The Psychology of Relaxation. By George T. W. Patrick, Ph.D.
(Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. 5s. net.)—Unless the reader of this little book is endowed with considerable patience, he will scarcely read it to tho end, for its author—who is Professor of Philosophy in the State University of Iowa—though no doubt a painstaking collector of facts within his reach, has remained untouched by the finer issues of the war, which he sees, not as the clash of good and evil, but as a colossal "relaxa. tion " and destroyer of material prosperity. When he remarks : "The vanquished are no longer exterminated or enslaved," we can but suppose that he has shut his eyes to the doings of Germany and her friends. There is, however, a certain interest, if a painful one, in being forced to realize how little effect the blood and tears of one part of mankind may have on the regeneration of those who hold themselves mentally aloof from the spirit inspiring the Allies.
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