Essays on Life, Art and Science

Essays on Life, Art and Science is a book by Samuel Butler. The contents list names, among others, Ramblings in Cheapside, How to make the best of life, A Medieval Girl School and The Deadlock in Darwinism. The introduction says that Samuel Butler was a man of such unusual versatility, and his interests were so many and so various, that his literary remains were bound to cover a wide field.

The writer argues that an author's creation of fancy, apparently a sweet, amiable, but most unfortunate young woman, was in reality meant to be seen as a young lady who had been an habitual complainer from her earliest childhood. The writer is very sorry that the book, Frost's Lives of Eminent Christians, is gone, and knows not where to turn for its successor. The writer describes Vispertimenen, a village some three hours above either Visp or Stalden, as an almost untouched example of a medieval village. The writer refers the reader to the books Life and Habit and Unconscious Memory for the detailed reasons that led to the writer's own conclusions.