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ticed at some length. Mr Combe has failed in his attempt to get the
better of Mr Stone's arguments, or rather, of his facts. A Rejoinder
from Mr Stone is to be published, we believe, this day; and it will
not be difficult for him to put Mr Combe in even a more awkward
light than before,"-The Edinburgh Literary Journal, May 30.

Having adverted to Mr Combe's objections to the methods
adopted by Mr Stone in his measurements and observations, we come
to the conclusions,-that Mr Stone's methods were calculated to ac-
complish the ends he had in view;-that he was able, by means of
them, to compare the relative sizes of certain organs in the heads of
different individuals; and that, as no charge is made against him of

OBSERVATIONS on the PHRENOLOGICAL wilfully mistating the results of his measurements, and comparisons

DEVELOPMENT of BURKE, HARE, and other atrocious
MURDERERS; MEASUREMENTS of the HEADS of the most
NOTORIOUS THIEVES confined in the Edinburgh Jail and Bride-
In well; and of various individuals, English, Scotch, and Irish; pre-
senting an extensive series of facts subversive of Phrenology.
Read before the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, by

THOMAS STONE, Esq.

President of the Royal Medical Society. "Testor utrumque caput."-VIRG. Eneid, iv.

Assail our facts, and we are undone; Phrenology admits of no exceptions."-Phrenological Journal, vol. iii. p. 258.

Edinburgh: Published by ROBERT BUCHANAN, 26, George Street; WILLIAM HUNTER, 23, Hanover Street; JOHN STEVENSON, 87, Prince's Street; T. & G. UNDERWOOD, London; ROBERTSON & ATKINSON, Glasgow; ALEX. BROWN & Co. Aberdeen; and J. CUMMING, Dublin.

"Without entering into the controversy, we will venture to say, that Mr Stone has evinced great research, and literary talent of a very high order, in the composition of this work."-Medico-Chirurgical Review for July.

Mr Combe, in referring to this review, observes, "The first Medical Journal of Britain, and I may say of Europe," "viz.; The Medico Chirurgical Review, has long supported Phrenology."-Letter to the Editor of the Weekly Journal.

"There are so many curious considerations scattered throughout the whole of Mr Stone's treatise, and the argumentative portion presents such a series of closely knit facts, and palpable deductions, that it seems destined to overturn a theory which has gained ground by the help of the imagination, and the superstitions of the weak, rather than the knowledge or judgment of the learned. We refer our read

ers to Mr Stone's pamphlet for the fullest details connected with THE MENAGERIES, Part II., being the Third
We promise them their time will be pro-
Phrenology.*
fitably spent in its perusal."-The Atlas, June 7.

"This is one of the most efficient knock-down blows which Phre-
nology has yet received. Nobody can read this Pamphlet and believe
Mr Stone's former pamphlet on the same
in Phrenology.
subject was a learned and able one, but this is a thousand times
more convincing, because there is no theorizing in it, nothing but
plain statements and incontrovertible deductions."-Edinburgh Li-
terary Journal for May 2d.

Whether the Phrenologists will admit that their favourite science is knocked on the head by this author, we do not know; but if their theories have attained to the rank of a Science, Mr Stone has treat-THE NEW FRENCH MANUAL, and TRAed it in a proper way by a formal induction of facts which he has brought to bear upon the phrenological doctrines."-The New Scots Magazine for April.

Mr Stone's present enquiries have had particular reference to the phrenological development of murderers, among the elite of whom Burke and Hare will long hold a fearful pre-eminence. His observations, while they are in some respects of a stern controversial character, contain information on scientific points, and philosophical investigations, which cannot fail to afford ample data for other inductions. We are here presented with measurements of nearly one hundred crania, and of the heads of eighty living individuals, besides of twenty-two thieves. Dr Barclay, Dr Roget, Dr Gordon, Dr Milligan, Sir William Hamilton, and Mr Jeffrey, have successively entered the arena of phrenological controversy; but we suspect that this little work of Mr Stone's will do more to overthrow the ingenious theory, than any attack it has yet received. It is a rigid and decisive appeal to facts, to common sense, and to reason."-The Edinburgh Evening Post, and Scottish Literary Gazette for May 9.

"The pamphlet before us not only warrants our continuing to withhold our belief in the propositions on which Phrenology depends, but to conclude that these propositions are positively false. Mr Stone gives the results of a variety of investigations, which have every appearance of being conducted with accuracy, and of being related with good faith. They are the observations of a gentleman possessed, of professional knowledge and skill, and their accuracy is Vouched by the testimony of other individuals who witnessed them." -The Edinburgh Weekly Journal, May 20th.

"We cannot at this moment number the attempts Mr Stone has made to rout his opponents, but it is known to all who take an inte

A REJOINDER to the ANSWER of GEORGE
COMBE, Esq.

"Mr Combe has published a small pamphlet in reply to Mr Stone's
recent attack on Phrenology, which our readers will recollect we no-

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[No. 36. July 18, 1829.]

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A REJOINDER to the ANSWER of GEORGE
COMBE, Esq.

"Mr Combe has published a small pamphlet in reply to Mr Stone's
recent attack on Phrenology, which our readers will recollect we no-
ticed at some length. Mr Combe has failed in his attempt to get the
better of Mr Stone's arguments, or rather, of his facts. A Rejoinder
from Mr Stone is to be published, we believe, this day; and it will

light than before,"-The Edinburgh Literary Journal, May 30.
"Having adverted to Mr Combe's objections to the methods
to the conclusions,-that Mr Stone's methods were calculated to ac-
adopted by Mr Stone in his measurements and observations, we come
them, to compare the relative sizes of certain organs in the heads of
complish the ends he had in view;-that he was able, by means of
different individuals; and that, as no charge is made against him of
we are called upon to give them the same credit as is given to state-
wilfully mistating the results of his measurements, and comparisons
their own observations."-The Edinburgh Weekly Journal, June 17.
ments of fact made by respectable individuals upon the evidence of
"Whether the Phrenologists will admit that their favourite science
is knocked on the head by this author, we do not know; but if their
ed it in a proper way by a formal induction of facts which he has
theories have attained to the rank of a Science, Mr Stone has treat-
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Magzine for April

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There are so many curious considerations scattered throughout
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sents such a series of closely knit facts, and palpable deductions, that
it seems destined to overturn a theory which has gained ground by
We refer our read-
the help of the imagination, and the superstitions of the weak, rather
than the knowledge or judgment of the learned.
ers to Mr Stone's pamphlet for the fullest details connected with
We promise them their time will be pro-
Phrenology.
fitably spent in its perusal."-The Atlas, June 7.
This is one of the most efficient knock-down blows which Phre-
nology has yet received. Nobody can read this Pamphlet and believe
*Mr Stone's former pamphlet on the same
in Phrenology.
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"What we especially like in Mr Sillery is, that his style is formed after no particular model: it is fresh and luxuriant, and altogether his own."-Edinburgh Literary Journal, May.

"His memory is stored with recent and diversified reading, which is freely given out in his copious and curious illustrative notes, and which likewise appears abundantly in the course of the poem. We have met with no finer description of the approach of morning, even in Lucretius, than the following.-It affords us unfeigned pleasure to have it in our power to state, that his feelings are ardent and excel lent, that his piety is pure and devout, and that his views of religion are enlightened and evangelical.-His poem, all things considered, is an extraordinary performance."-Edinburgh Evening Post. "We confidently predict that Vallery will be a standard work, and a great favourite with the public."-Caledonian Mercury. Mr Sillery, with a warmth of gratitude that redounds to his ho nour, has dedicated his two volumes to his Excellency Baron G. A. P. Van Der Capellen, late Governor-General of the Indian possessions belonging to the King of the Netherlands, in whose company he re turned from the East, and who was the first person of distinction who patronized his juvenile muse.-The mutations of his boyhood have given a versatility to his muse that it would not be easy to parallel: it leaps like lightning from land to land, and from sea to sea, it wanders into all variety of rhythm; and it transmutes into verse all sorts of topics, however recondite. There is a piling of armoura marshalling of brand and banner-an apparelling of maidens-8 glittering of gems-a clustering of fruits-a grouping of trees-s strewing of flowers-a tinting of skies-a smiling of seas, and a tossing of waves, such as no other poem that we are acquainted with exhibits. -As evidence of the genuine piety that pervades "Vallery," in which, indeed, we have not discovered one loose or indecorous sentiment, we quote the following apostrophe to NATURE. Mr Sillery's reading has been immense, and no scrap that could illustrate his poem has escaped him, whether buried in the musty tomes of departed genius, or floating down to oblivion with the ephemeral literature of the day. Not satisfied with copious quotations, he refers the reader to nearly a hundred works, ancient and modern, illustrative of Chival ry, which may be advantageously consulted."-Edinburgh Observer. "There are numerous lines which we could quote as specimens of fine poetic power and feeling. He possesses a creditable portion of information and learning,-his mind is obviously well cultivated,-his sentiments are faultless,-his imagination is ardent,-and his genius is built upon the solid foundations of extensive literary acquirements." -Glasgow Scots Times.

"Never were mottoes to a work more strikingly descriptive of its prevailing characteristics of purpose and execution, than those which have been selected to herald Vallery, by its author. The passing inspiration of the hour has led to a series of varied and curious experiments in measure, the diversity of which is greater than we ever remember to have met with in any other narrative poem.-With a daring that has something bold and redeeming in it, even blank verse is, for the first time, interspersed with rhyme in the splendid Mosaic, along which the stream of story sparkling flows with a brightness that confuses us, and a bubbling music, that almost makes amends for the foamy obscurity sometimes that mars its clearness. It is needless to detail the story of a splendid scries of pageants. Let the play-wrights and opera-composers look to that. It would make a gorgeous spectacle, as it makes a dazzling romance -displaying a rare and varied lore, altogether extraordinary in so young a man."-Glasgow Free Press.

"Every form which English verse is capable of assuming has been employed. Mr Sillery has resided in India; all his pages glow with eastern scenery; our eyes are dazzled-blinded with the overpowering lustre of eastern gems, eastern birds, insects, fruits, and flowers: our senses oppressed with eastern perfume and the songs of the bul bul. Mr Sillery is a youthful bard,' with a memory stored with the productions of our best poets, with a mind alive to all the beau ties of nature."-La Belle Assemblée.

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