19 MAY 1939, Page 3

The Legacy of Germany In these days of political tension,

'particularly between Great Britain and Germany, it should never be forgotten what the Germany of the last four or five generations has given to the world. Violent as may be the present Nazi repudiation of the great legacy of the Germany of Goethe and Schiller, of Mozart and Beethoven, of Koch and Einstein, of Spinoza and Hamack, that legacy still stands and the world's enrich- ment by it remains The Spectator will next week publish the first of four articles on the general subject of "The Legacy of Germany," the writer being Lord Snell. In the three following week % Mr. Edward Sackville West will write on the world's debt to Germany in literature and music, Dr. Charles Singer in medicine and science, and Professor W. G. de Burgh in theology and philosophy.