Schleiermacher, Personal and Speculative. By Robert Munro, B.D. (Alexander Gardner,
Paisley. 4s. 6d. net.)—This volume was intended for the series of " Philosophical Classics " ; circumstances retarded its completion ; before it could be finished the series was discontinued. We are glad that the good work which Mr. Munro has put into it was not wasted. We cannot but regret, however, that the author did. not take the opportunity which the altered conditions of publishing gave him and add a review of Schleier- macher's theology. It was in theology, after all, that the man made most impression. He furnished a standing-place to many who without him would have been not a little put to it to find one. By theology Mr. Munro means the theology of Revelation. The subject is not wholly excluded ; there is, for instance, an excellent comparison between the idea of God as conceived by Spinoza and by Schleiermacher. We have to thank Mr. Munro for what he gives us. He seems to move with an assured step in regions where it is not easy to find one's way.
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