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).