30 JUNE 1928, Page 32

, Dr. Ronald Macfie has no sort of admiration for

the boyish type of girl of to-day. Neither does he consider that the Eugenists are doing a useful work for the race. Nor does he think that the body of man, which has changed very little since Cro-Magnon times, will alter itself in any foreseeable future. Our mental equipment, he concedes, may improve, but otherwise we shall remain much as we are. All this does not sound exciting, yet Metanthropos (Kegan Paul, 2s. 6d.) is an amusing book in the amusing " To-day and To-morrow " series. He hopes that the " mysterious Power that drew us out of the fire mist has still greater evolutionary destinies in store for us," hut is not clear what-they are-to be.

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