Beside these burning words of Mr. Carlyle any additional words of mine would stand only as superfluous foils, and are, therefore, considerately pretermitted.

Cadogan Place: December 1872.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.ANTI-UTILITARIANISM[1]
II.HISTORY'S SCIENTIFIC PRETENSIONS[84]
III.DAVID HUME AS A METAPHYSICIAN[113]
IV.HUXLEYISM[158]
V.RECENT PHASES OF SCIENTIFIC ATHEISM[199]
VI.LIMITS OF DEMONSTRABLE THEISM[266]
EPILOGUE[298]


OLD-FASHIONED ETHICS
AND
COMMON-SENSE METAPHYSICS