The Philosopher in Slippers Zigzag Views of Life and Society.
By the Author of "Three-Cornered Essays." (Spencer Blackett.) —This volume contains twenty essays, written with considerable ability and in a healthy tone. There is not one of them which is without its measure of attraction ; but, at the same time, there is not one, we think, to which a reader will return for a second perusal. The essayist is usually egotistical to an excess ; he imitates the ease and confidences of Montaigne, without the genius which justifies such familiarity. The Philosopher in Slippers" does not appear very happy in this deshabille. His innocent frivolities arc a little feeble, and we like him far better when he writes, as he knows how to do, simply and seriously. It is a pity that the author did not verify his quotations, which are frequently inaccurate, a common fault in those days both in books and in tho "House."
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