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NEW BOOKS. 571 his ' Utilitarianism ' ; and this book is, of course, his principal exposition of his ethical opinions ; but I think it unfortunate that the theory of morality which is conveyed in it should be divorced from the conception of the method of ethical science by which Mill's work as a moralist is determined ; and I have therefore prefaced the ' Utilitarianism ' by the chapters from his ' System of Logic ' in which that conception is chiefly set forth. It has also seemed desirable to give an opportunity of sup- plementing the knowledge of Mill's ethics which is to be gained from a study of these chapters, and of ' Utilitarianism,' by quoting, as footnotes and appendices, passages from his other writings, which corroborate, supplement, or correct the statements of the text. It is hoped that in this way a reasonably complete account of Mill's ethical theory is pre- sented." The work as a whole is extremely well done, and will be found very useful to students. The Introductory Essays give a clear and judicious account of Mill's general ethical position, bringing out both his strong points and his deficiencies. G. F. S. Man's Place in the Cosmos ; and other Essays. By ANDREW SETH, LL.D., Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh and London : Blackwood & Sons. Pp. viii., 308. The volume before us consists of essays and addresses all of which have already been published. The essay which gives its title to the volume is a criticism of Professor Huxley's Eomanes Lecture on Evolution and Ethics. Other essays deal with Miinsterberg's Psy- chology, with Mr. Bradley's Appearance and Reality, and with Mr. Balfour's Foundations of Belief. Varied as the topics are, the breadth of Mr. Seth's treatment of them, and his persistent interest hi the way of thinking which he describes as "humanism" or "ethicisrn," give to the contents of this volume a degree of unity which is some- times lacking in more apparently systematic treatises. Critical notice will follow. CHARLES DOUGLAS. Grains of Sense. By V. WELBY. London : J. M. Dent & Co., 1897. Pp. xi., 146. This little book consists of a collection of aphorisms and parables, all tending to enforce the same truth : that we are not careful in our use of language to say and understand precisely what is meant, but translate our assimilations into words at haphazard, content if a part of the mean- ing is conveyed and grasped. That the indictment is well grounded can- not be doubted, when we find a man like Preyer saying that the use of fundamental physical concepts strikes him as largely ' Modesache ' ; when we remember the different meaning that words like ' physiology ' and ' psychology ' carry to students trained at different universities ; and when we see the wholesale charges of ' misunderstanding ' bandied in scientific controversies. The book will do good service if it brings home to its readers the fact that meanings develop, as well as word-forms, and the corollary that we should give account to ourselves of our own and our interlocutor's mental parentage before we enter on a discussion of anything. The Evolution of the Art of Music. By C. H. H. PARRY. Intern. Scient. Series, vol. Ixxvi. New York : D. Appleton & Co., 1896. Pp. x., 342. In 1893 Dr. Parry published a work entitled The Art of Music, which is here reprinted (with an additional Note) under a more appropriate name