with a thirst for high speculation ever listened.”—Louisville Journal (edited by Prentice and Shipman).
☞ The recent issue of the Journal in Boston was immediately hailed with the same appreciative cordiality by the press, and by private correspondents.
“Dr. Buchanan’s name has been so intimately associated with the foremost moral, social, and political reforms which have agitated the public mind for the last half century that the mention of it in connection with the foregoing publication under the old-time name will doubtless draw to it an extensive patronage.”—Hall’s Journal of Health, New York.
“It is a real pleasure to be able to turn to such a journal after, as a matter of courtesy, skimming over so much trash as is thrown broadcast…. He seems determined to reverse this order and use words that will not only express his ideas, but, at the same time, sink them in so they will stay.”—Nonconformist.
“This Journal reaches our table as richly laden with thought as ever. When we read it in the days of our boyhood it was at least thirty-one years ahead of its time.”—New Thought.
“It was at that time one of the most original scientific journals of the day, advancing ideas that had not then been heard of.”—Hartford Times.
“For this work we know of no one so well adapted as Dr. Buchanan. He stands at the head of the thinkers of this nation, and has given to the topics with which he regales his readers his best thoughts.”—Golden Gate, San Francisco.
“This publication is unique in its aims, and by pursuing almost untrodden mental paths, leads the reader into new and heretofore unexplored fields of thought.”—Herald Times, Gouverneur, N. Y.
“We have read with interest the varied contents of the present number, and feel eager for more.”—The New Age.
“All will be profited by the candid and able presentation of the various topics by the distinguished anthropologist editor.”—Spiritual Offering.
“The complete volume will be worth twelve times the cost to progressive people.”—Medical Liberator.
“Undoubtedly this will be a journal of rare merit, and much looked for by all thinking minds, as its editor has established a reputation in new scientific researches, not attained by any man on this continent or any other.”—Eastern Star.
“Several years ago, the Advance, in an article on pyschometry, expressed the opinion that Dr. Buchanan was the greatest discoverer of this age, if not of any age of the world. We regard the publication of such a journal as an event of the century, greater than political changes. Prof. Buchanan by his discoveries has laid the foundation for the revolution of science.”—Worthington Advance, Minnesota.
“It is designed to occupy the highest realm of knowledge attainable by man, hence will not attract those who have no aspiration toward such knowledge. No brief notice would convey a good idea of the worth of this magazine.”—Richmond (Mo.) Democrat.
“It is so full of valuable matter that to the thoughtful man it is a mine of gold.”—Deutsche Zeitung, Charleston, S. C.
“His monthly is one of rare merits, as is everything that comes from the pen of this advanced thinker….We never read an article from the pen of this world-renowned thinker, but that we feel we are in the presence of one whose shoes’ latchet we are unworthy to unloose.”—Rostrum, Vineland, N. J.
“We are more than pleased to know that Prof. Buchanan at his age of life has taken upon himself such a broad, deep, beneficent task as publishing the Journal of Man. We welcome it as a harbinger of knowledge that will send its light away down the corridors of time as a beacon of the nineteenth century….We believe that its future pages are destined to contain the vortex of questions, socially and morally, which are whirling through the human mind, and their solution, in a manner that will command the profound respect of philosophers, scientists, professors, doctors, philanthropists, and all grades and classes of thinkers….Every word is interesting and profitable to the human family.”—Eastern Star, Maine.
“The article on the “Phrenological doctrines of Gall, their past and present status,” is grand and masterly, and whets the appetite for what is promised in continuation. We hope our readers will give attention to this one article; it is worth the whole price of the magazine.”—Medium and Daybreak, London, England.
The Language of the Readers of this Journal has expressed in every variety of style their generous and profound appreciation. One of its most enlightened and distinguished friends said that language could not fully express his pleasure, and in addition to his subscription sent an extra dollar to pay for the first number, which he considered was alone worth the subscription price. Another distinguished friend writes: “It is a leader, and leads in the right direction.” Another whose celebrity fills England and America writes: “I follow your noble work ever with deep interest.”
The following quotations show the general drift of expression: “It is a feast of good food for the soul.”—A. C. D. “The Journal is a literary feast of which I am more than proud to be a partaker.”—W. S. “Your “Moral Education” is one of the very best books ever written, and one of the greatest as well. Your Journal charms me. You are leading the leaders; lead on.”—E. E. C. “I am much pleased with its resurrected body, so bright and attractive.”—DR. C. W. “As a reader of the Journal more than thirty years ago who got his first weak conceptions of the marvellous facts in man’s spiritual nature, from Dr. Buchanan’s scientific discoveries, I hail the reappearance of the Journal.”—D. S. F. “Praying that your life may be prolonged to complete the work you have planned, and fully accomplish the mission appointed you by high Heaven, the elevation of the race to a higher spiritual plane.”—DR. E. D. “Your “New Education,” a work destined to play a mighty role in this world of social redemption,—we quote from it and delight in it all the time.”—M. H. “The truths that you so ably set forth have been felt and known by me for the last six or seven years, because I am unfortunately a victim of that one-sided education, called literary, which dwarfs instead of developing true and noble manhood.”—L. I. G. of New Mexico. “The Journal of Man should startle the advanced medical man with transports of joy.”—DR. D. E. E. “I read it with great pleasure, as I do everything I can meet that comes from your pen.”—H. T. L. “If I were younger I should place myself under your tuition.”—W. B. “When I have read your thoughts I have felt elevated, and have wanted to grasp you in body as I do spiritually.”—L. M. B. “I trust that you will be held in the form years yet to come to carry out the important work.”—J. L. (England.) “I read every scrap of yours I can get my fingers over.”—T. M. “I feel thankful from the depths of my soul that in all this wide world there is such a mind as your own.”—P. C. M. “I do wish you could have taken charge of our American Anthropological University.”—W. W. B. “Your method has been a much greater source of medical knowledge to me than that I have gained here.”—A STUDENT IN COLLEGE. “Sarcognomy has been a source of wonderful aid to me; I cannot give in words my estimation thereof.”—G. P. B., M. D. “It seems that since our beloved Denton’s departure you are almost left alone to fight the great battle of Psychometry. If you will make Psychometry the leading theme in your Journal, you will do more to hasten that dawn of a higher civilization that your noble science is destined to usher in than all other sciences combined.”—DR. A. B. D. “I am delighted with it. I send for ten more copies for friends.”—DR. B. F.
From Ohio.—“My father used to take the Journal many years ago, from which I tried my first experiments in psychology; and have practised magnetism for cure of diseases in an amateur way with as much success as any I have seen operate.”—A. K.
From Germany.—“A journal of this kind would also be very much needed in Germany, for here medical ignorance is equally strong. The people on the whole have no comprehension for spiritual facts,—they are so sunk into dogmatism and belief in authority.”—DR. F. H. “As I myself am a psychometer, your writings have a double interest for me. May God protect you, dear, dear friend!”—COUNTESS A. V. W.
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Transcriber’s Note: The Table of Contents was copied from the index to the volume. The article [STRUCTURE OF THE BRAIN] is continued from the [previous issue’s page 32].