The Two Kinds of Truth. By" T. E. S. T."
(T. Fisher Unwin.)— This philosophical treatise is described as a "Test of all Theories,
with a special application to those of Creation, Instinct, and Immortality." Perhaps the main object of the writer is to show that "Evolution is not a Universal, but only a Natural Truth."
For a book of its type, it is certainly not abstruse, and by no means heavy. And on its own merits it shows a wide grasp of the subject, and a broadness of view, expressed clearly and definitely, thatmake it a decidedly readable book. The writer would confine evolution within a strictly natural boundary, and not allow it to encroach on anything that affects the mental supremacy of man in the past.
He takes a determined stand about the absence of reasoning in animals, and successfully, we cannot help thinking, examines the anecdotes put forward in support of animal reasoning. We have indicated the real aim of the writer, but the book is very readable and most moderate in tone and expression, and will offend no one.
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