This is a short collection of essays, and a dialogue, that comes to 140 pages. The dialogue makes up just over a third of the book, and is between two individuals who have oppposing views on relgion: one for it, the other against it. It isn't like a Platonic dialogue as the two speakers are fairly evenly matched.
The essay topics are pantheism, books, physiognomy, psychological observations, Christianity, the failure of philosophy, and the metaphysics of fine art. Most of these are quite good, and will be of general interest. Schopenhauer is easy to read and understand in comparison to the other German Idealists. There is a good mixture of topics in this volume, and it is a shame that the book wasn't a bit longer. ( )