Excerpt from Reflections and Comments, 1865-1895The articles in this volume have appeared in the Nation during the last thirty years, and are reprinted almost in chronological order. As a rule they treat of the principal non-political topics, both grave and gay, which during that period have attracted the attention of the American public. Some slight changes have been made in the text where lapse of time, or change of circumstances, seemed to obscure the sense. The concluding portion of the notice of John Stuart Mill, contain ing an appreciation of his philosophy, was written by Chauncey Wright, of Cambridge, whose early death twenty years ago was a severe loss to science as well as to his friends. There is, of course, always a question whether any collection of this sort can have permanent value. This I must leave the reader to answer for himself. I confess that the publishers' estimate of the articles has had more to do with their reproduction than my own.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.