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Messrs. Methuen's List 19


Philosophy


L. T. Hobhouse. THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE. By L. T. Hobhouse, Fellow and Tutor of Corpus College, Oxford. Demy Zvo. 2is,

' The most important contribution to English philosophy since the publication of Mr. Bradley's " Appearance and Reality." Full of brilliant criticism and of positive theories which are models of lucid statement." — Glasgow Herald.

' An elaborate and often brilliantly written volume. The treatment is one of gre.it freshness, and the illustrations are particularly numerous and z.\,l.'— Times.

W. E. Fairbrother. THE PHILOSOPHY OF T. H. GREEN. By W. H. Fairbrother, M.A., Lecturer at Lincoln College, Oxford. Crown Svo. y. 6d. This volume is expository, not critical, and is intended for senior students at the Universities and others, as a statement of Green's teaching, and an introduction to the study of Idealist Philosophy. ' In every way an admirable book. As an introduction to the writings of perhaps the most remarkable speculative thinker whom England has produced in the present century, nothing could be better than Mr. Fairbrother's exposition and criticism.' — Glas^tKV Herald.

F. W. BusselL THE SCHOOL OF PLATO : its Origin and its Revival under the Roman Empire. By F. W. BusSELL, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Brasenose College, Oxford. Demy'ivo. \os.(ia.

' A highly valuable contribution to the history of ancient xhoM^X..'— Glasgow Herald.

' A clever and stimulating book, provocative of thought and deserving careful reading.' — Manchester Guardian,

F. S. Granger. THE WORSHIP OF THE ROMANS. By F. S. Granger, M.A., Litt.D., Professor of Philosophy at Univer- sity College, Nottingham. Crown Zvo. 6s. The author has attempted to delineate that group of beliefs which stood in close con- nection with the Roman religion, and among the subjects treated are Dreams, Nature Worship, Roman Magic, Divination, Holy Places, Victims, etc Thus the book is, apart from its immediate subject, a contribution to folk-lore and com- parative psychology. ' A scholarly analysis of the religious ceremonies, beliefs, and superstitions of ancieat Rome, conducted in the new instructive light of comparative anthropology — Timts.