A reply to Professor Haeckel’s “Riddle of the universe,” intended to “act as an antidote against the destructive and speculative portions of Professor Haeckel’s interesting and widely read work.” The author “holds that life belongs to a separate order of existence from the material world, on which it depends for phenomenal manifestation, and on which it reacts according to laws as yet undiscovered, though discoverable.” (Outlook.)
“One could wish that ‘Life and matter’ were somewhat less controversial in form, that it somewhat less obviously grew out of separate articles and addresses, still more could one wish that the discussion were less condensed, for the book is but a little one: one could not ask for a more penetrating criticism of current opinions by a great scientist who is as little given to serving idols of the cave as of the market place.” E. T. Brewster.
+ – Atlan. 98: 421. S. ’06. 580w.
“Besides fulfilling its immediate object, will serve as a complete reply to Mr. Mallock, and a host of less distinguished thinkers.”
+ Cath. World. 83: 393. Je. ’06. 920w. Critic. 48: 378. Ap. ’06. 160w.
“The main value of the book is, after all, the fact that Professor Haeckel’s theories enable Sir Oliver Lodge to present us with a most interesting study of the relation between life and matter. No higher praise could be given Sir Oliver Lodge’s book than to say that it is a strong assertion of the rights of human experience as against artificial dogma, the product of abstraction.” Charles F. Clogher.
+ + Hibbert J. 4: 699. Ap. ’06. 3950w. Lond. Times. 5: 41. F. 9, ’06. 520w.
“The arrangement of the various topics is not always the best possible. Apart from these slight defects the book deserves hearty commendation.”
+ + – Nature. 74: 78. My. 24, ’06. 410w. N. Y. Times. 10: 862. D. 2, ’05. 300w.