5 DECEMBER 1874, page 14

[to The Editor Of The Spectator:] Sir,—with Reference To The

discussion now going on in your columns as to the automatism of animals and their possession of sensation, the fact should not be forgotten that, in the year 1837, Dr. David......

[to Tee Editor Of The ‘. Spbotator:1 Str,—you Have...

the advantage of an exact perception on your side in this controversy. The will itself is an energy, you point out, and an energy that directs force. Let us expose hostile, hazy......

Books.

SPOILING BOSWELL.* .1)tin. LEWES possesses some of the finest qualifications of the critic, and there are few living writers for whose judgment on purely literary matters we......

[to The Editor Or Tee Erbotator.1

my letter on Automatism in the Spectator of the 28th ult., you have in two places printed " venoms " instead of "nervous," which, of course, makes nonsense. 1 believe in the......

Conservation Of Energy And "human Automatism."

[TO THE EDITOR OF !RR SPRCTATOR.1 Sin,—Agreeing considerably with your article of Saturday, the 21st ult., concerning " Human Automatism," and holding that the doctrine of......