The Equinox (Volume I, Number I)

THE EQUINOX SEEN AND UNSEEN. By E. KATHERINE Bares. Greening and Co., Ltd., 1s. net. Superstitious twaddle; aimless gup ; brain-rotting bak-bak. THE QUEST. Quarterly, 2s. 6d. net. John M. Watkins. We are threatened in October with the publication of a magazine of this title. It is, we believe, to bear aloft as oriflamme not the Veil of Isis, but the stainless petticoat of Mrs. Grundy. You mustn’t say psychism or C.W.L. We note, however, with satisfaction that one of the contributors, a Mr. G. R. S. Mead, isa B.A. This sort of boasting is perfectly legitimate. OUTLINES OF PsYCHOLOGY. By OswaLD KuLpr. Swan Sonnenschein and Co., tos. 6d, One of the most encouraging and significant signs of the times is the new Psychology, an excellent introduction to which is provided by the present work. Oswald Kilpe’s work is of an essentially Teutonic character, having nearly all the characteristics, both good and bad, that one expects to find ina German technical scientific work; eminently typical is “Outlines of Psychology” in its thoroughness. The experimental method, in which Kilpe is an adept, shows conclusively and absolutely the essential unity of body and mind. Psychology is still in its infancy; when it attains maturity it will be the most dread enemy that Supernaturalism has to face. The subjective view of life is undoubtedly destined to be the predominant one. Your reviewer ventures to prophesy that in the science whereof Kiilpe is a brilliant pioneer will be found the key to the ecstasy that is the Vision in all religions. The translator of “Outlines” is Mr. E. B. Titchener. He has succeeded admirably. V. B. NEUBURG. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY. By OswaLD KiLpr. Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 5s. An excellent introduction to formal Philosophy, explaining clearly the distinctions between the various schools that at present hold the field, The author is extremely calm and impartial as a rule, but in his denunciation of materialism he shows that a passionate human heart throbs in the breast of one who seems to the harsh gaze of the sceptic to be a formalist and a schoolman. I commend the book to all those who wish to understand the tendencies of philosophy in the universities of to-day. A word of praise is due to Mr. Titchener. He has again performed satisfactorily his difficult task of translation. V. B. NEUBURG. 390