PROTEUS TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW SERIES _DÆDALUS, or Science and the Future_ By J. B. S. Haldane _ICARUS, or The Future of Science_ By the Hon. Bertrand Russell, F.R.S. _THE MONGOL IN OUR MIDST_ By F. G. Crookshank, M.D. _Fully Illustrated_ _WIRELESS POSSIBILITIES_ By Prof. A. M. Low. _With four Diagrams_ _NARCISSUS, or An Anatomy of Clothes_ By Gerald Heard. _Illustrated_ _TANTALUS, or The Future of Man_ By F. C. S. Schiller _THE PASSING OF THE PHANTOMS_ By Prof. C. J. Patten, M.A., M.D., Sc.D., F.R.A.I. _CALLINICUS, A Defense of Chemical Warfare_ By J. B. S. Haldane _QUO VADIMUS? Some Glimpses of the Future_ By E. E. Fournier d’Albe, D.Sc., F.Inst.P. _THE CONQUEST OF CANCER_ By H. W. S. Wright, M.S., F.R.C.S. _HYPATIA, or Woman and Knowledge_ By Dora Russell (The Hon. Mrs. Bertrand Russell) _LYSISTRATA, or Woman’s Future and Future Woman_ By A. M. Ludovici _WHAT I BELIEVE_ By the Hon. Bertrand Russell, F.R.S. _PERSEUS, or Of Dragons_ By H. F. Scott Stokes, M.A. _THE FUTURE OF SEX_ By Rebecca West _THE EVOCATION OF GENIUS_ By Alan Porter _AESCULAPIUS, or Disease and The Man_ By F. G. Crookshank, M.D. _PROTEUS, or The Future of Intelligence_ By Vernon Lee _Other Volumes in Preparation_ E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY PROTEUS OR THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE BY VERNON LEE, LITT.D. Author of _Vital Lies, Satan the Waster, The Handling of Words, etc._ [Illustration] New York E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 Fifth Avenue Copyright 1925 By E. P. Dutton & Company _All Rights Reserved_ _Printed in the United States of America_ _To my dear friend BELLA DUFFY with thanks for a lifetime of intelligent talk._ 1880–1925 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I INTELLIGENCE AND PROTEUS 1 II PROTEUS AND ETHICS 25 III PROTEUS AND ÆSTHETICS 38 IV PROTEUS AND INTELLECTUAL MANNERS 42 V USES AND ABUSES 50 PROTEUS OR THE FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE I INTELLIGENCE AND PROTEUS