hand of its maker, else it is no timepiece for him. Now, if the word materialism, when applied in doctrinal points, is intenaed to have any meaning short of a mere _ad captandum vulgus_, to bespatter an opponent, the tendency to materialize is, beyond question, with the author of the passage just quoted, and, let us in justice add, least of all with the author of the " Vestiges," who, on this occasion, as in many others throughout the review of his book, might be well justified in retorting the far from choice language' of his reverend reviewer, and "reject the beggarly conclusions he dares to draw from his doctrines." (E. R., p. 63)