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LITERATURE.


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nAinsIie Series" "Hs GRANDMOTHER, NC
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This is very clever story. In It's carrier
charters one is inclined TO rail against the cru
elty of authors" for placing those In whose
favor ones sympathies are at once strongly en-
listed In such painful, harrying and apparently
homeless situations. But as the story progresses
the darkness lifts and the end is radiant WIN
sunshine. Every complete story has It's moral
and the moral Of this Is an earnest protest
against that gloomy faith of the old scotch
Coyenanters an exaggerated furilah'snh-"
form Of fatalism-which looks upon the worm
and its inhabitants rs under curse, forgetiul-
ness of which dismal fact is a crime for which
there Is no escape from eternal punishment.
To be able to lead u mind like that OF our nero
inc nurtured and imprisoned in the straitjacket
of such a belief, by II succession OF altogether
natural and probable events out OF its soul-oondS
into the warm light OF rational Christianity
indicates an invention and constructiveness on
the part Of the author that amounts to true
genius.
BRAIN AND MIND or, Mental Science consider
cd in accordance with the principles OF Phren.
ology and IN relation to Modern Physiology.
By Henry S. Drayton and James Mcneil: H.
ustrated New York: S. X. Wells " Co.
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg q Co. Ottawa
Osman & Hapeman. Price Sl,5O.
Phrenology, as o science OF the human mind,
had its origin within the present century, and
of itv al Z
the names of Gall and Spurzheim. Since their
day, however, it has grown rapidly into favor
until at present its leading tenets challenge
wide assent. Few ''ologies," in so brief PERIOD
gave birth to more extensive literature or re.
ceved larger attention from the rostrum, yet
with the exception OF the treatise OF DR.. Combc
issued some forty years ago, no attempt appears
10 have heen made TO reduce the science, in
comprehensive form, to philosophical as well
practical system. Since his day. however, there
have been many discoveries in physiology and
changes in the views OF metaphyslcans which
he did not anticipate, and it is in recognition OF
this fact that the authors of the work before us
Lave prepared this treatise, with the view OF
embodying the doctrines OF phrenology in con-
thought.
The work is In the fullest sense practical.
With its admirable illustrations ana clear and
explicit definitions and directions, any one OF
ordinary education can gain at least passablc
comprehension of that wonderful organ called
mind, and read 1t like a book.
But what is mindg Is it material or inmate
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exists separate from the body independent Of
its physical organs, or has 1t a habitatiOn within
the body, and is 1t subject to the body, or par
tcular parts Of II for Its modes OF manifestation
Phrenology solves these problems in u way no
less practical than material II not absolutely
gross. In the view of chronology the mind
is the brain, and the brain is nothing but Il CON.
pick pipe organ. Every conceivable function of
the mind has its pipe or "bump," and the indi.
yidual is wise or stupid, good or bad, pous or
wicked in exact keeping with the size or devel
opmcnt OF his "bumps.' Is he a thiefy His
acquistivencss and secretiveness are large and
his cOnscientiousness small. Is he murderer?
His destructiyeness and cognate bumps are large
or small TO fit the case. Yet to an exceedingly
limited extent indeed can any individual be
justly held responsible for the oversize or def.
cheney OF his bumps. What then, in this purely
physical view OF the human mind, becomes Of
moral responsibility? Is man to be held ac.
countable for the perversity Of his "bumps W
Phrenology makes no attempt to solve conun.
drums like these. 1t makes no excursions into
the region Of metaphysics. 1t is q physical
science simply, and stands, like the other physl.
cal sciences, upon the basis OF phenomena and
their observed correspondence with q theory
which is dcduced from them"
But can we afford to rest here? II the human
mind is n mere pipe organ, there must be some
where a hand that touches its KEYS. Is 1t the
will power But that is but pipe OF the ma.
chine and may be SO damaged as to be useless.
Yet the music goes on! Kant, Coeridge and
other great thinkers Of that class say there is n
mental faculty above the understanding which
they call the higher reason, the soul or immortal
part-the true intelligence part Of divinity
Itself Is II In that direction We must look for
the responsible manipulation Of the keys Of our
wonderful brain organ?
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF LORD MACAuLAY.
Edited by his sister, Lady Trevelyan. In
vols. New York: Harper Il Bros. Chicago;
Jansen, McClurg IL Co. Ottawa: Osman &
Iapenan. Price 80.
The place Of Lord Macaulay in English litera
ture for coming time will doubtless be mainly
determined by his matchless History Of England
though aside from that master work he was
voluminous contributor to the literature of his
country in the form of poetry, biographies, cs
says, &c. Poetry, however. he affected only In
his youthful days, and though he wrote enough
TO fill several volumes, he had the good sense to
allow very little Of 1t ever to get into print. Al
his mind matured it was drawn to graver themes
His srst essays appeared in Kmghfs Quar-.
tcriy Magazine, and at once attracted such atten
ton that overtures were made TO him by the
Edinburgh Revien, then the leading publication
OF It's kind in existence, in which most OF what
he subsequently, wrote except his history made