history of man, and on the thought of man; to many of us, our dealings with nature (not the dead nature of Linnæus, but the living nature of Virgil and Shelley) would probably suggest a shifting of the accent by which the spirituality of nature, the continuity of the dynamic process from nature to man would become more emphatically affirmed than it is in any of Croce's writings. We are probably touching here on one of the possible, and probable, lines of development of Croce's philosophy; which, however, will not become actual until the historical problems of the living nature shall not urge Croce himself, or one of his successors, as powerfully as the problems of human history have moved him. At present, with very rare exceptions, the students of the history of nature are occupied in transforming their historical experience into classes and types and laws; but a time may come when from the naturalistic constructions we shall be able more frequently to recreate the life of which these are but the dead spoils, the accumulated vestiges, by the same process by which history re-kindles the old chronicles into new, contemporary life. That such a development is implied in Croce's own theory of history can hardly be questioned, though, when realized, it will undoubtedly react on more than one point of Croce's logic. [Footnote 1: _Teoria e Storia_, pp. 5-6.] [Footnote 2: _Teoria e Storia_, pp. 15-16.] [Footnote 3: _Teoria e Storia_, pp. 35-6.] [Footnote 4: _Teoria e Storia_, p. 46.] [Footnote 5: _Teoria e Storia_, pp. 51-2.] [Footnote 6: _Teoria e Storia_, p. 145.] III. CRITICISM AND HISTORY Beyond the system--The universality of art--The discipline of art--Poetry, prose and oratory--Classicism and impressionism-- Practical personality and poetical personality--The monographic method in criticism--The reform of æsthetic history--Criticism as philosophy--Sensibility and intelligence.