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is a historical and psychological study of the qualities men have attributed to the deity, not simply in the Jewish and Christian cultures, but also in the wider world. The author is obviously best acquain- ted with his own special field of study-the Greek world, but he uses freely the results of 'Comparative Religion' studies from many fields. "Our material," he says, "is the religious literature of the world, which no individual student can master in a life- time, but which the labours of qualified specialists are rendering accessible and available for general comparison." This indicates the distinctive charac- ter of the book. The qualities and powers attributed to God are studied as reflections of the desires and thoughts of men in varying conditions at different periods. The following brief quotations indicate his method of approach:— "It has been suggested in a previous lecture that the belief in the goodness of God was engendered and prompted by the necessities of the worshipper and by his prayers against evils and for forgive- ness of sins; in order to give hope for the fulfil- ment of his prayers a benevolent and merciful nature must be imputed to the deity addressed. In studying the content of the various moral concepts that define the character and attri- butes of the deity, we must always bear in mind that these reflect the changing morality of human society at different periods." (pp. 166-7). "Certain passages of our gospels and a few in the apostolic writings reveal the embryology of the third Person of our Trinity." (p. 96). Dr. Farnell more than once notes that such ideas must not be regarded as simply "projections of the psychic energy," but are often "intuitive soul- perceptions" of reality; but throughout the book they are mainly treated as human ideas and ideals objectivised. The point is stressed that God has not dictated to us any special code of morals. "It is rather we who have dictated our varying codes to God, and made many mistakes in our dictation" (p. 209). The sections dealing with our indebtedness to Greece, the values attained and conserved by polytheism, and the closing chapter dealing with the metaphysics of the divine attributes, are exceedingly suggestive and stimulating. Dr. Farnell so discusses his subject that we are made to feel the bearing of the great theological ideas upon practical life, e.g., he has been indicating the elements in our modern religion derived from the thoughts of men in an agricultural period, and adds:- "Yet we have lost something by this aloofness of our Hebraic and Christian God from the immediate world of nature around us; we have lost the old Pagan sense of the divinity of those things on which our physical life depends, and some of the joie de vivre that goes with that sense. It may be open to us to recapture a portion of it according as we have the power to deepen or to subtilize our religious imagination. But the material nourishment of that old world religion is passing away. Though not yet two centuries old, industrialism has obliterated most of the sanctities and amenities of the older life which gave sustenance to the religious sense. In overlaying the beauty and healthful purity of our world of nature with ugliness, noise, and dirt, it has destroyed two deep springs of religious feel- ing. In the great centres of industrialism the emo- tions evoked by the kind of life led led there seem for the most part anti-religious, and the aesthetic nature-sense is atrophied. Therefore, if religion is to recover its hold upon them, it can only be an ethical and spiritual religion,—unLess, indeed, by some effort we can regain for nature what indus- trialism has destroyed" (p. 118). Dr. Farnell anticipates that his method of deal- ing with Christian dogmas is likely to "arouse hos- tility in certain orthodox circles and dim the enthusiasm of a one-eyed faith." In this he may not be mistaken. But it is more certain that his method of studying religion is likely to revitalise religion in our time and help to bring in the day of Universal Religion. We advise readers to look up Wallis Budge's delineation of Akhnaton in his book on Tutankhamen before accepting Breasted's ideal presentation of him as given by Dr. Farnell. The mistaken insertion of 'and' in the fourth line of page 183 confuses a significant sentence. 'Sikh,' on page 189, is an error, and should be 'Buddhist.' T.E. Fulfilment (The Adult School Handbook for 1926). Pp. i-vi., 1-280: 1/3 and 2/6. London: National Adult School Union. The National Council of the Adult School Move- ment has been in existence for a quarter of a century and the present Handbook is the sixteenth in a series of excellent annual Lesson Handbooks. The framers of these books have already had experi- ence enough to make them past-masters of the art of turning out a series of lessons for use during the year, which for breadth of view, contact with living issues and genuine scholarship cannot be surpassed. In the present Handbook there are many examples of great success in bringing together truths stated in an old form and their modern expressions in the literature and thought of to-day. While in a real sense the Bible remains the basis of these studies, a great deal that is outside it is included, and to study this Handbook carefully would be a liberal education not only for classes but also for individuals. In seven successive divisions it deals with the Jewish background of Christianity, the derivative original elements of Christianity, the Nature Poetry of the Old Testament and of the Twentieth Century, the Bible's influence in promot- ing culture and social reform, the great gifts of the Natural World, the present conflict of East and West, and the Word for to-day. As one instance of many splendid lessons that on "Life in a World of Life" (Oct. 17) may be cited. Among the books referred to for the lesson for Nov. 7th, one might be expected to find the C.O.P.E.C. Report on the Home. In this handbook, as in previous ones, there is no clear distinction between a book meant solely for teachers and one intended mainly for the members of the classes. But that is probably a matter of deliberate policy, for in the real Adult School every scholar is a teacher and every teacher a scholar. This Handbook deserves to be very widely known. G.A.E. The Round Table for December came to hand rather late, owing to the trouble with the trade packers.-The first article is "The Locarno Treaties." In spite of the almost unbroken chorus of praise which has greeted it, the Pact carries with it dis- advantages as well as advantages, and the disadvan- tages are of a grave type. The Pact may have vital consequences from the Imperial point of view. -"Leaves from a Greek Notebook" gives a vivid picture of life under Pangalos. Few people realise that Athens and its port now contain a million in- habitants. — "Achimota" is a place on the Gold Coast where a great College for educating Africans has recently been established.Labour and the Empire" describes a new phase in the Labour move- ment. It gives us a picture from inside of Labour's first "Imperial Conference." Labour and the Empire are not two irreconcilable ideals, and a broader point of view is taking the place of old notions.­In "American Notes" we have a sketch of the United States as it is to-day. There are interest- ing details: the way in which voluntary agencies in- fluence events, the programme of the Administration,