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244 influence are still felt in theology by those who are unconscious of the source of the impulse. The 'Speeches' will be read again by many with curious interest, and the shadows of the old forms of controversy will pass across the field of imagination. Much that is antiquated will be forgotten by the reader; but the imperishable merit of Schleiermacher will appear in the rescue of the religious feeling from sterile metaphysic, and in the enduring legacy which he has left to the Philosophy of Religion. The translator has, for the most part, given a faithful rendering of the German into English: but in places the grace of Schleiermacher's style is not preserved, and the English, sometimes inelegant, now and then reveals a somewhat objectionable grammatical form.

A decade ago Pfleiderer published this work which now appears in an enlarged edition. In the former edition the English, French, and American writers upon the Philosophy of Religion found no place, there being only brief references to thinkers outside of Germany. A quite thorough account is now given of English writers: Coleridge, Carlyle, Francis Newman, J. S. Mill, Sir W. Hamilton, Mansel, Matthew Arnold, Seeley, Herbert Spencer, John Caird, T. H. Green, Andrew Seth, James Martineau, Max Müller, Edward Caird. Philosophy in France is represented by Cousin, Comte, Etienne Vacherot, and Renan. For the portion of the work dealing with the religious thought of Italy, Dr. Pfleiderer, in his preface, acknowledges his indebtedness to Professor Negri; for the account of the schools of opinion in the Netherlands, to Dr. Van der Linden; for the Scandinavian writers, to Professor Monrad of Christiana; and for the North American, to the present writer.

New material is found in the sections which deal with Kant, Weisse, and others. Concerning Lotze nothing new is said. A careful scrutiny may show that considerable revision has been made in various places in this new and beautifully printed edition. The book will be welcome to all who appreciate the earnest spirit and philosophical insight of the author, who stands almost alone in Germany in treating religion from the psychological, philosophical, and spiritual point of view, while the general current of religious thought tends towards historical and archaeological treatment of Religion.

The purpose of this little volume may fairly be stated in the words of the author. He says in the preface: "The Primer of Philosophy is not