19 DECEMBER 1925, Page 31

Ma. PLATT, who is perhaps best known by several books

on sex questions, which H. W. Massingham described as having " a dangerous innocence," has touched life on many sides, having been, in his own words, poet, musician, office boy, merchant, accountant, schoolmaster, lecturer, cugenist, Nature lover, fic." There is much of interest, and some sound philo- sophy, in his memoirs. But the enjoyment of them is marred by the author's almost unparalleled egotism. The book includes selections from his poems, some of which, he tells us, should find a place in every modern anthology.