24 SEPTEMBER 1937, Page 40

LOST ATLANTIS By James Bramwell

Does an island-continent lie 'sunk under the Atlantic ? If so, was it the scene pf. the Golden Age? In Lost Atlantis (Cobden-Sanderson, 75. 6d.) Mr. Bramwell, with tome show of learning, discusses the literature on the subject—there IS. Of course little else to discuss. Starting from, Plato's :Cori s he runs thrOtigh the chief `._! authorities-'! analysing and quoting, if not always expertly, at least interestingly. Anybody, who enjoys wandering in those misty and fascinating regions where science, my:; thology and occultism mingle will appret ciate the author's researches, though he; does little more than set one ttheory' against another and, leaVe the reader to: come to his own conclusions. The, conclusion that most readers will come: to is that the human mind is as ingenious' on the subject of the heretofore as on: the hereafter.