In What is European Civilization ? (Humphrey Milford, 3s.) Dr.
Wilhelm Haas has given us an extremely interesting and provocative little book. He traces the course of the European genius for organization—the finding of unity in multiplicity— through the Greek, Roman, Christian, and technical-scientific phases of our era, and introduces us to some of the differences between our own type of thought and others. In this small compass (seventy-two small pages) he wisely does not attempt prophecy. Professor Zimmem, in his introduction, however, tells us that this book is merely a perpetuation of three lectures given at Geneva, and that Dr. Haas is returning to the subject later. When he does so we hope he will say more of the change that is now taking place, for we are told that there is one. If he will do this, and say much more about the relations of our civilization and thought to others existing to-day, his book will be worth watching for.
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