25 APRIL 1914, Page 13

Matter and Some of its Dimensions. By William Kearney Carr.

(Harper and Brothers. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Carr begins by setting forth in popular language some of the latest discoveries about electrons. On these he bases his argument that matter is "a projection from a spiritual plane." He goes on to discuss the fascinating possibility of explaining many urgent problems of thought by the hypothesis of a fourth dimension, which corresponds very closely to what is usually called the spiritual life. "The three-dimensional brain ie the brain which sees the contradictions of life and oppresses us. The fourth-dimensional brain is the brain that reconciles the contradictions and lifts us up." Inspiration and "illumination" come from the fourth dimension. Mr. Cart's suggestive book is well worth consideration.