30 JUNE 1883, Page 23

Herbert Spencer on. American Nervousness. By George M. Beard, M.D.

(G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.)--.Dr. Beard, whose book on American Nervousness we noticed in these columns some little time ago, claims, and, it seems to us, rightly claims, as his own much that has recently attracted so much attention when spoken by Mr. Herbert Spencer. Dr. Beard shows some strong resemblances between his own utterances and the utterances of Mr. Herbert Spencer ; and is, perhaps, a little vexed that what he has been urging, be says, in vain, should now be accepted. He must console 'himself with the progress of truth.