IV 



Introductory Note 



-Out liiu - - intended to be. The simple "bibliogra- 



phies" appended to the various articles will be enough to indicate 

 first 1" ' -h article is meant to be an invitation to an 



intellectual adventure, and the short lists of books are merely 

 finger-posts for the beginning of the journey. 



to being greatly encouraged by the reception 

 that has been given to the English serial issue of "The Outline 

 It has been very hearty we might almost say 

 enthusiastic. For we agree with Professor John Dewey, that 

 "the future of our civilisation depends upon the widening spread 

 and deepening hold of the scientific habit of mind." And we 

 hope that this is what "The Outline of Science" makes for. 

 Information is all to the good; interesting information is better 

 still; but best of all is the education of the scientific habit of 

 mind. Another modern philosopher, Professor L. T. Hobhouse, 

 has declared that the evolutionist's mundane goal is "the mastery 

 by the human mind of the conditions, internal as well as external, 

 of its life and growth." Under the influence of this conviction 

 Outline of Science" has been written. For life is not for 

 science, hut science for life. And even more than science, to our 

 way of thinking, is the individual development of the scientific 

 of looking at things. Science is our legacy; we must use it 

 if it is to be our very own. 



