6 Mr. Edward Arnold's Autumn Announcements. 



BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



BALLADS OF THE FLEET. 



By SIR RENNELL RODD. 

 A New Popular Edition. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. net. 



In this edition a new poem, entitled " Inter Arma Silent," is 

 printed as an introduction, and all matter has been eliminated 

 which has not strictly to do with the sea. The volume appears 

 during a struggle even more stern and momentous than that re- 

 corded in the Ballads. But the chivalries of the sea and the test 

 of high endurance are the same as in the days of our fathers, and 

 while the Island race endures the spirit of Drake, who sleeps 

 " 'neath some great wave," will never call to them in vain. 



THE SOUL AND ITS STORY. 



By NORMAN PEARSON, 



AUTHOR OF " SOME PROBLEMS OF EXISTENCE," ETC. 



One Volume. Demy Svo. Cloth. IDS. 6d. net. 



The underlying principle of this book is that the Soul, no less 

 than the body, is a product of evolution, though, unlike the body 

 which perishes, it has a destiny which will endure. The Soul, 

 which has its origin in the dim sentience which accompanies even 

 the lowest forms of life, is identified with the human Self- 

 consciousness. It is carefully distinguished, however, from the 

 Self, which is only one of its partial manifestations. The theory 

 of Materialism is examined and found wanting, and the nature of 

 Matter itself investigated. Following upon this, the book deals 

 with the conditions necessary for the appearance of life and the 

 mode of its appearance. A chapter is devoted to the controversy 

 of the Spontaneous Generation of Life, and the curious process of 

 Heterogenesis. The relations of physical to mental structure are 

 dwelt upon, and the intimate connections of the two orders of 

 development. The difficulties which beset the transition from a 

 subhuman to a human consciousness, and the activities of con- 

 sciousnesses in a subhuman condition, are discussed at some 

 length. Speech is the distinctive mark of man, but it is shown 

 to be connected with anatomical development and motor activity. 

 Considerable attention is given to Weismann's theory of the non- 

 transmission by heredity of acquired characters, and the theory in 

 its extreme form is rejected as improbable and unproved. This 

 disposes of one of the chief obstacles raised by the Weismann 



