No Refuge but in Truth. By Goldwin Smith. (1. Fisher
Unwin. 4e. 6d. net.)—We noticed this little book when it first appeared,
and it is needless to repeat our criticism. It is so interesting, however, that we return to it for the purpose of giving a few extracts: Slowly and fitfully, with many reverses, good seems to prevail. Humanity, as a whole, advances." " Of all the types of character hitherto produced, the Christian type, founded on a belief in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, appears to be the happiest and the best." There are "myriads whose lives, through no fault of their own, are unhappy, often most miserable. If for them there is no compensation, can we believe that benevolence and justice rule the world ?" "Is there or is there not after all something in human nature apparently unsusceptible of physical explanation and seeming to point to the possibility of a higher state of being ? " These are some of Dr. Goldwin Smith's affirmations. Of course there are to be found not a few negations.
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