the same year. Among his other publications may be mentioned Essays, Theological and Literary (1871; revised 1888), and Criticisms on Contemporary Thought and Thinkers (1894), and his opinions may be studied compendiously in the selections from his Spectator articles published in 1899 under the title of Aspects of Religious and Scientific Thought. Interests He was an original member of the Metaphysical Society (1869). He was an anti-vivisectionist, and a member of the Royal Commission (1875) on that subject, which led to the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876. Hutton took interest in parapsychology. He was the vice president of the Society for Psychical Research in 1882. Collections 1871. Essays, Theological and Literary. 2 vols. London: Macmillan. (2nd ed., 1880. 3rd ed., 1888. 4th ed., 1895–1896.) 1894. Criticisms on Contemporary Thought and Thinkers. 2 vols. London: Macmillan. 1899. Aspects of Religious and Scientific Thought. Edited by Elizabeth M. Roscoe. London: Macmillan. 1906. Brief Literary Criticisms. Edited by Elizabeth M. Roscoe. London: Macmillan. 1989. A Victorian Spectator. Edited by Robert H. Tener and Malcolm Woodfield. Bristol: Bristol Press. 1998. A Spectator of Theatre. Edited by Robert H. Tener. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. References Notes Further reading External links 1826 births 1897 deaths Alumni of Harris Manchester College, Oxford Alumni of University College London Anti-vivisectionists British male journalists English Unitarians English Anglicans Converts to Anglicanism from Unitarianism The Economist editors Parapsychologists People educated at University College School 19th-century British journalists The Spectator editors 19th-century British male writers