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Those who enjoyed the privilege of hearing Professor Mari- tain lecture during his recent visit to London, will be grateful for the excellent translation of Art and Scholasticism (7s. 6d.), which Messrs. Sheed and Ward have just added to their edition of his works. We recently reviewed anothei veision of this book, charmingly produced by the St. Dominic Press under the title of The Philosophy of Art. The present translation, which is the work of Mr. J. F. Scanlan, seems to us superior ; whilst the addition of three new essays, and several fresh notes— and M. Maritain's notes are often little essays in themselves— gives it a value of its own. The mingled lucidity and fervour of his expositions of Thomist realism are seen at their best in this short book which forms an excellent introduction to the work of a thinker who occupies a unique position among European philosophers.
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