Excerpt from The Catholic World, Vol. 80: A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science; October, 1904, to March, 1905 In form T/ze Veil of t/ze Temple is a novel of romance. In fact, it is an account of discussions concerning religion, philoso phy, and science carried on by a selectparty of visitors at the summer retreat of Mr. Glanville, the principal character of the book, on the west coast of Ireland. The different person ages, 'the introduction of the conversational dialogue, with fre quent interruptions for dinner and tea, give a variety and a sustained interest to the story. For many reasons the volume can with justice be considered an improvement on the previous work, Religion as a Credible Doctrine; nevertheless, 'apart from the author's express declaration, the form of the work restrains the critic' from viewing the difierent characters as counterparts of persons in real. Life. The purpose of the present' article, therefore, is not to take issue with the opinions expressed by any individual speaker, but to view the work on the whole as an object-lesson in which.certain phases of current thought are presented to the reader in a concrete and tangible form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.