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 * An Inquiry after a Rational System of Scientific Principles in their Relation to Ultimate Reality. By GEORGE TRUMBULL LADD, Professor of Philosophy in Yale University. 8vo, $3.00.

The hope of the author, as expressed in the Preface and incorporated in the title, is that this book may serve to "introduce" some of its readers to the study of philosophy.

Among those for whom it is intended may be first mentioned the young in the later years of our higher educational institutions. It is, however, not a technical book for instruction, such being, in the opinion of the author, unbecoming a study of problems which invite reflection and end in opinion. But there are others who share in the general pursuit after a knowledge of philosophical questions. None who are thoughtful escape the mysteries of which life itself is made up, and to all earnest inquirers the book appeals especially. The language has been simplified to the utmost, though the questions are of such nature that new terms and unfamiliar language sometimes occur of necessity, yet all is found to be intelligible and clearly stated. Finally it may be said that the author has not left himself entirely concealed in the treatment of the subject. He modestly makes the confession that his own views, to an extent positive as well as critical, appear in the pages, and to the public this makes the book of double value and interest.