“WHY AND WHAT AM I:”
THE
CONFESSIONS OF AN INQUIRER,
In Three Parts.
PART FIRST,
HEART EXPERIENCE;
OR,
THE EDUCATION OF THE EMOTIONS.
BY
JAMES J. JARVES.
This is a resumé of life-experiences in the spheres of the affections, art, and religion. The first part is a narrative of educational experiments and conclusions, embracing a wide and varied field of adventure, erratic, and often at war with commonly received opinions, but earnest, sincere, and thoughtful. Whatever judgment may be formed of the author’s philosophy of life, no one will question the frankness of his Confessions or withhold sympathy from feelings that touch and try all hearts alike, and make us sensible of our common brotherhood. The descriptive portion of society and manners in Polynesia, with particular reference to the great question of the capacity of the Indian and Negro races for civilization and Christianity, is of particular interest. There are, too, not a little of the spirit and savor of Sterne, Rabelais, and Montaigne, in its pages; an audacity of revelation and reflection, and an unshrinking probing into the issues of humanity, with an individuality of style, not common in modern literature, which will make the book either a decided success or the reverse.
IN PRESS.
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.,
WILL PUBLISH, NOVEMBER FIRST,