Clifford's Common Sense of the Exact Sciences

IT does not seem to me necessary to reply to the charges made against Clifford by Prof. Tait in your issue of June 11-charges which, when freed from ``mystery and insinuation,'' amount to accusations of plagiarism and inaccuracy-for Clifford's reputation is unlikely to be in any way affected by what Prof. Tait may write. But I do feel it necessary to make a remark on the last paragraph of his review. He therein accuses me of ``mystery and insinuation,'' weapons which should not be employed in connection with Clifford's name. He does not do me the scant justice of publishing the footnote on which he passes these strictures. That footnote runs as follows:-