This work of Mr. Fiske’s may be not unfairly designated the most important contribution yet made by America to philosophical literature.—­The Academy (London).

DARWINISM, AND OTHER ESSAYS.

If ever there was a spirit thoroughly invigorated by the “joy of right understanding” it is that of the author of these pieces.  Even the reader catches something of his intellectual buoyancy, and is thus carried almost lightly through discussions which would be hard and dry in the hands of a less animated writer....  No less confident and serene than his acceptance of the utmost logical results of recent scientific discovery is Mr. Fiske’s assurance that the foundations of spiritual truths, so called, cannot possibly be shaken thereby.—­The Atlantic Monthly (Boston).

THE UNSEEN WORLD,

And Other Essays. 12mo, $2.00.

To each study the writer seems to have brought, besides an excellent quality of discriminating judgment, full and fresh special knowledge, that enables him to supply much information on the subject, whatever it may be, that is not to be found in the volume he is noticing.  To the knowledge, analytical power, and faculty of clear statement, that appear in all these papers, Mr. Fiske adds a just independence of thought that conciliates respectful consideration of his views, even when they are most at variance with the commonly accepted ones.—­Boston Advertiser.

EXCURSIONS OF AN EVOLUTIONIST.

12mo, $2.00.

Among our thoughtful essayists there are none more brilliant than Mr. John Fiske.  His pure style suits his clear thought.  He does not write unless he has something to say; and when he does write he shows not only that he has thoroughly acquainted himself with the subject but that he has to a rare degree the art of so massing his matter as to bring out the true value of the leading points in artistic relief.  It is this perspective which makes his work such agreeable reading even on abstruse subjects, and has enabled him to play the same part in popularizing Spencer in this country that Littre performed for Comte in France, and Dumont for Bentham in England.  The same qualities appear to good advantage in his new volume, which contains his later essays on his favorite subject of evolution....  They are well worth reperusal.—­The Nation (New York).

MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS.

Old Tales and Superstitions interpreted by Comparative Mythology. 12mo, $2.00.

Mr. Fiske has given us a book which is at once sensible and attractive, on a subject about which much is written that is crotchety or tedious.—­W.R.S.  RALSTON, in Athenaeum (London).

A perusal of this thorough work cannot be too strongly recommended to all who are interested in comparative mythology.—­Revue Critique (Paris).