Chapter II — , POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY

PLATO: Republic, Books II and III. Translation by Jowett. (Criticism of the poets as demoralizing.)

WORDSWORTH: Observations Prefixed to the Second Edition of the Lyrical Ballads.

SHELLEY: Defence of Poetry.

EVERETT, C. C.: Poetry, Comedy, and Duty. (discussion of the Philosophy of Poetry.) Essays, Theological and Literary. (On the Poetry of Emerson, Goethe, Tennyson, Browning.)

CAIRD, EDWARD: Literature and Philosophy. (Wordsworth, Dante, Goethe, etc.)

ROYCE, JOSIAH: Studies of Good and Evil. Essay on Tennyson and Pessimism.

SANTAYANA, GEORGE: Poetry and Religion. (Philosophy of poetry; Greek Poetry, Shakespeare, etc.)

SNEATH, E. H.: Philosophy in Poetry: A Study of Sir John Davies's Poem, "Nosce Teipsum."

CHAPTERS III AND IV, RELIGION.

PLATO: Republic, Book III. Translations by Jowett and Vaughan. (Criticism of religion from the stand-point of morality and politics.)

ST. AUGUSTINE: Confessions. Translation by Pusey. (Document of religious experience.)

THOMAS À KEMPIS: Imitation of Christ. Translation by Stanhope. (Mediæval programme of personal religion.)

SPINOZA: Theological-political Treatise. Translation by Elwes. (One of the first great pleas for religious liberty and one of the first attempts to define the essential in religion.)

KANT: Critique of Pure Reason--the Canon of Pure Reason. Translation by Max Müller. Critique of Practical Reason. Translation by Abbott in Theory of Ethics. (Defines religion as the province of faith, distinguishes it from knowledge, and relates it to morality.)

SCHLEIERMACHER: On Religion. Speeches to its Cultured Despisers. Translation by Oman. (Ponderous, dogmatic in its philosophy, but profound and sympathetic in its understanding of religion.)

ARNOLD: Literature and Dogma. (On the essence of religion as exemplified in Judaism and Christianity.)

SABATIER, A.: Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History.* Translation by Seed. *Religions of Authority and the Religion of the Spirit. Translation by Houghton. (These books emphasize the essential importance of the believer's attitude to God.)

JAMES, WILLIAM: The Varieties of Religious Experience. (A rich storehouse of religion, sympathetically interpreted.)

EVERETT, C. C.: The Psychological Elements of Religious Faith. (A study in the definition and meaning of religion.)

CAIRD, EDWARD: Evolution of Religion. (Indoctrinated with the author's idealistic philosophy.)

FIELDING, H.: The Hearts of Men. (A plea for the universal religion. Special feeling for Indian religions.)

HARNACK, A.: What is Christianity? Translation by Saunders. (Attempt to define the essence of Christianity.)

PALMER, G. H.: The Field of Ethics, Chapters V and VI. (On the relation of ethics and religion.)

BROWN, W. A.: The Essence of Christianity. (Special study of the definition of religion.)

JASTROW, M.: The Study of Religion. (Method of history and psychology of religion.)

SMITH, W. ROBERTSON: The Religion of the Semites. (Excellent study of tribal religions.)

CLARKE, W. N.: What Shall We Think of Christianity? (An interpretation of Christianity.)

LEUBA, J. H.: Introduction to a Psychological Study of Religion. In The Monist, Vol. XI, p. 195.

STARBUCK, E. D.: The Psychology of Religion.