12mo, $2.00.
Among our thoughtful essayists there are none more brilliant than Mr. John Fiske. His pure style suits his clear thought. He does not write unless he has something to say; and when he does write he shows not only that he has thoroughly acquainted himself with the subject but that he has to a rare degree the art of so massing his matter as to bring out the true value of the leading points in artistic relief. It is this perspective which makes his work such agreeable reading even on abstruse subjects, and has enabled him to play the same part in popularizing Spencer in this country that Littré performed for Comte in France, and Dumont for Bentham in England. The same qualities appear to good advantage in his new volume, which contains his later essays on his favorite subject of evolution…. They are well worth reperusal.—The Nation (New York).
MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS.
Old Tales and Superstitions interpreted by Comparative Mythology. 12mo, $2.00.
Mr. Fiske has given us a book which is at once sensible and attractive, on a subject about which much is written that is crotchety or tedious.—W.R.S. RALSTON, in Athenæum (London).
A perusal of this thorough work cannot be too strongly recommended to all who are interested in comparative mythology.—Revue Critique (Paris).
THE DESTINY OF MAN,
Viewed in the Light of his Origin. 16mo, gilt top, $1.00.
Mr. Fiske has given us in his “Destiny of Man” a most attractive condensation of his views as expressed in his various other works. One is charmed by the directness and clearness of his style, his simple and pure English, and his evident knowledge of his subject…. Of one thing we may be sure, that none are leading us more surely or rapidly to the full truth than men like the author of this little book, who reverently study the works of God for the lessons which he would teach his children.—Christian Union (New York).
THE IDEA OF GOD,