28 APRIL 1923, Page 24

Man and the Attainment of Immortality. By James Y. Simpson.

(Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.) The reader will suspect only when he had read through three-quarters of this book that its aim is not scientific but teleological. In fact, Mr. Simpson has overburdened his thesis with his preliminaries ; he has here the material for two books, one on the progress of civilization and one on the grounds for belief in immortality.