Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st March 1880, Edition 1 of 1, Page 178

LIFE AND WRITINGS OF HENRY Author THOMAS of l The Histoof Civilisation BUCKLE . ' , 1 ry Hy ALFRED HENRY HUTH , In 2 vols , demy 8 vo . cloth extra , with Two Steel Engraved Portraits of Buckle , price 32 s , ' JSECOND EDITION . - ¦ ~~ _____ _— i i It deals with Mr . Buckle less as a Philosopher than as a Man Mr . Huth has done his part of these volumes well and thoroughly One can hardly help feeling as if the moral side of Mr . Buckle ' s nature , as here revealed , might outlive a philosophy which was j but a " moment" in a rapid intellectual process . '—Saturday Review . j ' The book as it stands is one to be thankful for . '—Statesman . \ 1 A natural curiosity has long existed to know more about him , and this Mr . Huth has i ' now gratified The picture of Buckle himself is very different from what we should have expected He was a remarkable man in all respects . The perusal of these volumes intensifies our opinion that his premature death was a serious loss to his country . ' —Observer . ' Mr . Huth has had a very difficult task to perform . In many cases a biographer has merely to act as editor , selecting from among correspondence and journals those documents that are most characteristic , and leaving them to tell the real story . Mr . Huth , on the contrary , has been obliged to depend to a great extent on his own resources for his deacriptio n of Buckle . He has , however , produced a striking and distinct portrait out of his slight materials , and he has done his work with a simplicity and modesty which are highly ! effective . '—Pall Mall Gazette . 1 This work , we think , will [ revolutionise popular opinion about the philosopher . '—Dally News . ' Buckle was a man whose story must excite interest and rouse sympathy . '—Scotsman . i He lets us live with Buckle . This may be a fault on the right side ; at all events it makes his book almost as interesting as living gossip . ' —Leeds Mercury . 1 Mr . Alfred Henry Huth now comes forward with two bulky volumesand these will be unhesitatingly recognised as a biography of great merit His remarks upon , books and reading in letters published here for the first time will be eagerly read Mr . Huth has done a service to literature by adding to one of the most fascinating branches of it this valuable biography . ' —Dundee Advertise ? . 'We have-no doubt that Mr . Huth ' a book will be read with interest/—The Parisian , two In excellent reality , and he was well a -written profound chapters thinker , exp and lains an Buckle eminentl ' s y views careful , and writer his . true Mr p . lac H e as , au in original philosopher . '—Literary World . ' These two volumes . . . will give a new idea of Buckle . The letters to his friends . . - are full of the playful and affectionate spirit which seems to have added so much to the charms of hia conversation , and probably preserve that charm better thai ! any transcript of his spoken words . '—Academy . II London : SAMPSO Grown N LOW Buildings , MAR , 188 8 T Fleet 0 N , Street SEARLE , E . O . , & RIVINGTON , ( 11 *> ft

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