Has philosophy really made no progress since the days of
Thales ? one is tempted to ask when one reads, in the April number of Mind, "The Conditions of a True Philosophy," by Mr. Shadworth Hodgson. This is, in reality, a capable survey of the metaphysical situation from Mr. Hodgson's point of view. Evidently he thinks his chance, so to speak, is coming at last. The Rev. H. Rashdall writes earnestly and, in his own way, learnedly on "Dr. Martineau and the Theory of Vocation ;" he dreams of an ethical system "the body of which—the firm, strong, logical skeleton, and the flesh and blood of moral psychology—should be supplied by Pro- fessor Sidgwick, and the animating soul by Dr. Martineau." There is no diminution of vitality in Mind; it continues to be ably edited, and to be admirably varied in its contents.
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