16 FEBRUARY 1889, Page 27

Whence Comes Man, from "Nature" or from " God"? By

Arthur John Bell. (W. Isbister.)—We cannot pretend to follow Mr. Bell through his arguments,—which, indeed, lead by many devious paths of metaphysics and physics. We must content ourselves with noting that he conducts his controversy, waged against Agnostics and Materialists, not to speak of Theists, who, as Mr. Bell thinks, have wrongly conceived the position which they have to defend. Messrs. Herbert Spencer, Tyndall, Huxley, John Stuart Mill, and others, come successively under review, and the conclusion of the whole matter is thus stated :—" Not only man but Nature also owe their existence to the Infinite Eternal Being —Gen, who created all things."