The system of Kapila may be said to have only an historical value, but on this account alone it is interesting as a chapter in the history of the human mind. It is the earliest attempt on record to give an answer, from reason alone, to the mysterious questions which arise in every thoughtful mind about the origin of the world, the nature and relations of man, and his future destiny. It is interesting also and instructive to note how often the human mind moves in a circle. The latest German philosophy, the system of Schopenhauer and Von Hartmann, is mainly a reproduction of the philosophic system of Kapila in its materialistic part, presented in a more elaborate form, but on the same fundamental lines. In this respect the human intellect has gone over the same ground that it occupied more than two thousand years ago, but on a more important question it has taken a step in retreat. Kapila recognised fully the existence of a soul in man, forming indeed his proper nature--the absolute ego of Fichte--distinct from matter and immortal; but our latest philosophy, both here and in Germany, can see in man only a highly developed physical organisation. "All external things," says Kapila, "were formed that the soul might know itself and be free." "The study of psychology is vain," says Schopenhauer, "for there is no Psyche." * * * * * Post 8vo, pp. 432, cloth, price 16s. A CLASSICAL DICTIONARY OF HINDU MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND LITERATURE. BY JOHN DOWSON, M.R.A.S., Late Professor of Hindustani, Staff College. "This not only forms an indispensable book of reference to students of Indian literature, but is also of great general interest, as it gives in a concise and easily accessible form all that need be known about the personages of Hindu mythology whose names are so familiar, but of whom so little is known outside the limited circle of _savants_."--_Times._ "It is no slight gain when such subjects are treated fairly and fully in a moderate space; and we need only add that the few wants which we may hope to see supplied in new editions detract but little from the general excellence of Mr. Dowson's work."--_Saturday Review._ * * * * * Revised Edition in Two Volumes, post 8vo, pp. xxx.-390; xiv.-364, cloth, price 21s. A HISTORY OF CIVILISATION IN ANCIENT INDIA. BASED ON SANSKRIT LITERATURE, BY ROMESH CHUNDER DUTT, C.I.E. Of the Indian Civil Service, and of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. VOL. I.--B.C. 2000 TO 320; VOL. II.--B.C. 320--A.D. 1000. EXTRACT FROM PREFACE.