NBW BOOKS. 557 ia not made clear; and the impossibility of maiwt.^in'pg the separation is manifest in the constant necessity of referring to the objective side by anticipation while sketching the subjective aspect-Bee pages 44, 46, 48, 62, 72, and 116. In this respect Dr. Murray evidences his kinship with the English Masters of Ethics; and perhaps it may be taken to be the leading contrast between his book and the Neo-Hegelian method and tone of Mr. Mnirhead's. Apart, however, from this forced

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... eparation and consequent necessity of anticipation and repetition, the treatment is vigorous and the points of discussion are distinctly brought out. The third section of the book, which is two-fifths of the whole, is devoted to Material Ethics-to the classification of Duties and to Virtue aa the habit of Bight or Good Conduct. This section adds very considerably to the value of the book as an Introduction. The student ought not to be so introduced to the science as to have any excuse for supposing that it is wholly occupied with a battle upon fundamental principles. In this department Dr. Murray is somewhat old-fashioned : the time-honoured divisions of Duties into Personal and Social, and into Determinate and Indeterminate, which Mr. Muirhead will no longer hear of, are sufficient for him. The section i» full of matter and rich in psychological and ethical reflexions vigorously and impressively set forth, which, if not precisely new, give full impression of being first-hand. We would note as an example the treatment of the necessity for Training, p. 886 onwards. Dr. Murray seems again carried away by his psychological propenBitiea in his treatment of the relation of Ethics to Theology. He is of the •ame mind as Mr. Muirhead, believing that no Ethics can completely justify itself, but instead of giving a separate section to this ultimate topio he treats of it when engaged in an Exposition of the Education of Conscience. What he says is well said, however, and could easily be made worthy of its proper position. Dr. Murray's style is singularly clear, weighty, and dignified; he eschews phrases and is independent of catch-words. Hi« examples and illustrations are serious. His treatment of the great topics of moral interest is at once large, intimate, and firm.