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with facts as facts, and are not directly con- 

 cerned about a theory of God or the universe. 

 " Physical science is a kind of external lad- 

 der by which the human mind endeavors to 

 ascend, step by step, to the topmost height 

 (as it were) of all knowledge. The higher it 

 mounts, the more certain it is to find itself 

 entering into the still higher realm of the in- 

 ternal and metaphysical, ending only in the 

 universal and absolute." A metaphysical 

 system is likewise insufficient without the 

 verification of its conclusions by a thorough 

 science of external nature. If philosophy 

 has hitherto failed to furnish a satisfactory 

 theory, the greater is the need that it should 

 still endeavor to accomplish it. A condition 

 is that " it must be able to take up all science, 

 all nature, all humanity, into clear solution, 

 leaving nothing out, or nothing but nothing." 

 Of the four theories of the universe that 

 stand before the world for consideration, the 

 biblical-supernatural theory leaves philoso- 

 phy to become impossible and impertinent ; 

 the materialistic-machine theory has no room 

 for anything but physical science; and in 

 the mystical-idealistic theory — which sup- 

 poses that we have no certain knowledge of 

 external nature, but only of the ideas or 

 images which are formed in our minds on 

 sensation and sense-perception — the business 

 of philosophy is to make it as intelligible, 

 credible, and acceptable as possible. The 

 realistic-ideal theory, or realistic idealism, 

 which gives the name to the book, holds 

 that the real and the ideal are not two distinct 

 worlds, but only the two sides or aspects of 

 one and the same whole actuality of real es- 

 sence and power. "Its method is both 

 analytical and synthetical, is neither exclu- 

 sively dialectical and deductive, nor wholly 

 experimental and inductive, but is both at 

 once ; it is, in short, the universal method 

 of the metaphysical logic which takes up all 

 science into intelligible and clear solution." 

 It is the purpose of the work to unfold, ex- 

 plain, and establish this theory. The book 

 is a hard one to read, but the difficulty lies 

 in the nature of the subject, and the fullness 

 of the author's thought, requiring corre- 

 sponding fullness in expression, and not in 

 any defect of the workmanship. The author 

 Las studied the subject, and has mastery of 

 his thought and knowledge of what he wishes 

 to say. 



The Tenth and Twelfth Books of the 

 Institutes of Qcintilian. With Ex- 

 planatory Notes. By Henry S. Fkieze. 

 New edition, revised and improved. New 

 York: D. Appleton & Co. Pp. 294. 

 Price, $1.40. 



The value of Quintilian in classical study 

 consists in the opportunity which his work 

 furnishes for at once getting knowledge 

 which has a direct bearing on professional 

 life, and for attaining a higher scholarship 

 in the Latin language. The InsiUutio Ora- 

 toria, or " Education of the Orator," is an 

 invaluable contribution both to polite litera- 

 ture and to liberal education, and capable of 

 being made practically useful to young men 

 in their preliminary training for public hfe. 

 The tenth and twelfth books are selected for 

 the purposes of the present text because of 

 the interest and importance of the topics 

 discussed in them : the former book relating 

 to the practical studies and exercises that 

 contribute to the formation of a good style, 

 and the twelfth presenting a kind of outline 

 of what the character and life of an orator 

 should be. Prof. Frieze's work in this 

 preparation is based most largely on the 

 labors of Prof. Bonnell and those German 

 scholars who have given most attention to 

 Quintilian. The present new edition has 

 been revised in view of the later labors of 

 Carl Halm and G. T. A. Kriiger; and the 

 notes have been amplified, with the view to 

 making them helpful wherever help may 

 seem to be needed. 



Antiquities of the State of Omo. By 

 Henry A. Shepherd. Cincinnati : John 

 C. Yorston & Co. Pp. 139. 



This monograph is a portion of the au- 

 thor's "Popular History of the State of 

 Ohio." It deals with the ancient inclosures, 

 mounds, caches, tombs, etc., located in that 

 State, and the objects found within them. 

 In Ohio alone there have been till recently 

 not less than ten thousand mounds and from 

 fifteen hundred to two thousand inclosures. 

 In other parts of the Mississippi Valley they 

 are so numerous that no attempt has ever 

 been made to count them all. The inclos- 

 ures are usually regular in outline, and vary 

 in size fi'om an acre or less to three hundred 

 and fifty or four hundred acres. Most of 

 them appear to have been designed for re- 

 ligious purposes, while others were appar- 



