There is reason to hope that in July next, will
appear the first part of a very remarkable work, or series of works by Mr. Herbert Spencer. That gentleman has been for several years preparing for the task, and we now have some description of the plan.
At the first glance, it might appear that the project sketched out is too comprehensive, and will take too long a time in the publication, but it is to be observed that considerable portions of the work are already exe- cuted; some exist in forms which only need collection and correction, and it is explained that an exhaustive treatment of each topic is not intended, but simply the establishment of principles, with such illustrations, as are needed to make their bearings fully understood. The work will be is- sued in quarterly parts of about eighty or ninety six octavo pages, at such a pnce as puts it really within the reach of all classes. Those who desire more specific information can readily obtain it, by applying to Mr. Manwaring, 8, King William Street, Strand, London, W.C., and no- thing can be more explicit on these points than the circular itself. The project has the direct and express support of men whose names stand at the very head of living literature and science, the leading as well as the very first authorities by whom public opinion is guided and indeed formed.
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