Welsh Journals

of the physical sciences and the legitimacy of ejection are all too scanty data for the purpose. Miss Wheeler herself, I have no doubt, is fully aware of this, but it seems necessary to utter the warning, in view of the extreme popularity of all lines of argumentation which profess to lead straight from the supposed solid ground of our knowledge of external nature to a theology. In conclusion, a reference must be made to the treatment in the first part of the book of the general question of our knowledge of the existence of other minds than our own. One of the most striking results of recent psychology has been its exhibition of the interdependence of the development of self- consciousness and of the recognition of other selves. While admitting this to the full as regards the pro- blem of psychological genesis, Miss Wheeler main- Y Beimiad. Gwanwyn. 1916. Hugh Evans a'i Feibion. Lerpwl. Pris swllt. The current number of Y Beimiad is one of the best that has yet appeared, and this is high praise. The most exquisite thing in it from a purely literary point of view is Mr. Gwynn Jones striking poem Gwanwyn." The reader will not perhaps discover at once that it is a series of Englynion," The articles are on a high intellectual level, well-written and most interesting reading especially those of Prof. Miall Edwards, and Messrs. R. T. Jenkins and Shankland. The man who seeks to know the intellectual life of Wales cannot afford to neglect Y Beimiad. Trysorfa'r Plant Caernarfon, Uyfrfa'r Cyfundeb, 1c. Probably the best contribution to this month's Trysorfa r Plant is the well-expressed tribute of Mr. Edw. Davies, Pen- morfa, to Bishop Morgan, the translator of the Welsh Bible. The Rev. Rhys Lewis fully deserves the honour conferred upon him in this number. Maud Trelawnev's illustration to the little poem Torri Gwallt y LIeu is refreshingly humorous. This is one of the freshest numbers we have yet seen. But why per- sist in writing Llyfrfa y Cyfundeb and Trysorfa y Plant? Everybody says Trysorfa'r Plant. It is not so much a question of orthography as of propriety. Y Dysgedydd: Dolgellau, Hughes Bros. 4c. Y Dysgedydd is as broad-minded as it is true to the ideals of its own denomination. for the place of honour this month is given to the Rev. Rich. Morris's Hollalluogrwydd Duw. Y Rhyfel-Gweriniaeth a Chrefydd is the theme of a thoughtful article by the Rev. J. Lewis Williams. The Rev. D. R. Jones's s Y Ddwy Ardd is the best work of a scholarly writer of Welsh. The Editor's Oddiar y Twr, bids fair to decome the most readable item in each month's Dysgedydd. Y Drysorfa: Caemarfon. Llyfrfa'r Cyfundeb. 3c. Great as has been the output of appreciations and reminis- cences of Alafon in the various periodicals, there is nothing superfluous about the Rev. R. H. Watkins' less ambitious ac- count. He had the advantage of a very close intimacy with Alafon during the three or four years preceding his death. The number contains, moreover. lines in memory of the dead poet by Tecwyn (whose acquaintance with the strict metres is not of the ctosest !) Bodfan and G H. Arfon. Y Eurgraion Wesleyaidd Y Llyfrfa, Bangor. 4c. The articles of most general interest in this number are a lively discussion of Christianity and Civilization by the Rev. J. Roger Jones which provides more questions than answers and a lucid study of the financial aspects of the war by Mr. Robert Richards tains that the only logical justification for my belief in the existence of any other minds than my own is an argument from analogy. From the similarity of other organisms and their modes of behaviour to my own, and the unique connection between my body and my consciousness, I infer the existence of other centres of consciousness. The position has often been stated before, but nowhere that I know of has it been worked out so fully and with so much ingenuity as by Miss Wheeler. Nevertheless, the whole contention and its pre-suppositions appear to me to be radically unsound. This is not the place, however, to develope an argument upon a question which has received far too little consideration from philosophers, and to have drawn renewed attention to which is an undoubted merit in Miss Wheeler's book. WELSH PERIODICALS of the University College, Bangor-an excellent example of how to make Political Economy speak Welsh. This number, too, is enriched by Tecwyn's prize poem on The Last Days of Otven Glyndwr. The new number of Y Wawr maintains a high standard of excellence. The Journal of the University College of Wales, Agricultural Department, has two articles of special interest,— The Annual Address of Mr. G. Macqueen, of Welshpool, in which he lays great stress on the importance of breeding stock rather than growing crops, and an article on Continuous Croppings, by Mr. T. Wibberley. Altogether this is a valuable and most helpful number. THE SOCIAL OUTLOOK (Pages from an Observer's Diary.) April 24th. Easter Monday-a day of Cymanfaoedd Canu, Eisteddfodau Military Tournaments and Boxing Contests. At the Twenty- second Annual Eisteddfod at Mountain Ash, in spite of drastic reduction in the amount of money offered in prizes. there was a crowded attendance of 9.000 people. Eight choirs competed in the chief choral competition and seven choirs in the male voice. For other competitions there were over 600 entries. April 25th. The Welsh Agricultural Council met at Shrewsbury. Com- plaints were made that the special interest of Wales had been neglected by the Departmental Committee of the Board of Agri- culture. for the settlement of soldiers and sailors on the land It was decided to press for (1) a colony to be located on Welsh soil (2) for a Welsh representative to be appointed by Lord Selbome on the Committee. Mr. Hamer of the County of Radnor had offered the Committee a thousand acres to set up a Colony if the land were found suitable. The South Wales Garden Cities Association has also moved in the matter of a Farm Colony for Wales. A concise and authoritative statement may be obtained from Mr. Edgar L. Chappell. 18. Queen Street. Cardiff. April 26th. The County Council of Carmarthen decided to adopt the late Sir Stafford Howard's suggestion that the Council in granting licences for Cinemas should impose conditions affecting the sub- ject of the films.