Abstract

Books in Brief

This article critically appraises several books, such as, "Stars and Atoms," by A.S. Eddington, "Contemporary Thought of Great Britain," by Alban G. Widgery, "The Savourofliife," by Arnold Benuett, and others. The book by Eddington is one of the most delightful and important monographs on astionomy ever to appear in the literature of science. The book by Widgery is an off-shore breeze joining the international trade winds of doctrine in mid-ocean. It is claimed by its author, who is Stanton Lecturer in the philosophy of religion in the University of Cambridge, that it is an indicator of atmospheric conditions in the spiritual weather on the British Isles. All of the intelligentsia of higher orders of magnitude are listed and labeled with their recognized stereotyped opinions on man and the universe.