vouchsafed by the gods through their ideal images, was no longer sought after. When any means of communion between god and man, whether by means of a solemn service or by means of an image which the god himself accepts as his earthly representative, ceases to be felt as anything more than a human device, its religious power must fail. When, on the other hand, we find a union of religion and art to provide a means for this divine intercourse, we may recognise idolatry in its highest form, the use of images not merely as accessories of religious service, but as providing in themselves a channel of worship and inspiration. WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD. PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH Harper's Library of Living Thought _Foolscap 8vo, gilt tops, decorative covers, richly gilt backs_ _Per Volume: Cloth 2s. 6d. net, Leather 3s. 6d. net_ "Original research of great importance."--_Times_ CRETE, THE FORERUNNER OF GREECE BY C. H. Hawes, M.A. & Harriet B. Hawes, M.A. _With Map, Plans, etc._ Preface by Arthur J. Evans, D.Litt., F.R.S., Etc. "Mr. and Mrs. Hawes have a fascinating story to tell--the story of the unfolding of a great civilisation which flourished in Crete before Abraham was born. Reading these deeply interesting pages we seem to get right back into the dawn of history. We seem to enter into the feelings of the inhabitants when the ships of the sea-rovers hove in sight. Here a carpenter's kit lies concealed in a cranny; there a carefully mended anvil stands at the door of the village smithy. In the palace at Knossos the system of drainage is superior to any known in Europe between that day and the last century. Most wonderful of all is the art; two small ivory figures of youths leaping, display a life and freedom nothing short of marvellous." _Evening Standard_ Harper's Library of Living Thought _Now Ready_ Algernon Charles Swinburne THREE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE Leo Tolstoy THE TEACHING OF JESUS W. M. Flinders Petrie PERSONAL RELIGION IN EGYPT BEFORE CHRISTIANITY Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S. THE ETHER OF SPACE. _Illustrated_ Prof. William Wrede (University of Breslau) THE ORIGIN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT Prof. C. H. Becker (Colonial Institute, Hamburg) CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM Prof. Svante Arrhenius (Nobel Institute, Stockholm) THE LIFE OF THE UNIVERSE. 2 vols. _Illustrated_ Prof. Arnold Meyer (University of Zurich) JESUS OR PAUL? Prof. D. A. Bertholet (University of Basle) THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS Prof. Reinhold Seeberg (University of Berlin) REVELATION AND INSPIRATION Prof. Johannes Weiss (University of Heidelberg) PAUL AND JESUS Prof. Rudolf Eucken (University of Jena) CHRISTIANITY AND THE NEW IDEALISM Prof. P. Vinogradoff (Oxford University) ROMAN LAW IN MEDIAEVAL EUROPE Sir William Crookes, LL.D., F.R.S. DIAMONDS. _Illustrated_ C. H. Hawes, M.A., and Harriet Boyd Hawes, M.A. CRETE, THE FORERUNNER OF GREECE Sir William A. Tilden. F.R.S. THE ELEMENTS: SPECULATIONS AS TO THEIR NATURE AND ORIGIN