A CENTURY OF SCIENCE, and other Essays. MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS: Old Tales and Superstitions interpreted by Comparative Mythology. OUTLINES OF COSMIC PHILOSOPHY. New Edition. With introduction by Josiah Royce, and index. 4 vols. THE UNSEEN WORLD, and other Essays. EXCURSIONS OF AN EVOLUTIONIST. DARWINISM, and other Essays. THE DESTINY OF MAN, viewed in the Light of His Origin. THE IDEA OF GOD, as affected by Modern Knowledge. THROUGH NATURE TO GOD. LIFE EVERLASTING. For complete list of Mr. Fiske'

  BY JOHN FISKE BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY ABBY M. FISKE, EXECUTRIX ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published September, 1901...

On the evening of December 19, 1900, Mr. Fiske delivered in Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, the address here printed. It was given at the request of Harvard University, in accordance with the terms of the Ingersoll lectureship, but it stood clearly in Mr. Fiske's mind as a continuation, and in a sense the completion, of that series of philosophic studies successively issued under the titles, "The Destiny of Man viewed in the Light of his Origin," "The Idea of God as affected by Modern Knowledge," an

Extract from the will of Miss Caroline Haskell Ingersoll, who died in Keene, County of Cheshire, New Hampshire, Jan. 26, 1893. First. In carrying out the wishes of my late beloved father, George Goldthwait Ingersoll, as declared by him in his last will and testament, I give and bequeath to Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., where my late father was graduated, and which he always held in love and honor, the sum of Five thousand dollars ($5,000) as a fund for the establishment of a Lectureshi

Few incidents in ancient history are more tragic than the death of Pompey. The spectacle of the mighty warrior who had conquered the Orient and contended with Cæsar for the mastery of the world, a defeated and despairing fugitive, treacherously murdered and lying unburied on the Egyptian strand, was one that drew tears from Cæsar himself and from many another. Yet among the poets of the sixteenth century Renaissance there was one who took a different view of the matter. In an epigram of incompar

With some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest. With a Steel Portrait of Mr. Fiske, many maps, facsimiles, etc. 2 vols. crown 8vo, gilt top, $3.60. The book brings together a great deal of information hitherto accessible only in special treatises, and elucidates with care and judgment some of the most perplexing problems in the history of discovery.— The Speaker (London). 2 vols. crown 8vo, gilt top, $3.60. Illustrated Edition, 2 vols. 8vo, $8.00. History has rarely been invested

Viewed in the Light of His Origin. 16mo, gilt top, $1.00. Of one thing we may be sure: that none are leading us more surely or rapidly to the full truth than men like the author of this little book, who reverently study the works of God for the lessons which He would teach his children.— Christian Union (New York). As Affected by Modern Knowledge. 16mo, gilt top, $1.00. The vigor, the earnestness, the honesty, and the freedom from cant and subtlety in his writings are exceedingly refreshing. He

And Other Essays. Crown 8vo, $1.80. Among our thoughtful essayists there are none more brilliant than Mr. John Fiske. His pure style suits his clear thought.— The Nation (New York). Considered with some Reference to its Origins. With Questions on the Text by Frank A. Hill, and Bibliographical Notes by Mr. Fiske. Crown 8vo, $1.00, net. It is most admirable, alike in plan and execution, and will do a vast amount of good in teaching our people the principles and forms of our civil institutions.— Mo