Cambridge: Macmillan, 1852. First edition (NCBEL v.3, 936). Early 20th century blue half leather, gilt lettered and decorated, marbled paper boards, top edge gilt, ribbon marker, by Root & Son, 100 pp., a leaf of ads at the rear. "In his Socratic dialogue "Phaethon"....Kingsley attempted a systematic refutation of Emerson's doctrines. This vendetta against Emerson seems curious in retrospect: English thinkers had more influence on Emerson than he upon them." (Norman Vance, "The Sinews of the Spirit", Cambridge U.P., 2009, p.85). Very little wear, a Fine copy.