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    7i8 The Publishers' Circular ; jun<j 15,...

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    DARWINISM.*

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    EMERSON IN CONCORD* Concord did not gain...

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    7i8 The Publishers' Circular ; Jun<J 15,...

    7 i 8 The Publishers' Circular ; jun < j 15 , 1889

    Darwinism.*

    DARWINISM . *

    I Jjarwin " Darwin Dr . Wallace has has entered entered , as the into into friend his his work work and c , disci < w \ , a p imor m le ( of C-

    and has , produced a really valuable book . He , has every qualification necessary for taking up

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    in outline , with the * vast subject of evolution in general 1 the author g 3 ives such — an — — account

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    conception of Darwin ' s work . Even among studious men who are accustomed to give time

    Dr and . Wallace patience will to their be surprising pursuits , . the In research supporting of

    his theories , he gives a great body of facts in very condensed form , many of curious which are * in

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    fif both ocean , hemisphere the animal s and and every vegetable continent king , doms geo- ,

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    animals . This conclusion , in Dr . Wallace ' s dence judgment , and , is is not indeed supported directly b opposed y adequat to e many eviwell-ascertained ¦ ¦ »¦ facts t /« # . Althoug itLjm h he rejects

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    when contends carried that out * the to Darwinian its extreme theory logica , l even con r

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    I I find nature an ot adequate man , for cause whose in the origin unseen we can universe only

    I ¦• Darwinism : an Exposition of the Theory of Natural I j Wallace Selection Macinillan , , iLL with & . D Co . tome , .. P 1889 . L of . 8 . ., its « fec App . With lications map , By ami Alfred illustrations Russol . \

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    of Spirit / This book will both meet and quicken

    the wants of earnest seekers after truth .

    Emerson In Concord* Concord Did Not Gain...

    EMERSON IN CONCORD * Concord did not gain its pleasant name T > y

    honourable chancy . It and keeps peaceful green purchase the memory of the of spot the from the Indians by a lifctle group of English ¦

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    there to seek and find quiet from the fear of evil . In early Concord days—days around

    which tradition and romance have woven an A almost postle id of yllic the charm Indians —the / ofte saintl n made y Eliot the , little * the

    his b village » __ b » AP ^ 4 own ^ - ^ TV A the * spiritual IW |» centre ^* b »» * . WV » M ** of kenthusiasm Vam his ^ ^^^^ ^ operations ^ ¦»» TBfcTi ^» i ^ BT * bV » BBi at «» b ] P «•> ¦ , its - » and wb ^ Bh Puritan ^ . Bak Bt fanned -j—— f ^ ¦ bv w ^^ b ^ . . . ^ ^

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    River ; ' and the broad meadows . which * stretch widel ~ y ^^ in gentle Sr undulatio BBk BBI ns for man A A BBI y . « ^ A ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ .

    miles on either ^ side ^ of the lovely stream which steals slowly and softly past the back of the townwere greatly esteemed by the original

    sons , of the soil as prolific hunting-grounds . By the winding banks of this grass-grown

    nei river ghbouring poets , scholars town hav ? e and soug lovers ht and from found the in j

    Walden Woods the sweet seclusion which they coveted . Concord is worthy of its name ,

    and worthy to have been the home of great men like Emerson BIBB FVH 1 MJ Hawthorne Bf BB and —~^ " ¦ Thoreau ™ — ^^ ^^^ ^^¦¦ B' ^^ ^ B ^^^*«^ ^* r «^^^^^ ^^^^ ¦ - ^¦ ' ^ ^ ^^^^ , ^»^^^^^^ " ^ - ^» r ^» » - ^^ - ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ —¦ ^^ - ' ^ , ^~^ ^ " ^ — " ^ , ^ m

    simp who le there lives were mark content ed by plain to * . spend ' living serene and " hig and h _ sk m aat a > , BBS . " ' / < B » V J . -t .

    thinking , and to pursue ithe even tenor of their way unvexed by avarice or ambition . X ) r . Edward Emerson—the son of the

    philosopher who lent a latter-day glory to the little town by a residence in it of nearly

    half-a-century—has written a charming descri — ption in this volume of his father --. ' s household

    x __ and social life at Concord . Mr . Cabot has given to the world a critical and authoritative

    biography of his old friend , and several other competent pens have discussed EmeTson ' s .

    posi states tion Dr as . Emerson poet and p 'for hilosopher father . ' 's I write neih , - ' my g

    bours BBI and ^ BB . near friends ~^ , ' ^ h , though ^ K M I t ^^^ m incl A 4 h ud e I many who perhaps never saw Jiim . ' In the

    little a a lit literarv erary town society societ of Concord v or or club club there , wmen which has long bears Dears existed the

    file--, name of the 'Social Circle . * It appears that it is the time-honoured custom when a member

    of of ^¦*~ ^ B * this ^ him m m IBIH ^ BiB-BH ^ B society ' aa Bfeil " ^ P- friend B ^ «« ^^ ~* di t ^ ^ B » J » es «^ Bi or t - ^ B * - o preser relative tf ^ h ^ p ^ bV > 'B- * V V v e as can "" BT Bj B * * R tr B ^ J . u ^*^ ^ e # T | fc B » a p l ^ icture » . W It ¦ ¦ B ! ^ ^ , ^ ^ ^ suppy

    was in this way that the task fell tp Dr . Emerson of writing for the chronicles of the

    village club some account of his father in his >' own home and as ' neihbour and friend .

    O ne of ^^ E ^^^^^^ merson 's g earliest ^ . — . friends ^^ MA declare ^^ iBBb d fiBB >

    that if there was one thing more characteristic ?

    ¦ . ... I ¦ ¦ ,... t 1 ¦ I . ¦ - ..- . 1 f ** * Emerson in Concord : a Memoir , By Edward . Walda Emerson London . . Portrait . Sampson Low , Marston < fc . Co ., Omited .

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1889, page 718, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061889/page/8/