will indicate that it is considerable. Howgate is aware of
this, but he has had many other topics to develop in addition
to this one. We get a glimpse in one of the letters of a
side of Santayana which may have been suspected. He writes
to William James with deep feeling of his years of suppressed
irritation. There is no doubt that many of his convictions,
like the term _genteel_ as descriptive of a particular type
of conduct, were born out of reactions to the environment
in this country. Santayana has said that he has not been
influenced to any great extent by America, but then he was
speaking as a poet and not as a philosopher.

Those familiar with Santayana's work will welcome this book
for its exposition of his main thought and for the account
of his life which is presented for the first time. Others
will be stimulated by it in wishing to become acquainted
with one of the greatest philosophers of our time.

Benjamin Schwartz