The Book of Lies

agnostic about Christianity. He always tries to prove something about it—that it is unphilosophical or immoral or disastrous—whichis not true... . A casual carpenter wandered about a string of villages; and suddenly a horde of rich men and sceptics and Sadducees and respectable persons rushed at him and nailed him up like vermin; then people saw that he was a god. He had proved that he was not a common man, for he was murdered. And ever since his creed has proved that it is not a commen hypothesis; for it is hated. ‘Next week I hope to make a fuller study of Mr. Crowley’s interpretation of Buddhism... suffice for the moment to say that if this be indeed a true interpretation of the creed, as it is certainly a capable one, I need go no further than its pages for example of how a change of abstract belief may break a civilization to pieces. Under the influence of this book earnest modern philosophers may, I think, begin to perceive the outlines of two vast and mystical philosophies, which if they were subtly and slowly worked out in two continents through many centuries, might possibly, under special cir- cumstances, make the East and West almost as different as they really are.”—G. K. CHESTERTON, Daily News. An exposure of the vile results of the existing social system, and a satire on at least one of the conventionally-approved remedies. 6¢ . Itis possible that electric shocks of this nature ‘may prove beneficial in some cases.’ Literary Guide. Oracles. 55. “The Autobiography of an Art.” This volume contains unpublished poems dating from 1886 to 1903. 123