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 96 CEITICAL NOTICES : as law. He considers that theism still maintains its hold over the modern world, and that historic ecclesiastical institutions only require a clergy in full touch with the age in order to become a vast socialising power. If ecclesiastical institutions bury them- selves in the past and refuse to look the problems of the present unflinchingly in the face they will ultimately become things of the past. The permanence of these institutions depends on the ex- tent to which they can make themselves the organs of living issues. Dr. Stein considers that a movement in this direction is slowly taking place among the churches of Christendom. If this move- ment should develop it will have the effect of facilitating the solution of several grave questions which are at present a danger and an embarrassment to western civilisation. For Dr. Stein's views on the socialisation of art, science, education, and on inter- national peace the reader will have to consult the concluding chapters of his suggestive book. It would not be difficult to find fault with some of his conclusions, and perhaps to regard his judgment as having been somewhat hastily formed on certain points. In a work covering such a wide field and dealing with so many complex problems this is to be expected. At the same time it must be said that Dr. Stein has performed an extremely difficult task with remarkable comprehensiveness and ability. His work is loaded with thought on almost every page, and whether we agree with him or not he seldom fails to help us in clearing our own minds. W. D. MOKBISON. Logic, Deductive and Inductive. By CABVETH BEAD, M.A.. London: Grant Eichards, 1898. Pp. 323. THIS book may be briefly described as a very compact and con- venient logical manual, and I know of nothing which seems to me better for learner or teacher, within the compass of a single very moderate volume. It challenges comparison with Jevons' Elementary Lessons on the one hand, and with Mill and Dr. Keynes on the other, being fuller and more complete than the former, and much briefer of course than Dr. Keynes and Mill in the treatment of Deduction and Induction respectively. Yet it might be said that almost nothing of interest or importance in Keynes or Mill has been left altogether untouched. That this, should be so, and yet that the book should be, as it is, lucid, pleasant to read, and without any appearance of overcrowding^ says a great deal for the writer's judgment and powers of ex- position. Mr. Eead is never careless, fantastic, dull, or obscure. He is especially good in illustration (c/., e.g., chapter xvi., The Canons of Direct Induction, and chapter xvii., Combined Induction and Dediiction, and the section on Explanation in chapter xix.) ; and this is one of the strongest points perhaps the strongest in his book. He never fails to give an illustration where it is