Malplaquet Part 6

TORY DEMOCRACY

BY J. M. KENNEDY

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_LORDS, GOVERNMENT, LIBERALISM_

There are unmistakable indications that the system of politics at present pursued by the two chief political parties is not meeting with the approval of the electorate as a whole, though this electorate, as a result of the Caucus methods, finds it increasingly difficult to give expression to its views. In his book on Tory Democracy, Mr J. M. Kennedy, who is already favourably known through his books on modern philosophical and sociological subjects, sets forth the principles underlying a system of politics which was seriously studied by men so widely different as Disraeli, Bismarck, and Lord Randolph Churchill. Mr Kennedy not only shows the close connection still existing between the aristocracy and the working cla.s.ses, but he also has the distinction of being the first writer to lay down a constructive Conservative policy which is independent of Tariff Reform. Apart from this, the chapters of his work which deal with Representative Government, the House of Lords, and "Liberalism at Work"

throw entirely new light on many vexed questions of modern politics. The book, it may be added, is written in a style that spares neither parties nor persons.

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PRINCIPLES OF A NEW SYSTEM OF PSYCHOLOGY

BY ARTHUR LYNCH,

M.A., C.E., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.E., M.P.

AUTHOR OF "HUMAN DOc.u.mENTS," ETC., ETC.

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_A BASIC WORK OF a.n.a.lYSIS_

This book is dynamic. It is new in the sense in which Schwann's Cell Theory was new to Physiology, or Dalton's Atomic Theory to Chemistry. The author has faced the problem in its widest extension: Can the entire realm of knowledge, and the whole possible scope of mental acts, be so resolved that we may formulate the una.n.a.lysable elements, the Fundamental Processes of the mind? This problem is solved, and thence the manner of all synthesis indicated. The argument is closely consecutive, but the severity is relieved by abundant ill.u.s.trations drawn from many sciences. The principles established will afford criteria in regard to every position in Psychology. New light will be thrown, for instance, on Kant's Categories, Spencer's Hedonism, Fechner's Law, the foundation of Mathematics, Memory, a.s.sociation, Externality, Will, the Feeling of Effort, Brain Localisations, and finally on the veritable nature of Reason. A philosophy of Research is foreshadowed. The work offers a base on which all valid studies may be co-ordinated, and developments are indicated. It presupposes no technical knowledge, and the exposition is couched in simple language. It will give a new impetus to Psychology.

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EIGHT CENTURIES OF PORTUGUESE MONARCHY

BY V. de BRAGANcA CUNHA

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_THE TRUTH ABOUT PORTUGAL_

This book reveals the series of causes, both political and social, which have brought Portugal to its present condition and affected the character of its people.

The entire history of Monarchical Portugal is reviewed in masterly fas.h.i.+on, and the work is based on a thorough knowledge and critical appreciation of all available sources. The author writes, not as an outsider, but as one who knows his country from within, and the book therefore const.i.tutes a serious attempt to tell the English-speaking world the truth about Portugal.

The author knows that he treads "forbidden ground," but even where he apportions the severest blame he does so in the conviction that adverse criticism of any country, "however unpleasant it may be to all Chadbands and Stigginses," cannot be considered abusive if it be made with the intention of stirring up the forces of reform and of remedying the defects which it discloses.

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SIR EDWARD

A BRIEF MEMORIAL OF A n.o.bLE LIFE

BY A FELLOW OF THE LITERARY SOCIETY

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_AN IRRESISTIBLE SATIRE_

The humour of this remarkable satire is irresistible. The truth concerning Sir Edward is gradually revealed by fantastic touches and sly suggestions, and with a manner so correct as almost to put the reader off his guard.

Although the subject of this aesopian biography is drawn in such a way as to suggest now one and now another familiar figure in modern life, yet these fleeting and shadowy resemblances are in reality an indication of the archetypal nature of Sir Edward; he is not a caricature but a symbol; not any particular individual but a composite type--a materialisation into one grotesque shape of the drifting ideas and false ideals of a muddled civilisation.

The narrative gathers into its net both big and little fishes--a heavy haul. But people who regard Western civilisation as the final word in social wisdom should not read this book: or perhaps they should. Anyway, everyone else should.

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PARISIAN PORTRAITS

BY FRANCIS GRIERSON

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_AN APPRECIATION OF FRENCH GENIUS_

These profoundly sagacious studies and finely drawn portraits are of the greatest interest, not only in virtue of the author's intimate knowledge of Paris and Parisian life (dating from 1869), but also because Mr Grierson is one of the few living Englishmen who thoroughly understand and appreciate the French Genius. The book will be an enduring delight to all lovers of fine literature.

Mr RICHARD LE GALLIENNE says:--"Mr Francis Grierson, cosmopolite and subtile critic of the arts, is one of those sudden new acquaintances that a.s.sume immediate importance in one's world of thought.... Everywhere with remarkable rect.i.tude of perception, Mr Grierson puts his finger on the real power, and it is always spiritual."

_The Spectator_ says:--"Mr Grierson has a right to speak, for he uses with success one of the most difficult of literary forms, the essay."

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THE VALLEY OF SHADOWS

BY FRANCIS GRIERSON