What is Religion ? Hylo-Idealism ? [July* 
Science.” Thus we find the great masters are op P °sed to 
this Hylo-Ideal theory in one or other of its forms, lie 
being a harmonious relation in phenomena, there m J; ls 
the same harmony in ideation, and ideas by the trans 01 , ' 
tion of intelligence become reason and wisdom. I he p 
nomenal, which is an effeft, is transfused into its cause , the 
truth becomes known as part and parcel of ourselves, t 
beyond is then reached where intelligence is t ^ ans ^ use( ^ , 
spirit which, existing in its own truth, is freed from the 
trammels of the material phenomena, and exists with 
cognate existences in a world of intelligence where dwel 
the supreme cause of all boundless and eternal. 
So far this weary work is accomplished, and we are pre- 
sented with the Hylo- Idealistic theory as propounded by 
C. N. Captain McTaggart’s work it is unnecessary to enter 
upon. Both assume the same basis, but this latter work is 
methodical and logical, so far as the subject will admit of 
reasoning. The subjeft is so fantastical that the wondei 
s it should find so able a defender. Take any basis as a 
starting-point, and metaphysical subtleties will found thereon 
an argument. Both works contain appendices C. N. has 
six the Captain five. That by Constance Arden is certainly 
an able review, or rather resume, of Prof. Huxleys artic e 
(“ Science Culture and other Essays.”) So far as Automatism 
is concerned, with which she seems to agree, it is merely neces- 
sary to cite H. G. Lewes’s summation “ We can conceive 
an automaton dog that would bark at the presence of a beggar, 
but not an automaton dog that would bark one day at a 
beggar and the next day wag his tail, remembering tne food 
the g be°-gar had bestowed.” Further, Lewes denies that 
Descartes favoured animal automacy. He says that Des- 
cartes was merely contrasting mechanical movements with 
animal motion (“ Physical Bases of Mind ). 
As to the brain theory of mind paraded through the work, 
can it account for the following well-authenticated facTs 
A ladv the owner of a yacht, took a trip to Rome, taking 
tith hk as maid a Devonshire cottage girl. When at Rome 
the girl fell ill with fever, and was removed from the hotel 
to the yacht. Fear prevented the hiring of another at- 
tendant, and the lady attended the girl until she died : no 
napkin was at hand, and she covered the face of the corpse 
with her own handkerchief. On arriving ^ in Eng and (no 
possible communication having been had with the gn s 
connexions) the lady determined to carry the sad tidings 
