Walter Richard Cassels

Walter Richard Cassels
Walter Richard Cassels was a 19th-century English writer best known for his anonymously published work "Supernatural Religion." This three-volume critique, first published in 1874, challenged the authenticity of the miracles described in the New Testament, sparking significant controversy among theologians and scholars. Cassels was eventually identified as the author, but he maintained a private life, not engaging much in the public debates his work provoked. Beyond "Supernatural Religion," little is known about his other literary contributions, and he remains a somewhat enigmatic figure in Victorian literary history.

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M A B E L,A Sketch. DRAMATIS PERSONAE.      ORAN, a Speculative Philosopher.      MABEL, his Wife.      HER FATHER.     MAURICE, }     ROGER, } her brothers. MABEL. SCENE I—A Study. Books, pictures, and sculpture about the room, interspersed with chemical and other instruments, globes, &c.; a singular blending of science with art, indicating a delicate and... more...

INTRODUCTION TO EIDOLON. Hazlitt says, one cannot "make an allegory go on all fours," it must to a certain degree be obscure and shadowy, like the images which the traveller in the desert sees mirrored on the heavens, wherein he can trace but a dreamy resemblance to the reality beneath. It therefore seems to me advisable to give a solution of the "Eidolon," the symbol, which follows,... more...

INTRODUCTION. I sincerely rejoice that Dr. Lightfoot has recovered from his recent illness. Of this restoration the vigorous energy of his preface to his republication of the Essays on Supernatural Religion affords decided evidence, and I hope that no refutation of this inference at least may be possible, however little we may agree on other points. It was natural that Dr. Lightfoot should not be... more...