Further Reliques of Constance Naden: being essays and tracts for our times. Edited, with an ... introduction and notes by G. M. McCrie, etc

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FURTHER RELIQUES OF CONSTANCE NADEN : BEING €ssa|)6 ano ftracts for our ftimes- EDITED, WITH AN ANALYTICAL AND CRITICAL INTRODUCTION, AND NOTES, BY GEORGE M. McCRIE. Mitb portrait. " Macrocosm and Microcosm alike are but Auto-cosin." LONDON : BICKERS AND SOX. 1891. DRYDEN TRESS : J. DAVY &* SONS, 137, LONG ACRE. LONDON. TO ROBERT LEWINS M.D. THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY THE EDITOE WORKS BY MISS NADEN. SONGS AND SONNETS OF SPRINGTIME Small Crown 8vo. 5s. A MODERN APOSTLE: The Elixir of Life; THE STOEY OF CLAEICE, and OTHEE POEMS. Small Crown Svo. 5s. INDUCTION AND DEDUCTION, AND OTHER ESSAYS. Demy Svo. 7s. dd. ALSO, CONSTANCE NADEN: H /Ifoemoir. By W. E. Hughes, F.L.S., Treasurer of the City of Birmingham, 2s. U. CONSTANCE NADEN AND HYLO-IDEALISM A CRITICAL STUDY. By Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. Is.

HUMANISM versus THEISM, by Dr. Lewins. (Letters to Miss Naden, selected by herself, WITH HER OWN PRELIMINARY ESSAY.) Gd. CONTENTS. PAGE. Preface vii Introduction ix "Pig Philosophy" -------- 1 Geology of the Birmingham District - - - - 15 [Panton Prize Essay ; Mason College, 1885]. Evolution of the Sense of Beauty 76 What is Religion . a Vindication of Neo-Materialism 102 Philosophical Tracts : Introduction - -134 Transcendental Psychology 144 Ontology and Scepticism 156 Cosmic Identity 162 Hylo-Zoism versus Animism - 191 Paracelsus - 198 Scientific Idealism 210 Appendices SOME PERSONAL OPINIONS. CONSTANCE NADEN : A MEMOIR. Mr. Hughes has received many gratifying letters in acknowledgment of presentation copies of this volume, among which the following are noteworthy. General Sir Henry F. Ponsonby, G.C.B., writes from Osbome : — " I have had much pleasure in laying before the Queen the copy of your work, ' Constance Naden : a memoir,' of which I had already heard an interesting account."

" Her Majesty was graciously pleased to accept the volume, and com mands me to thank you for your kindness in having presented her with this book." Lord Reay writes : — " I have had the privilege of receiving your memoir of Miss Naden. I am very much obliged. Though only having had the pleasure of seeing her for a few hours, I mourn the premature death of this singularly-gifted lady as warmly as any of her friends." The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., writes:— "I thank you very much for the Memoir of Miss Naden. Everything relating to 'her is to me matter of deep and touching interest." The Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P., writes : — " I am much obliged to you for the copy of the Life of Miss Naden, which I shall read with interest." Sir Philip Magnus writes :— " 1 am indeed very much obliged to you for sending me the Memoir of Constance Naden In common with every one else who knew her I was deeply shocked when I heard the sad news of her death, which so abruptlv terminated an acquaintance which I had hoped would ripen into friendship."

Preface

. THE intrinsic value of the papers themselves, and, inter alia, the interest and attention which have been aroused by the publication of Miss Naden's posthumous volume of Essays, and by the succeeding Memoir which appeared last year, suggest the compilation of these her further literary Reliques. In the arrangement of the volume the Editor has en deavoured, by introducing several reprinted papers, culled from the Journal of Science, etc., to add variety to the list now before the reader. The appendices are necessarily numerous. They consist of some valuable additions and illustrative notes contributed to the already published papers by Dr. Lewins, and by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. To this department the Editor has also ventured to add an article, written by Dr. R. W. Dale in the Contemporary Review for April, 1891, together with a reply written by himself and forwarded to that journal.

This reply was made strictly in the interests of justice to Miss Naden's memory. Eleven years of her life's noontide have been overlooked by Dr. Dale. I append, also, the facsimile of the last letter written by Miss Naden, to face the portrait. It is thoroughly characteristic of her habitual serene courage and self forgetfulness.