Shields, Charles Woodruff. Philosophia ultima, v. 3. Scientific problems of religion and the Christian evidences of the physical and psychical science. [**]$3. Scribner.
“The late Professor Shields, of Princeton, obtained deserved reputation as a highly appreciated academic preacher, and as a man of literary genius.... The best part of his life was given to working out the scheme of philosophy whose prolegomena in pamphlet form appeared in 1861, and whose concluding volume is now issued. The goal of the final philosophy is justly conceived by Professor Shields as combining ‘the perfectability of science and the demonstrability of religion.’ In the present volume the scientific problems of religion and its scientific evidences are successively discussed.”—Outlook.
“He was a man of learning, in a certain obsolescent way, and the work may be used to advantage by others than psychologists, for whom it should be a document.”
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“As to the scientific evidence of religion, one must say that Professor Shields’s argument so oscillates from strict to loose, and from maximum to minimum claims, as to yield rather limited satisfaction, except to a somewhat thin-spun conception of the term ‘scientific.’”
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[*] Shirazi, J. K. M. Life of Omar Al-Khay-yámi. [**]$1.50. McClurg.
“This account of the life of Omar from the Persian standpoint, together with an explanation of his philosophy as understood by admirers in his native land, has been modestly and carefully written. The volume is well illuminated with Persian designs.”—Critic.
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[*] “Mr. Shirazi’s English style is clear and simple, and his presentation of his points exceedingly interesting.”