The Purpose Of Words
An Enquiry into Meaning and Truth. By Bertrand Russell. (Allen and Unwin. 12s. 6d.) THE tendency of philosophy in the twentieth century is to substitute the study of language......
An Imperialist In The Making
South-West Persia. By Sir Arnold Wilson. (Oxford University Press. 15s.) THERE is pathos about this book, though not in it. With the sub-title of " A Political Officer's Diary,......
The Automatist Teaches
THIS book is difficult to appraise. It claims to embody messages from spirits transmitting facts, ideas, teaching about conditions of existence far beyond our sphere of life. Is......
The First Stand
THIS is an account of the double invasion of Poland as it was experienced by a young historian who worked in the U niversity of Cracow. It starts with his closing the pages of......
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