Organic Philosophy; or, Man's True Place in Nature. Vol. I.
Epioos- mology. By Hugh Doherty, M.D. (Thabner and 0o.)—This book is so dis igarel by a profuse employment of most uncouth and even unin- telligible technical terms that it is difficult to comprehend what the author moans. Wo have doubts whether he is not as much out of his depth as Mrs. Hominy and the two literary ladies in " Martin Chuzzlowit." When a gentleman tells us that he has " given a taxionomic view of human nature and of epicosmic unity" one is disposed to regard him as the stern philosopher who outlaughod " What ho ! arrest me there that agency," and behold the vision vanishes ! Dr. Doherty, however, does not agree with Huxley, or Darwin, or Comte, or Dr. nosy, or Mr. Buckle, though he admires them all more or less. For more definite notions we must refer our readers to the work itself, as it would be impossible to explain his system. within the space which we can allot to it.
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