My Three Uncles [1/2]
M M S, pseud. [Mary M Sherwood] *
Genre: | Short Fiction, Serial |
Subjects: | Mathematics, Reasoning, Metaphysics |
The narrator's uncle is the eminent author of a work on an undisclosed subject. He is described by someone in the narrator's hearing as 'a close reasoner' and as having 'a mathematical head—a man of sense—quite the man of sound plain sense'. Another commentator agrees that his is the only book on the subject 'not mingled with, and spoilt by, metaphysical subtleties'. (149) | |
© Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Project, Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, 2005 - 2020
Printed from Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical: An Electronic Index, v. 4.0, The Digital Humanities Institute <http://www.sciper.org> [accessed ]