unjust in his estimate of men who differed with him in opinion; we may even doubt the propriety of some of his acts; but we need not, and certainly shall not, thereby be prevented from admiring his purity of heart, his unselfishness and tenderness, his singleness and indivertibility of aim, the vastness of his knowledge, and the penetrating force of his intellect. Neither need we be deterred by theologic prejudice from examining his works, and respectfully accepting the truth they contain. By such acceptance we shall be hastening the justice which time is certain, sooner or later, to accord to him and them.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY.

THE following Bibliography is divided into two parts, the first comprehending Rosmini's own writings, the second, works bearing on Rosmini's life and philosophy. The former is, I believe, tolerably complete, although I have not been able to give the dates of all the editions of the various works. The latter, although I have spared no labour on it, is, I fear, far from complete. I ought, moreover, to state that I have omitted from it many essays and criticisms of whose existence I was well aware. I could not bring myself to search through the Civiltà Cattolica and other Catholic journals for articles whose aim is not truth or clear statement, but calumny, in the interest of religious dogmatism and party power.

Many of the books, whose titles I have given in whole or in part, I have not seen. Of those which I have been able to read or examine I have given full particulars, number of pages, etc. I shall be particularly grateful to any one who will in any way aid me in making this first attempt at a Rosminian bibliography more complete.

As there is much probability that Rosmini's works will one day appear in English, I have translated their titles, leaving those of the rest in the original Italian.

A. WORKS BY ANTONIO ROSMINI-SERBATI.

INTRODUCTORY.

1. On the Purposes of the Author (Degli Studi dell Autore. Discorso a' suoi Amici e a tutti quelli che gli sono benevoli e indulgenti). Casuccio, Casale, 1850, 8vo, Pp. 226.

2. The Characteristics of Philosophy (I Caratteri della Filosofia). Originally published as prefaces to the two volumes of Opuscoli Filosofici, Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1827-28; afterwards by Casuccio, Casale, 1850; 8vo, pp. 26.

3. Philosophical System (Sistema Filosofico). Originally written for Cesare Cantù's Storia Universale, and inserted in the volume, Documenti sui Sistemi moderni, Piomba Turin, 1845; reproduced by Fumi, Montepulciano, 1846, and by Casuccio, Casale, 1850, 8vo, pp. 84. There is an edition, with an introduction and marginal notes by Professor C. P. Paganini, printed by Benedini-Guidotti, Lucca, 1853, 8vo, pp. x., 156. This work was translated into German with the rest of Cantù's Storia Universale, and also by Biberbach, G. G. Manz, Regensburg, 1879. This is also the work translated in the present volume.

4. On the Essence of Cognition (Sull' Essenza del Conoscere Lettera a Benedetto Monti). Published in the Pragmatologia Cattolica, Lucca, 1847; Casuccio, Casale, 1850; 8vo, pp. 13.

5. How to conduct Philosophical Studies (Come si possano condurre gli Studi della Filosofia). First printed in

the Abbé Fontana's Manuale di Educazione Umana, Milan, 1834; reproduced at Città di Castello, 1845; Casuccio, Casale, 1850; 8vo, pp. 15.

6. On the Classification of Philosophical Systems and the Dispositions necessary for arriving at Truth (Sulla Classificazione de' Sistemi Filosofici e sulle Disposizioni necessarie a ritrovare il Vero). This consists of four letters-the first (Rovereto, October 1st, 1825) to Luigi Bonelli, first printed in the Opuscoli Filosofici, vol. ii., Boniardi-Pogliani, Milan, 1828; the second (Stresa, August 12th, 1845) to Alessandro Pestalozza, first printed in that writer's Elementi di Filosofia, Milan, 1850; and the third (Turin, December 26th, 1836) and fourth (Turin, February 6th, 1837) to Baldassarre Poli, first printed in the Progresso, No. 33, Naples, 1837, then in the Raccoglitore, Milan, 1837. All four reproduced by Casuccio, Casale, 1850, 8vo, pp. 26.

7. On the Language of Philosophy and some Objections made to the Philosophy of the Author (Sulla Lingua Filosofica e di alcune Obbiezioni fatte alla Filosofia dell' Autore). This consists of five letters-the first (Trent, December 5th, 1831) to Pietro Orsi, on The Language of Philosophy and some Objections proposed by a German Journal, first printed in the Messagier Tirolese, December, 1831, then in the Prose Ecclesiastiche, Lugano, 1834; the second, a fragment without date or address, on The Primitive Judgment; the third (Stresa, January 14th, 1842) to Don Paolo Barone, on The Diverse Forms of Being, first printed in Barone's pamphlet Sulle Dottrine Filosofiche di Vincenzo Gioberti, Turin, 1843; the fourth (Stresa, April 23rd, 1842) to Carlo F. Sola, on The Way to avoid Pantheism, first published in the Messagier Torinese, No. 43, 1842; and the fifth (Stresa, March 16th, 1846) to Alessandro Pestalozza, on the question,